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Soroka: Quietly Making A Run for Cy Young


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Talk about walking softly but carrying a big stick.  Soroka has to be 2nd behind Ryu for the CY.  On pace to go  20-2 with a 2.10 ERA.  And astonishingly he has surrendered just 64 hits.  Dang.

Time to give this guy some love.  Looks like the Glavine of our new dynasty.  Now we need a Smoltz.  Hoping for Maddux seems futile...

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Ryu is the clear unarguable frontrunner, but Soroka isn't far behind. He's been quite the revelation this year - and boy did we need it with the way the elder statesmen starters we relied on coming into the season (Folty, Gausman, and Teheran to a significantly lesser degree) absolutely wet the bed this year. 

Ryu got absolutely lit up in yesterday's outing, and although he has avoided those all year (had only given up a max of 2 ER in any game all year prior to that 4 IP, 7 ER outing), he will need more of those if Soroka is going to catch him.

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10 hours ago, Falconsin2012 said:

Talk about walking softly but carrying a big stick.  Soroka has to be 2nd behind Ryu for the CY.  On pace to go  20-2 with a 2.10 ERA.  And astonishingly he has surrendered just 64 hits.  Dang.

Time to give this guy some love.  Looks like the Glavine of our new dynasty.  Now we need a Smoltz.  Hoping for Maddux seems futile...

Ian Anderson should anchor another spot in a year or so. He's been high on my list.

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16 minutes ago, Passprotection said:

Ian Anderson should anchor another spot in a year or so. He's been high on my list.

No doubt.  Look at his line from today

  • Ian Anderson, SP: 7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, 2.94 ERA

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: Anderson Fans 14 in MBraves No Hitter

The Mississippi pitching staff stole the show in a combined no hitter. Ian Anderson set a team record with 14 strikeouts and Cristian Pache hit his 11th home run.

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54 minutes ago, Falconsin2012 said:

No doubt.  Look at his line from today

  • Ian Anderson, SP: 7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, 2.94 ERA

Atlanta Braves Minor League Recap: Anderson Fans 14 in MBraves No Hitter

The Mississippi pitching staff stole the show in a combined no hitter. Ian Anderson set a team record with 14 strikeouts and Cristian Pache hit his 11th home run.

Yep, I really like Soraka and Fried (haven't been a Folty fan - he dosent have the mentality to me), but think that Anderson will be the next great thing when he comes up.

When Christian comes up, we can move Acuna to a corner where he belongs (athletic enough to play center but lacks the instinct)

 

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On ‎6‎/‎29‎/‎2019 at 11:09 AM, FalconsIn2020 said:

Talk about walking softly but carrying a big stick.  Soroka has to be 2nd behind Ryu for the CY.  On pace to go  20-2 with a 2.10 ERA.  And astonishingly he has surrendered just 64 hits.  Dang.

Time to give this guy some love.  Looks like the Glavine of our new dynasty.  Now we need a Smoltz.  Hoping for Maddux seems futile...

Give me Folty as Smoltz... but in closing role

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3 minutes ago, OrthoPTSD said:

I guess question is does he have the mindset for pressure closing, and wonder if FO questions as well..

Who the heIl knows what the FO and coaching staff thinks? I give up trying to figure them out. Just gonna sit back and cuss the TV after every move I don't like and hold my *** hoping it works.

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If Folty could go back to how he was last year i think he would be to good to be used as a closer. He was on the verge of being an ace until he lost it all mentally. If he could get back to that he would be one of our best pitchers. 

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32 minutes ago, Unkn0wn said:

Foltys mindset probably fits best as a closer. He could be an absolute bull out there for 1 inning. Just let it RIP for a handful of batters and call it a day. 

If he cant get his mind right, i agree. Man i had a lot of hope after that complete game last year.

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