Atlanta Braves Camp: Leading Candidate for Fifth Starter Spot?
By Jeff Schafer
Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports
Atlanta Braves camp in Orlando, Florida opened it’s doors to the 2015 Spring Training on Friday morning for pitchers and catchers and just like that, baseball season is upon us. Braves fans should have many things to look forward to during Spring Training – one of which is the fifth starting position battle in the rotation.
Over the offseason, Atlanta acquired many new faces that could compete for a rotation spot. With a solid core of four – Alex Wood, Julio Teheran, Shelby Miller and Mike Minor – the Braves need to fill one more spot.
I’ve broken these players names down into three different tiers of what I feel as of February 25th – tier one has a really good chance to being the Braves fifth starter, tier two has an outside chance but unlikely, and tier three breaks down pitchers who the Braves will say “thanks for showing us what you’ve got, continue to progress in the minors”.
TIER THREE
Daniel Winkler – right handed pitcher
Williams Perez – right handed pitcher
Yean Carlos Gil – left handed pitcher
Tyrell Jenkins – right handed pitcher
Jason Hursh – right handed pitcher
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TIER TWO
Cody Martin – right handed pitcher
James Russell – left handed pitcher
Josh Outman – left handed pitcher
Mauricio Cabrera – right handed pitcher
Sugar Ray Marimon – right handed pitcher
TIER ONE
Chien-Ming Wang – right handed pitcher
Eric Stults – left handed pitcher
Wandy Rodriguez – left handed pitcher
Manny Banuelos – left handed pitcher
Michael Foltynewicz – right handed pitcher
Over the next three slides, I breakdown tier one even more (everything depends on how they preform in bullpen session, live BP, live games and in the locker room) with my three favorites to win the job.