Brian Matusz doesn’t look TOR to you?

ok…

Jeff—I probably should have said “I don’t know if . . .”  because I’ll admit that I don’t know enough about Matusz to make that judgment.  Looking over his stats briefly suggests that he could be that guy.  Of course, you could have said the same about Homer Bailey a couple of years ago too . . .

Craig,

I’m a long-time Braves fan and I’m not as sanguine about their future as you are. I feel that, under the ownership of Liberty Media, they’re an organization that is sliding into mediocrity. It’s not happening quickly because there are enough holdovers from the past who are sort of keeping the ship on course but, as they retire or move on, they’re most likely to be replaced by less capable individuals. For example, are you excited about the prospect of Terry Pendleton as a manager after Bobby Cox? Or even Glen Hubbard for that matter? BTW, I’m willing to bet that Jeff Francoeur is playing RF for the Braves next year. His future is in the hands of the marketing department, not the baseball people. That was made clear when his demotion to the minors last season lasted only three games.

You really think they’re going to bring up Heyward next year?  I don’t see any possibility of that happening, I think they have to give him at least one full year at AA/AAA