Email a copy of 'Braves Acquire Enrique Burgos' to a friend
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Email a copy of 'Braves Acquire Enrique Burgos' to a friend
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nmendoza44
Smart move.
jdgoat
Braves should pick him up
CubsFanForLife
sounds like they did
acarneglia
Didn’t they just do that?
Chebert
Fantastic move. Burgos was in the 9th inning picture as recently as last year.
jdgoat
That speaks more about Arizonas bullpen rather than his skill
majorflaw
“control issues have plagued Burgos, as he simply hasn’t been able to command his explosive (96mph) fastball . . .”
Not intending to pick nits but command and control are not the same thing. Control = not issuing walks. Command = the ability to put the ball where it is intended to go. A knuckleball pitcher who issues few free passes would be demonstrating good control without displaying the slightest bit of command.
jamesa-2
In this case, Burgos demonstrates a decided lack of both actually. Not only does Burgos issue far too many walks (control), he tends to miss his spots by a foot or more (command) with some regularity. Basically, his approach seems to be to simply rear back and then fire as hard as he can at the strike zone. He gets plenty of strikeouts that way, but he also falls prey to any batter with patience. HE has games where the smart move is to simply go to the plate insisting he throw three strikes before he throws four balls or hits the batter. He also keeps his catcher dancing around behind the plate, making it difficult to control the running game.