The Atlanta Braves optioned right-hander Huascar Ynoa to their alternate training site after yesterday’s doubleheader. Chad Sobotka has been recalled to take his place on the roster.
This could be a bit of roster management for the Braves, as Ynoa started the second game of yesterday’s doubleheader and Atlanta may simply want a fresh arm for the bullpen. On the other hand, one of the reasons they need a fresh arm is because Ynoa lasted just 2 1/3 innings while giving up 6 earned runs to a last-place Nationals team that was without their MVP Juan Soto. Ynoa has made six appearances for Atlanta this season, three of them starts, but totaling just 11 2/3 innings with a 7.71 ERA/6.39 FIP.
The Braves have faced rotation issues all season, though Max Fried has pitched like a bona fide ace, Ian Anderson is off to a strong start to his major-league career, and veteran Tommy Milone joined the corps before the trade deadline. Josh Tomlin has served as a swingman, but it remains to be seen what the Braves’ long-term plans are for the back two spots in the rotation. Atlanta has many options remaining in their player pool – Kyle Wright, Touki Toussaint, Sean Newcomb, for example – but many of these young arms have struggled to establish themselves as reliable options thus far in 2020.
Sobotka will jump into the bullpen to provide right-handed relief. The 27-year-old has yet to surrender a run in 3 innings so far this season. For his career, Sobotka owns a 4.47 ERA/4.98 FIP in 46 1/3 innings spread across the last three seasons.
Would have been nice if they actually acquired starting pitching but you know..why strive for more than a division title.
Broken record.
So is the Braves offseason/midseason incompetence.
I think the Braves should hire you for the marketing department. I mean look at you. We are all familiar with you because of the names you come up with. Just all that cute, irrationality shoved into one little person. >=D
1st place problems
Is that you Acuña lover?
Yep, you know it..The only bum that takes the time to change his user name, just to troll his own “fanbase.” lol
No one knows, he is either 11 or 12 and does it for attention..Or he’s your prototypical basement dwelling, 40yr old troll…
Only difference is he isn’t completely like the movie, 40 yr old virginia..lol Nope, his best friend, @crosseyedlemon already unfortunately shared that story…
Apparently, the guy slept with one of his roommates..Which was pretty disturbing, considering his only roommates are his 35yr old brother and his 31yr old sister…
I hope Sobotka gets to write off all his Uber expenses on taxes at least sheesh….
ehhh…Sobotka 5 earned runs first outing…sounds about right smh!
Before the playoffs begin, see what improvements Folty and Newcomb have come up with. Folty has put on weight and his fastball is back up in the mid to high 90’s. Let’s see what these guys have.
Personally I hope to not see Folty in a Braves uniform again.
Why!? The man was clearly going through some stuff. He had reportedly dropped over 20 pounds, and just looked like a shell of his former self. That was just walking around, he looked like he went on a month long binger or something…Either that, or he just got over a serious bout of pneumonia..Either way, it was clear he was not healthy whatsoever..
Agreed – it’s frustrating, but I wouldn’t doubt the peculiarities of this season has many victims. Not to compare them to Folty, but Yelich and Javier Baez look like shells of their former selves, with Baez speaking about the frustrations and having to play without fans and the energy they provide.
Jeff Schultz of The Athletic reported that Folty simply didn’t work out when the season was suspended. Having no access to gyms, he couldn’t/didn’t find a place to work out nor did he purchase weights or equipment like Dansby Swanson did. Solely on him as everyone else found a way to get their work in.
ADD JACKSON AND SOBODKA TO THAT LIST ALONG WITH FOLTY
I WOULD RATHER SEE CULBERSON PITCH THAN THOSE GUYS
Tomlin should not be starting games. He’s useful out of the pen, but has been awful as a starter.
Same goes for Ynoa, at least not yet. He doesn’t have the stamina, nor apparently the correct mindset or approach.
The Braves love Ynoa’s arm, but he is clearly just not able to pitch longer than 1-2 innings right now, and for whatever reason he just has a mental block when he comes out as a statter. His splits as a reliever and a starter are incredibly staggering. As a starter he is simply not ML caliber, but out of the pen the dude has been Hader-esque..
Hopefully, they use him correctly moving forward, and if they really see him as a future starter, then they can work on that in the offseason.
Ynoa will be a very solid longterm fixture of this bullpen, but I’m not sure he will ever be the “opener” or 3-4 inning starter they really want him to be..It is clearly something between his ears that’s holding him back, or maybe he just tries to expand his arsenal of pitches or something, idk..Ynoa has excellent movement on his pitches, and he has some electric stuff, it has to be frustrating for him, Snit, and Kranitz..
Anyways, for those of you reading the article, or just looking at his numbers and thinking “he is useless, hot garbage, what are you talking about?”…As a reliever, Ynoa carries a 1.50ERA, and his triple slash against is .190/.292/.333.
Patrick Weigel was added as the extra man for the double-header on Friday. Does anyone know if he was sent back to the alternative site? He made his MLB-debut in a forgettable fashion, but he’s been one of the young arms Braves fans have been clamoring for — I mean they’ve giving the ball to Culberson.
Yeah, he was immediately sent back down after the game yesterday, unfortunately..
Kinda sucks he had a rough outing, but at least this time he got called up and actually got a chance to pitch. Unlike last season, when he got called up only to sit on the bench and not even make his debut…
What is weird is Weigel’s velocity seemed pretty low from reports I have read that previously had his FB pegged as an upper 90’s pitch, not 94-95..
Idk, maybe that’s why we havent seen him as much as alot of people expected!? Anyone know anything or have you guys heard anything?!
I want to say I read a report from the alternate site saying coaches weren’t all that impressed with how some of the guys, namely Weigel/Davidson were throwing, which is possibly why we haven’t seen them up just yet. This was about 7-10 days ago, though I hope I am misinformed and we see both up for the stretch, if they’re ready. I fear what’s happened to Kyle Wright (taking 2 patchwork seasons to not get a W with a bloated ERA that takes a toll on a young SP’s confidence) will happen to both/either. Though, this offense is something else.
Good ole Chad “long ball” Sabotka is back. One streaky dude right there! Let’s hope we can keep our offense going and take some pressure off of this rotation. You can really blame AA for the tough luck this year. Injuries, guys not ready etc. if he would have signed madbum that would have been a disaster. He signed Ozuna over Donaldson and that’s been a HUGE signing with how they have both played so far this year. We expected at least 4 guys to pan out in the rotation and to maybe be 1 spot short if that. No blame on AA from me in this weird and unforeseen ⅓ of a season. If you wanna knit pick. Whatever, have a field day with it.
Glad to see nothing has changed with Chad.
Just get Hamels healthy so he can sign a nice one year deal in 2021 with………. someone.