Show #95: Our Interviews with Billy Wagner and Tommy Hanson
Spring Training interviews with Billy Wagner and Tommy Hanson. Plus, Derek Lowe named Opening Day starter and the mounting praise for Jason Heyward.
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March 6th, 2010 at 12:43 am
“Saito I liked a lot,” Cox said. “He had a good curveball today and two strikeouts. The one ball that went in the gap was a pretty good curveball that got caught up in the wind and got past our outfielders.”
The man. just. kills me sometimes.
March 6th, 2010 at 12:54 am
What 80′s pop tune is the following a parody of?
” , , , , Richard Pryor”
Give up?
Comma comma comma comma, comediaaaaan.
They come and goooooo
They come and goooooo eh oh, whoa.
[I am completely retarded. G'night.]
March 6th, 2010 at 8:39 am
I am with all of you now. Let the Kid play. And Curt, you are right – why would they have to wait until 2016 (or whenever) to lock him up for the longer term?
It is hard not to get giddy about ST success, although as Curtis pointed out, we had one of our best ST’s ever last season and look where it got us. I need to see some Glaus success, and Saito/Wagner experiment did not get off to the best start yesterday, to say the least.
Bub, “completely” is a bit of a stretch. Don’t be so hard on yourself.
March 6th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Someone I know could have written something like this only better.
http://bit.ly/aHmq3L
When he has more time…and less beer.
March 6th, 2010 at 11:10 am
That guy’s more parenthetical than me (and that’s saying something.)
March 6th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Heyward with his first K (to go with a walk) today. About now he’s getting TP’s first-pitch-is-the-best-one-you’ll-see speech.
March 6th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Games like that make me nervous. What the heck! I know these games aren’t to be taken seriously but yikes.
March 6th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Heyward with another walk and another double, though. What’s his OPS tracking at I wonder?
March 6th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Wow, quiet…thought I’d have some catching up to do but nope. Everybody’s busy. Go Braves!
March 6th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I was just looking over the contracts, and I think 2010 is the first year of a three-year window Atlanta has for grabbing a championship. I think I’m going to settle into it with that picture in mind. The 2010-2012 Braves. That’s my team.
We have the following fellas locked up for that window (many of them beyond that window, of course):
(correct me if I’m wrong on any of these)
Lowe
Hudson
Hanson
Jurrjens
Chipper
McCann
Escobar
Prado
Heyward
Minor
Schafer
Moylan
Medlen
Freeman.
That is a hell of a core to have for three years without contract concerns.
And for the first two years or those three: McLouth and Kawakami, both of which should be easy enough to hang on to if we really want to, or to replace if we don’t.
Diaz I figure we can hang on to, hopefully. But I don’t think he’s a lock, right? Wasn’t this his third arby year? Anyway…
We’ll have work to do every offseason still; closer, set up guy, left field still needs power, 3B if Chipper falters, first base if Glaus & Freeman fail. The nice thing about Chipper is of course the prospect of having his money to spend if he falters and indeed keeps his word.
2010: Bobby’s Last Year: end of an era
2011: New Manager’s First Year: beginning of an era
2012: Heyward enters superstardom. Yunel an allstar. Chipper’s last hurrah. Hanson and Jurrjens enter their peak powers. The team has been playing together for a long time, comfortable, in rhythm. Cy Young returns to Atlanta.
Somewhere in there is a trip to the World Series, surely.
And right behind that;
Here comes the two-headed beast: Tehzcaino!
*sound of a monster roaring*
HERE COME DA PAIN!
March 6th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
I think you add in the big mid-season pickup they make and we are in bidness
March 6th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Who ya thinkin Curt?
March 6th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Feel good article about David Ross on Braves website. It’s good to be a Braves Fan people and all is right with the world. I’m gonna book mark this show so I can re-read the comments section when the Braves lose in some dumb a$$ way over the season.
March 6th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Bub, not sure if you follow @capitalAvenue but he says “Here’s a fact. Jason Heyward’s OPS and his Average plus Secondary Average are both 1.200 right now.”
March 6th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Thanks for the OPS, Leah!
March 6th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Okay, this is just a post to erase the homer thingy.
Go Braves!
March 6th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
I’m here for ya Bub.
March 6th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Um, um, Nick Markakis
March 7th, 2010 at 1:54 am
Oh, and big ups on the Falcons signing Dunta Robinson. Huge.
March 7th, 2010 at 9:24 am
A non-homer’s take on the Kid:
“Hitters tend to struggle when they first reach the majors because they need to adjust to major league-caliber pitching, especially off-speed offerings. In contrast, rookie hurlers have an advantage, as big league batters usually need time to understand a particular pitcher’s stuff, delivery and tendencies before they have success against him. Heyward has tools galore and a shot at earning a starting job out of Spring Training. The 20-year-old left-handed slugger will hit .280-plus upon arrival because of his superior strike zone judgment (1.47 BB/K rate at Double-A), picture-perfect swing (22.8-percent line drive rate at Double-A), and ability to hit southpaws (.357 v. lefties in career). The power, however, will take longer to develop. Monitor Heyward’s spring performance, but don’t overpay for him in redraft leagues.”
Granted, this is from a Fantasy Baseball perspective, but it is tempered a little bit.
March 7th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
.280 would trump Griffey Jr’s rookie season. If batting average is your thing.
March 7th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Listening to the game earlier this afternoon and Jim and Don both said they’d be surprised if Heyward hit LESS than 20 homers this year. I think that may be crazier than the whole sounds like Aaron’s at bats thing.
March 7th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Curt, ole Don stole your Crash Davis line. I’d make him pay.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Steve, that sounds a bit overkill to me, too. Especially at the Ted. I’m thinking more about doubles and hard singles while he’s figuring out the pitching. I was thinking 23+ homers yearly starting around 2012.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
McLouth’s batting .100 for the spring.
Is Schafer not in camp?