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A Short Case for a New Award
Despite all the talk about how the most dominant relievers this year deserved to be in the discussion for the Cy Young Award, there is basically no chance that any reliever actually wins it. Everyone will…Read More
2012 Review: Craig Kimbrel
Craig Kimbrel has had one of the most dominant seasons a relief pitcher has ever had. After his stellar ROY 2011 campaign, most thought he would regress a tad in 2012. Boy, were they wrong. In 2012, all…Read More
Another Craig Kimbrel Insanity Post
After managing a near-record 41.5% K rate last year, most of us expected Craig Kimbrel to post a figure no higher than this. After the first two months, he had a slight drop, sitting just below 40%.…Read More
Daily Notes (8/10): The Bullpen
Well with no games being played yesterday I can’t really give you a nice box score with the Braves winning can I? Unfortunately, I cannot. Yet another unfortunate thing is the Nationals winning baseball…Read More
From What World Does Craig Kimbrel Reside?
Craig Kimbrel was tremendous last year, posting a 2.10 ERA and 1.52 FIP over 77 IP. Some thought the “heavy” workload would lead to a drop in success this year. It seemed unlikely that…Read More
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Braves Middle Relief – Is There A Plan for Livan Hernandez and Chad Durbin?
After outstanding starting performances last weekend by Mike Minor and Brandon Beachy, Monday saw Tommy…Read More
Craig Kimbrel and Pitch f/x Part II
Well in part two of the Kimbrel investigation I am going to go over his whiff rate compared to the top…Read More
Craig Kimbrel and Pitch f/x Part I
Here is the next part in my search to understand pitch f/x and evaluate pitchers more effectively. Luckily…Read More
Atlanta Braves 2012 Bullpen
Arguably one of the better parts of 2011 for the Braves was the bullpen. Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters,…Read More
So how ’bout them 2012 Braves
As we rapidly approach February and the start of spring training the Braves still haven’t made any…Read More
Kimbrel Finished 9th In Cy Young Voting
Craig Kimbrel was the unanimous choice for the NL Rookie of the Year and he picked up a couple of 5th…Read More
Kimbrel Perfect In Rookie Of The Year Voting
Craig Kimbrel’s season of dominance continued for the Braves on Monday afternoon when the BBWAA…Read More
Braves Battery Sporting News All Stars
The Sporting News today named Braves catcher Brian McCann and closer Craig Kimbrel to their National…Read More
What the Braves need to do to get back to the World Series
I was reading the AJC post from Mark Bradley–the one where he said the Braves will be in the World…Read More
Braves Highlights 2011 –O’VentBrel
Braves Formula, Send In O’VentBrel Though there’s quite correctly been a lot of criticism of our…Read More
Braves 2011 Highlights–Craig Kimbrel
In spite of blowing the save in games 162 and losing his wallet the same night, Craig Kimbrel had a record…Read More
Easy as 1-2-THREE
Last night’s win was a great morale boost for the Braves. In addition to pushing the Cardinals to three…Read More
Is It Time To Panic Yet?
Hello once again from the frozen Winterland of Southeast Michigan! It’s almost as cold as the…Read More
Braves August End On Positive Beat
After Jair Jurrjens disappointing performance on Tuesday many Braves fans were not looking forward to…Read More
Chipper, As Predicted, On Hot Streak
Hello one more time from Michigan tonight. While waiting to see Craig Kimbrel enter the game in the…Read More
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