The team's two top position player prospects are different types of hitters - how do they work in the box, and what do they need to do to translate that to Atlanta?
I know this is a crazy idea. With David Fletcher pitching as a knucleballer the entire year last year in AA. What are the odds he is the teams ultility guy and he starts as a pitcher for the team every 10 games or so. He also can come in when the regular starter just doesn't have it. Instead of having 'the' Jesse take on 3 innings to save the pen etc--could Fletcher come in and be that extra pitcher? He could save the pen at times and then give the starters an extra day of rest. I hope they go with a 6 man rotation and also allow Fletcher to fill in to reset the entire rotation over and over. We can't seem to have healthy starters when the braves are fortunate to get to the post season--so anything out of the box may help, who knows. I know this is wrong, but it would be fun to try (for me at least). On a 1-10 rank how just truly insane is this? Thanks.
The issue here is that you have to get Fletcher listed as a two-way player for it to work - MLB now has rules that say when position players can take the mound (leading by ten in the 9th, trailing by eight at any time, or in extra innings).
Getting him designated as a two-way player isn't easy, however, because he has to have done it in the majors already, frustratingly. We'll talk about it on the Monday mailbag!
I know this is a crazy idea. With David Fletcher pitching as a knucleballer the entire year last year in AA. What are the odds he is the teams ultility guy and he starts as a pitcher for the team every 10 games or so. He also can come in when the regular starter just doesn't have it. Instead of having 'the' Jesse take on 3 innings to save the pen etc--could Fletcher come in and be that extra pitcher? He could save the pen at times and then give the starters an extra day of rest. I hope they go with a 6 man rotation and also allow Fletcher to fill in to reset the entire rotation over and over. We can't seem to have healthy starters when the braves are fortunate to get to the post season--so anything out of the box may help, who knows. I know this is wrong, but it would be fun to try (for me at least). On a 1-10 rank how just truly insane is this? Thanks.
The issue here is that you have to get Fletcher listed as a two-way player for it to work - MLB now has rules that say when position players can take the mound (leading by ten in the 9th, trailing by eight at any time, or in extra innings).
Getting him designated as a two-way player isn't easy, however, because he has to have done it in the majors already, frustratingly. We'll talk about it on the Monday mailbag!