First Round of Cuts

Written by Colin on March 12, 2008 – 10:16 pm

The Braves cut six players from their spring roster Wednesday in their first round of cuts.  The six players included five pitchers and catcher J.C. Boscan.  Charlie Morton was optioned to Class AAA Richmond, along with Zach Schreiber and Phil Stockman.  Matt DeSalvo was re-assigned to Richmond.  Jairo Cuevas was optioned to Class AA in Mississippi, and J.C. Boscan was re-assigned to Mississippi.

Morton pitched three innings this spring and gave up 4 runs (only one earned) on 5 hits.  Cox likes Morton – said he thinks Morton “is going to be a good pitcher.”  Quite frankly, we’re a little surprised that Morton was cut this quickly – he looked good this spring.  Matt DeSalvo also looked good this spring, but after pitching 6.1 innings and giving up 5 runs and walking 6, he was clearly not ready for the big time in Atlanta.

Stockman had a strong showing, pitching 2 innings and striking out 3 while giving up no runs.  Schreiber pitched 5 innings in 3 outings – he gave up 2 earned runs and walked 3 as well as striking out three.

DeSalvo and Morton will contribute to a strong Richmond rotation that will help AAA hopefully return to the AAA championship.  We’ll probably also see Chuck James, Jeff Bennett, and possibly Jo-Jo Reyes end up on the Richmond rotation.

I’m sure that we’ll see Morton and Schreiber back in the big leagues before too long – they both have talent and a future in front of them.  For now though, they need a bit more development.


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Braves 5, Tigers 4

Written by Jonathan on March 7, 2008 – 10:53 am

The Braves held off a late push from the Tigers yesterday afternoon to land a 5-4 victory, pushing their preseason record to 6-2.  Tom Glavine made his second start of the preseason for the Braves, yielding 2 runs on 4 hits.  Glavine handed the ball over to Ryan Drese to close out the third inning.  Drese faced 5 batters through the 3rd and 4th innings, issuing only 1 hit and gaining himself the win for the game.

Dontrelle Willis took the hill for the Tigers, pitching 3 solid innings, issuing only 2 hits and striking out 3.  Armando Galarraga replaced Willis at the start of the 4th inning and, through the next 2 innings, was accountable for all 5 of the Braves runs on the day.  The Braves took advantage of the 3 walks issued by Galarraga and doubles by Yunel Escobar and Joe Borchard to paste 5 runs on the board in the 5th inning.  Escobar was 2-3 on the day with 3 RBIs, increasing his preseason batting average to .500.

The Braves held the 5-2 lead into the 8th inning, when Braves pitcher Damian Moss gave up 2 runs on 3 hits before closing out the game and obtaining the save.  Zach Schreiber also contributed 2 innings of scoreless pitching for the Braves.  The Braves face off against the Tigers once again today when Mike Hampton takes the mound against Tigers veteran, Kenny Rogers.


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