Braves rotation has 'no clue' behind Chris Sale
Braves Today host Lindsey Crosby breaks down the state of the Braves' pitching staff, noting that beyond ace Chris Sale, the rest of the rotation is full of question marks heading into the trade deadline with injuries, rehab starts, and inconsistency plaguing the depth.
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Chris Sale is awesome, and we know Chris Sale is awesome.
And behind Chris Sale, no clue what you can count on, right?
Renato Lopez, we talked about this, didn't look great in his start.
Hurston Waldrop is getting evaluated by doctors.
A.J.
Minter, Shaver, rehab start.
He's still rehabbing.
Pitcher Swallenbach hasn't gone on rehab yet.
Grant Holmes isn't giving you length.
Martn Prez isn't missing bats or giving you length.
Like, it's a really tough lift to see any of these guys as a game two starter in the postseason, so you've gotta find somebody else.
So the trade deadline, AA has done it.
We've talked about it on the show.
I've played the clips.
If there's a frontline starter available, the Braves are gonna be in on that acquisition.
So what I wanted to do was talk about some of the previous acquisitions at the deadline, not from Atlanta, but across baseball, and try to understand similar situations, how much those guys went for, and what a comparable deal out of Atlanta's farm system would be
