Next for Braves: Arizona Diamondbacks
Series preview: vs. Diamondbacks
When (TV): 7:10 p.m. Tuesday – Thursday (SPSO)
Radio: 680, 93.7, 100.5
Probable starting pitchers:
Tuesday: Braves RH Tim Hudson (5-3, 3.88 ERA) vs. RH Daniel Hudson (3-1, 6.60)
Wednesday: Braves RH Tommy Hanson (8-4, 3.54) vs. RH Trevor Cahill (6-5, 3.47)
Thursday: Braves RH Jair Jurrjens (1-2, 6.75) vs. TBA
About the Braves:
Batting: Jason Heyward is the National League’s second-hottest hitter for the month of June behind only Reds first baseman Joey Votto. Heyward is hitting .391, with eight doubles, one triple, five home runs and 12 RBIs this month, while Votto has hit .434 with eight doubles, six homers and 18 RBIs. Eric Hinske broke out of a 4-for-58 slump by going 2-for-2 with a double, a triple and two RBIs Sunday in Boston.
Pitching: Hudson is 2-1 with a 3.51 ERA in four starts since bone spurs in his left ankle flared up. Outside of his fairly miraculous complete game in Miami where he pitched in pain, he pitched six or fewer innings in the other three starts. He’d gone seven or more innings in three of his previous four starts before the ankle started bothering him. Hudson is 6-0 with a 1.36 ERA in eight career starts against the Diamondbacks, while allowing only one earned run over his previous 30 innings against them.
Miscellaneous: The Braves have won seven of their past nine road games, but have lost six of seven and 10 of 15 games at Turner Field. They Braves won three of four in Arizona on April 19-22.
About the Diamondbacks:
Batting: The D-Backs collected 10 or more hits while averaging 9.2 runs per game in five consecutive games before Sunday. Justin Upton is heating up after a slow start to the season, raising his average from .243 to .271 in the past 15 games. He hit safely in 13 of them, while batting at a .356 (21-for-59) clip, with two doubles, two homers and 13 RBIs.
Pitching: Daniel Hudson is 2-0 despite a 7.01 ERA in five starts since his return from a DL stint with a right shoulder impingement. Arizona hasn’t announced its Thursday starter, but it could be top prospect Trevor Bauer, who was pulled from his Sunday start in Triple-A, and at 21 years old would be making his major league debut in place of the injured Joe Saunders (shoulder inflammation). Bauer was drafted No. 3 overall in 2011 out of UCLA.
Miscellaneous: Shortstop Stephen Drew could return to action as early as Wednesday after nearly a year out after breaking his ankle last July 20. The Diamondbacks have won four in a row, seven out of 10 and 12 out of 17. They’re coming off a three-game sweep over the Cubs.
-Carroll Rogers
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JipWiz
June 25th, 2012
4:25 pm
Sweep!
jake lopez
June 25th, 2012
4:25 pm
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Let's Go
June 25th, 2012
4:30 pm
It’s a monday and the Braves are not playing so they automatically gain a half game.
nuh uh
June 25th, 2012
4:42 pm
Before anyone says anything more, take time to observe the way Carroll spelled “Jurrjens.”
Also, keep in mind: there is no ‘I’ in team OR in Medlen.
Bob in SF
June 25th, 2012
5:14 pm
MLBTraderumors.com says Thursday will be D-Backs stud pitching prospect Trevor Bauer’s debut.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/06/quick-hits-.html
Felix
June 25th, 2012
5:39 pm
What? I didn’t know that Huddy was having so much on-going trouble with his ankle! And those bone spurs don’t go away. Oh man, now our pitching is in even more trouble than I thought. Any more bad news you haven’t dropped on us Dave?
Great! Just great!
Yogi Berra
June 25th, 2012
5:48 pm
This will be one of few Mondays Braves didn’t lose…and thats good.
jj
June 25th, 2012
6:17 pm
Dave I was reading an article about the 1st baseman at AAA that is leading Gwinnett in every offensive catagory and I was wondering why he was moved from LF to 1st when The Braves need a LF that can hit and hit with power?Thanks in advance and Go Braves!Oh yeah I hope JJ is back for the rest of the season and help The Braves reach their GOAL,a CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
leftrecursion
June 25th, 2012
6:47 pm
Wren shouldn’t pick up Hudson’s option next year. They should take the money they’re paying him and Chipper and go after Cole Hamels. Pick up McCann’s option, let Jurrjen’s walk, move Pado to third trade Minor and two AA prospects for a LF’er with a good avg & see if they lock Bourne up. Rotation would be Hamels, Hanson, Beachy, Delgado Tehran.
shorty
June 25th, 2012
6:57 pm
First and Foremost Fire Fredi…Hire someone who knows how to manage and set a lineup.
Whiskey River
June 25th, 2012
7:11 pm
I agree shorty,but who would you suggest?
JohnDrake6
June 25th, 2012
7:24 pm
It amazes me no end that Frank Wren continues to pay Fredi to manage when any one of you would do the job for free. What’s the man thinking???
GwinnettDad
June 25th, 2012
7:25 pm
I imagine the AJC somewhere covered the story that the so-called “Senior Circuit” got its lunch handed to them by the American League. AL finished with a 32 game margin of victory! Of course the AJC sports department was WAY in front of this story. They were, right? But, for the heck of it, show me the column. I’m sure it was my oversight.
Whiskey River
June 25th, 2012
7:30 pm
@JohnDrake6 I do not want to manage but my 2 yr old grandson could do better than what we got. I am an old man but pay me the money you do our pitching staff. I guarantee that I can WALK them all.
1eyedJack
June 25th, 2012
7:38 pm
Whiskey River’s 2 year old grandson for President!!!!
go-BRAVOS
June 25th, 2012
7:48 pm
Imagine how many runs this offense could have put up on the board if our hottest hitter was not hitting 6th and 7th in the lineup for the past month. JHey shoud be in the 3rd spot in the order and there is no excuse for Fredi to keep him behind McCann, Freeman, Uggla, or Chipper when he is hitting so well. Play the hott hand til its not hott anymore.
Go Braves!
Whiskey River
June 25th, 2012
7:50 pm
@go-BRAVOS That shows you how dumb FG and FW are.
longtimefan
June 25th, 2012
7:55 pm
I would like to know where all the Heyward haters are now. You guys sure were out in force in the off season and at the start of MLB regular season. He is leading all NL right fielders in WAR. He has been aggressive on the basepaths. Do you armchair GMs still think we should trade him for a bag of balls? Ready to admit maybe the experts are better at judging talent than you.
James Holton
June 25th, 2012
7:58 pm
Fire Fredi and hire BoB Watson or Don Baylor.
Whiskey River
June 25th, 2012
8:03 pm
How about Javy Lopez?
Whiskey River
June 25th, 2012
8:05 pm
@longtimefan I was not one of them. I always liked him and believed in him.
Al
June 25th, 2012
8:15 pm
Longtimefan–They’re sitting on their chairs trying to digest crow.
Dirty Dawg
June 25th, 2012
8:36 pm
I’ve had my questions about Jayson, but I admit that he’s turned it around. Now it’s time to put the man in the third spot in the batting order, and move McCann down..how far I’ll leave to Freddi.
Jay Puskenalis
June 25th, 2012
9:08 pm
MONDAY OFF…….BRAVES WIN….BRAVES WIN….BRAVES WIN……….
.. No more losing on Mondays guys.
the truth...
June 25th, 2012
9:23 pm
@longtimefan
Just because folks get down on players like Heyward when they’re hitting bottom and have no clue on the field don’t mean they’re “haters”…………
That is just a DUMB statement and the word “hater” is really juvenile in an application like this….
I’ve been a fan of the Braves since 1956…..and like it or not Heyward was a bust last year. Doesn’t make me a “hater”…..
Don’t be stupid….
Mike from the coast
June 25th, 2012
9:33 pm
I agree with longtimefan, way to many haters on here. I’ve posted this on a couple of blogs. (Too many blogs at times) but Uggla does need to be out of the 4-hole at the moment. I have a little more faith in McCann. He’s had a lot or rockets caught. Believe he’s on the verge of coming around.
the truth...
June 25th, 2012
9:52 pm
“haters” is a juvenile term….get over it…..folks want to win and want the millionaires to perform…. when they don’t win and don’t perform the fans react……
they’re not “haters”…..
Of course there are the “mommas boys” who get online and trash anybody and everybody….they’re not “haters” either…………….
They’re Morons………..
Mike from the coast
June 25th, 2012
10:18 pm
Now that’ funny “the truth.” Sure glad you cleared that up for us.
MattinAtl
June 25th, 2012
10:45 pm
The D’backs will be coming in seeking vengeance for the sweep we put on them a couple of months ago. Hope our boys realize and are ready. Otherwise, this is a series loss.
Felix
June 25th, 2012
10:53 pm
Heyward–NL player of the week.
JNick
June 25th, 2012
10:56 pm
How have the Braves won 7 of their last 9 road games when they just lost 1 of 3 in NY and 2 of 3 in Boston? Some funky AJC math going on here….
Felix
June 25th, 2012
10:57 pm
Rockies 3, Nats 2 (7th)
Cubbies 6, Mets 1
JNick
June 25th, 2012
10:58 pm
Terry Francona is still available….
bostonbravo
June 25th, 2012
11:30 pm
meals, & 34 cents/mile ,. train fare…(No more planes!)…I’ll manage Braves rest of year. ($30/day meals)…I’ll phone in the flight games…will do at least as well
as
Havana Fats!
HAHAAHAH
June 25th, 2012
11:40 pm
METS 1 CUBS 6
CARDINALS 8 MARLINS 7 F/10
NATIONALS 2 ROCKIES 4
PIRATES 3 or 4 lol PHILLIES 8
NATIONALS -
BRAVES 3.5
METS 3.5
MARLINS 8
PHILLIES 8
METS WITH 3 ERRORS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH : 4 UNEARNED RUNS
ROCKIES BEAT STRASBURG AND THE NATIONALS lol
Nevada Roy
June 26th, 2012
1:32 am
I wonder if Josh Willingham now with the Twins might be available. The x-Nat/Marlin is righthanded left fielder batting .278 with 15 HRs and 49 RBIs so far in 2012 and signed thru 2015 @ 7mil/yr. Maybe the Twins might take Juan Francisco and a pitcher.
pete
June 26th, 2012
4:33 am
Guys, All of you crying because the braves are losing so often; here are some facts. The Braves have not started a series with a team with a losing record since May 9 against the Cubs. At the start of the last 3 series and 4 out of last 5 series the Braves opponents had won at least 4 in a row before playing the Braves. Also, 2 out of 5 of the Braves starting pitchers have less than 2 years eperience in MLB.
longtimefan
June 26th, 2012
6:41 am
“the truth”- “hater” is an in vogue term referring to those individual who trash talk another person, especially in an undeserved fashion. Perfectly applies to those short sighted uninformed “fans” who expected perfection out of a 22 year old in his second and third year in baseball with very limited minor league seasoning. “Send him to AAA, he sucks”, “Trade him for whoever you can get, he never will live up to the hype” and similar statements made about a 5 tool homegrown kid injured last year and trying his hardest is hating.Those comments are made by haters in the current usage of the word, Dude. I’ve been a Braves fan since 1966. And BTW, those millionaires want to win just as badly or more than the casual fan- it’s just that they happen to be human and aren’t always perfect.
Fire Fredi
June 26th, 2012
7:32 am
Wow the Nats come to town this weekend and the Braves are pitching the BACK END of the staff!
Minor and Delgado…and Strasburg pitches Saturday….
Screwed again
Don
June 26th, 2012
9:01 am
Surprise, Surprise – we haven’t had a Pitcher injured all week — Of course, it’s only Tuesday – And, of course, we didn’t play yesterday.
Chumper
June 26th, 2012
9:37 am
What a bunch of softies. I am so tired of hearing all the excuses and the whining and crying. Oh my finger hurts, oh I pulled my groin, oh my leg has a bruise, oh my elbow doesn’t feel good. Come on Braves, man up and play.
Is this a man’s pro baseball team or the girl scouts?
alex
June 26th, 2012
9:55 am
@ longtimefan if you’ve been a fan since 1965, you must be at least 47 years old, drop the “dude” and you’re too old to be politically correct , so drop the “hater” thing ;in fact drop this blog, you are ANNOYING !!
alex
June 26th, 2012
9:57 am
46…
DawgDad
June 26th, 2012
10:12 am
” I was reading an article about the 1st baseman at AAA that is leading Gwinnett in every offensive catagory and I was wondering why he was moved from LF to 1st when The Braves need a LF that can hit and hit with power?”
To “stretch him out”?
Mike from the coast
June 26th, 2012
11:19 am
Alex, I 100% agree with longtimefan and frankly I think you are the ANNOYER!
reckingball
June 26th, 2012
11:30 am
Mike……That’s what I was thinking also. haha.
go braves
BrandonLee49
June 26th, 2012
11:41 am
So far, it seems the Braves will be Fortunate in not having to face Diamondbacks Ace: Kennedy, so we’ll see how these two teams match up for the series. A Tough Opponent with Diamondbacks on a Winning Roll of Thunder, something Atlanta seems somehow to Avoid… With or Without Kennedy, Diamondbacks will be a Tough series.
One Big Dummy
June 26th, 2012
11:44 am
When I hear someone call another person a “hater” I then realize that they don’t really understand the definitions of words that take more than five or six letters to spell.
Willy
June 26th, 2012
11:44 am
Is coaching as important as some people say it is. Fredi has to work with the players he has. If they are not performing, it is not his fault.
Brave New World
June 26th, 2012
11:45 am
Haters will be haters. This blog is open to all. GO BRAVES!
Why?
June 26th, 2012
11:54 am
“NY jury awards over $950 million to Liberty Media”
The Braves won’t see a cent of this LOL
Sons of Rick Matula
June 26th, 2012
11:58 am
Haters as in hate to see the Fredi face. Haters only in that they hate to see an organization regress.
BrandonLee49
June 26th, 2012
11:59 am
Longtime – Where do you think “Dude” came from??? Your Generation !!! Back in the Sixties, DUDE… Wake your condescending butt up… Players who don’t perform up to their MultiMillion dollar Salary, Deserves to get Shoused in the Blogs, whether they’re 22 or 32. Sure, Common sense says to give the younger guys more patience in Learning, Except when They Accept the Same Salaries that the PROS Get for Performing day-in and day-out… Fans, Owners SPonsors Deserve Better than Mediocrity for making umpteen Milion bucks.
Mike from the coast
June 26th, 2012
11:59 am
One Big Dummy, the comment was never directed at one person. There have been a mutitude of naysayers on here that wanted Jhey sent down, want to fire Fredi, want Chipper to go anywhere, etc. I’m a fan, frustrated at times, questioning decisions at times, but I am an ardent fan of the Braves. Of course it’s a blog you can say pretty much what you want, saying that, some of the fans that wanted Jason sent down deserve a little crow in my opinion. Go Braves.
George Lopez
June 26th, 2012
12:07 pm
Hey Chumper; by the way It is The Girl Scouts’ FARM TEAM…. When they get really good they get to Sell Real Cookies in the Real World…..
ANd Why Don’st Atslanta Journal don’st got no Latino Sports Writers !!!!! Man Dis is a Rip-Off Man !!!, i’m so depressed, ims’ gona drive up to Taco Bell, and Tell Mommas She Need to fix me Dinner !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stank Wren
June 26th, 2012
1:39 pm
For some reason I always end up hating people that use the word “haters”
Dreading the trade deadline
June 26th, 2012
1:53 pm
LOL. Did you see that our next center fielder got a 50 game suspension? Looks like a perfect Braves pickup!
alex
June 26th, 2012
1:57 pm
@ reckingball: YOU think ? ha, ha. As for mike “ANNOYER” ? You guys deserve each other…..
Nevada Roy
June 26th, 2012
1:57 pm
Baltimore just released Miguel Tejada from his minor league contract. Might he be a better shortstop backup and righthanded pinch hitting threat than Jack Wilson? He has a lifetime .285 BA and 304 homeruns.
Jason Heyward-NL Player of the Week
June 26th, 2012
2:01 pm
I just wanted to say hi to all of you fans who have been wanting to demote or trade me.
GoBraves!
June 26th, 2012
2:16 pm
We aren’t getting Hamels next year, so let go of that dream; not under Liberty Media we won’t anyways. We have little payroll as it is, and we look like we are going to have to choose either McCann or Bourne, but I say we go a different route and offer the moon for Andrew McCutchen.
Keith
June 26th, 2012
3:10 pm
DOB
Does the 950 MIL prize that Liberty won in a lawsuit factor into spending some on a pitcher?
That would be nice…doubt it will happen but hey…