Buck Showalter talking return of Jim Johnson (Signs w/ATL)

[El Gordo]

Would you trade Gausman for Freeman?

Would the Braves? Are they that desperate for pitching?

[sportsfan8703]

Meh. Minor league depth moves don't impact anything else we're doing. At all.

Maybe not individually. But these types of moves have been a staple of DD's team building philosophy since he's been with the O's. Last year he didn't acquire enough SP depth and none of the OF scrap heap guys did anything.

[Stotle]

Would the Braves? Are they that desperate for pitching?

Moot point. No payroll room now, I'd think.

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[gmelson26]

Buck must have known Wieters was taking the QO and is desperately looking for starter help...

[weams]

http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2015/11/is-reunion-with-jim-johnson-good-idea.html

[weams]

http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2015/11/is-reunion-with-jim-johnson-good-idea.html

The figure depicting his time with the Braves looks awfully similar to the one from 2013, which shows a lot of sinkers thrown middle-middle, indicating that he benefitted from some good luck. However, it looks like he also generally kept the sinker down in the zone better than he did in 2013, which is a good thing. However, there is no getting around the fact that Johnson was just bad in Los Angeles. He left nearly all of his sinkers up in the zone, making it hard to argue that his .446 BABIP and 25% HR/FB rate were just a function of bad luck, even in a very small sample size. It’s true that bad luck may have contributed, but Johnson wasn’t doing himself any favors.

There’s a mantra that hitters are supposed to follow against a pitcher who throws a sinker: “If it’s high, let it fly…if it’s low let it go.” Well, during his time with the Dodgers, Johnson was “pitchin’ ‘em high” and batters were “lettin’ it fly” to the tune of a .184 ISO. Compare that to a 0.046 ISO against his sinker during his time with the Braves and .099 ISO against his sinker over the course of his career.

[weams]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/11/braves-sign-jim-johnson.html

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Braves Sign Jim Johnson <a href="https://t.co/hWucRGCEzZ">https://t.co/hWucRGCEzZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/m0SkLEst6I">pic.twitter.com/m0SkLEst6I</a></p>— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) <a href="

">November 30, 2015</a></blockquote>

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[Morgan423]

Well, he was good for them last year before he imploded. They seem to know what makes him tick, so I can see this being a good move for them. Just good luck to them if they try to trade him at the deadline again. :laughlol: