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Scout praises Yates

Jayson Starks' most recent ESPN column had a nice blurb about Tyler Yates:


Penmanship in Atlanta: One cardinal rule we've learned over the years is: When the Braves trade away a pitcher, never question it. But other people out there are already second-guessing their decision to deal away reliever Tyler Yates to Pittsburgh at the end of spring training.

"I think their bullpen is going to have trouble," said one scout. "I love [Rafael] Soriano as a set-up guy. But as a closer, I think he's just middle-of-the-pack. … [Peter] Moylan is tough on right-handers, but I don't think he can get left-handers out. … Guys like [Blaine] Boyer and [Chris] Resop have great arms, but they walk too many people and they're up in the zone a lot. And [Manny] Acosta is the same way. … So for me, you take that whole set-up crew, and Tyler Yates is better than all of them."

 

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It feels really good to know

that the Pirates are on the better end of the deal for once.

by Bad Andy on Apr 11, 2008 11:55 PM EDT reply actions  

Considering the fact that Mike Gonzalez

has hardly pitched for Atlanta in his one season plus with them, I`d say getting Adam LaRoche has the Bucs +2 on the Braves.

by patthatt on Apr 16, 2008 4:23 AM EDT reply actions  

Check in again tonight

Todd Redmond fanned 7 in 4 2/3 in his last start, and I believe he starts for the Braves’ AA team tonight. I’ve never seen Redmond, and Yates looks great, I’m just throwing that out there.

by azibuck on Apr 16, 2008 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

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