K26dp Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 4 hours ago, jidady said: Can you remind me of what happened with that? Kind of like Rosario, his contact rate -- already borderline -- started to get worse in his third season with Atlanta, the year after his All-Star season. In August of that year he finally went to get LASIK. He returned at the minimum 15 days on the DL. He went .133/.325/.183 to finish out the season. He insisted that his eyesight was fine. Uggla started 2014 with a .149/.229/.213 line in 52 games and the Braves released him. I've always felt that either the eye surgery didn't work, he couldn't get used to the newfound sharper vision, or the Braves brought him back to quickly. ATL Fan in the DMV and jidady 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonFalcon Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 3 hours ago, K26dp said: Kind of like Rosario, his contact rate -- already borderline -- started to get worse in his third season with Atlanta, the year after his All-Star season. In August of that year he finally went to get LASIK. He returned at the minimum 15 days on the DL. He went .133/.325/.183 to finish out the season. He insisted that his eyesight was fine. Uggla started 2014 with a .149/.229/.213 line in 52 games and the Braves released him. I've always felt that either the eye surgery didn't work, he couldn't get used to the newfound sharper vision, or the Braves brought him back to quickly. He also had a pretty bad concussion that could've played a part in that too. jidady, ATL Fan in the DMV, labradford and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K26dp Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 48 minutes ago, CrimsonFalcon said: He also had a pretty bad concussion that could've played a part in that too. True, forgot about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 I remember Uggla saying he wasn't the same after the concussion. I found the old article from 2015, he said he didn't even realize it himself, he got a call from Marquis Grissom. Grissom told him that he too had been hit in the head before and had issues from it. Uggla said his vision had gotten so bad that he was in the field begging for the ball to go anywhere but 2B because he couldn't see. His vision was 20/15 standing still but 20/100 when moving his head. He was declared "fixed" before the 2015 season but was still terrible. K26dp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For the A Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Todays game against the Twins is on mlb.tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RING OF HONOR Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 55 minutes ago, For the A said: Todays game against the Twins is on mlb.tv Why are there 2 games on at the same time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For the A Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 14 minutes ago, RING OF HONOR said: Why are there 2 games on at the same time.... Split squads today. 1 game at Baltimore and other game at home against Twins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ATLBham Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Thanks for all the updates, guys! I'm really excited about the season -- I think we're gonna have a special year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For the A Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 (edited) Looks like all the Braves remaining home spring games will be on MLB.TV. Those that aren’t being shown on the local Bally channel, you should be able to watch through mlb.com/videos. I can’t confirm that since I’m out of market and use mlb.tv. Edited March 6 by For the A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL Fan in the DMV Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Dude, Olson is ready! He’s lighting it up in spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K26dp Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Ian Anderson looked pretty good today. Good life on the fastball, and throwing it for strikes. The slider looks -- usable. At the minimum, it gives him a pitch he can work east-to-west to break up some of his usual north-south pattern. falconsd56 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Acuna has joined Venezuela and Rosario had left to join Puerto Rico. Obviously both of those guys will ve missing fron camp until their WBC run is done. Rosario will actually be in North Port on Thursday because Puerto Rico is playing an exhibition against the Braves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 No Soroka and no Kyle Wright it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/5/2023 at 11:40 PM, K26dp said: Ian Anderson looked pretty good today. Good life on the fastball, and throwing it for strikes. The slider looks -- usable. At the minimum, it gives him a pitch he can work east-to-west to break up some of his usual north-south pattern. I didn't see it, what was his velo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 49 minutes ago, Malachore said: No Soroka and no Kyle Wright it seems Wright is throwing bullpens. He said his shoulder hasn't felt this good in two years. He's scheduled to face live hitter this week and the Braves say Wright is on track to be in the rotation for Opening Day. Snitker did admit that Soroka is unlikely because the limited time. He's doing fine but given his lack of innings, Snit said they won't rush him and its best for him to go to AAA and keep working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 27 minutes ago, Unknøwn said: Wright is throwing bullpens. He said his shoulder hasn't felt this good in two years. He's scheduled to face live hitter this week and the Braves say Wright is on track to be in the rotation for Opening Day. Snitker did admit that Soroka is unlikely because the limited time. He's doing fine but given his lack of innings, Snit said they won't rush him and its best for him to go to AAA and keep working. Did you mean Soroka here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 6 minutes ago, Malachore said: Did you mean Soroka here? No, Wright is throwing and gearing up to throw live BP by the end of the week. I think they said Friday. Malachore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K26dp Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 4 hours ago, Malachore said: I didn't see it, what was his velo? No idea, guessing he was sitting 93-95. What I liked about it was he was getting natural late movement on it, with that sweet rising action like he had when he first came up. Malachore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 The Braves are not WBC ready. Dominican gets the 9-0 win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For the A Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Braves are taking it to Puerto Rico. 8-0 bottom 6. The most disappointing thing is that the Braves have hit into 3 double plays with the bases loaded and no outs. They did get 3 runs out of that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K26dp Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 3/8/2023 at 4:07 PM, Unknøwn said: The Braves are not WBC ready. Dominican gets the 9-0 win. I think you mean the Gwinnett Stripers aren't WBC ready. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Allard has a strained oblique. He'll be on the IL for the start of the season. That's a key part of the rotation depth down. Add in Soroka's delayed ST and that's two guys down from that backend depth to start. Could see one those late Spring additions that gets cut by another team just to ensure the depth should anything crazy happen early on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Roster cuts round two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K26dp Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 No surprises. Vines and Munoz have looked good in their appearances, but the Braves no doubt want to get them stretched out to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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