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Atlanta Braves’ Steady Spencer Schwellenbach Flashes Cy Young Form
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 04: Spencer Schwellenbach #56 of the Atlanta Braves pitches in the first … More
In two starts this season, Atlanta Braves right-handed starter, Spencer Schwellenbach, has been almost unhittable.
Schwellenbach, who turns 25 in May, has yielded three hits in those two starts, covering 14 innings. Three.
Schwellenbach has not yielded a run. Not one. Earned or un-earned.
Schwellenbach has walked one, and struck out 14.
Those are statistics from which a Cy Young Award winning season is built.
Schwellenbach’s blazing start to the new season is a dream scenario for Braves manager, Brian Snitker.
The Braves began the season with an unfamiliar 0-7 start.
Now, Schwellenbach, and his starting pitching colleagues are being called up to right the rocky ship.
Snitker can rest his bullpen on days Schwellenbach pitches, which is a luxury in today’s Major League Baseball.
In the past few years, starting pitches have been turning in shorter outings, which taxes and puts extra pressure on the pen.
Schwellenbach’s start also helps reduce some of the sting to the Braves pitching staff, with the departure of starter Max Fried to the New York Yankees, and to losing right-handed starter, Reynaldo Lopez. Lopez is on the Braves Injured List, after requiring arthroscopic shoulder surgery earlier this month.
Schwellenbach’s next start is scheduled for April 10, at home in Atlanta. He could square off against the Philadelphia Phillies, and starter Jesus Lazardo
The Braves look forward to the return of right-handed starter, Spencer Strider, who underwent elbow surgery, which included receiving an internal brace.
ATLANTA, GA – APRIL 04: Spencer Schwellenbach #56 of the Atlanta Braves looks on in the dugout … More
Strider, 26, has thrown two impressive rehabilitation starts at Triple-A Gwinnett. In his most recent start April 4, MLB.com indicated, “Strider held the opposition hitless on 74 pitches, over 5 1/3 inning, while striking out eight batters.”
And if Schwellenbach, and Strider are not enough to put the Braves back on the right track, consider that last season’s National League Cy Young Award winner, Chris Sale provides a left-handed anchor to the Braves rotation.
Sale, now 36 following his March 6 birthday, has had a bit of a rough start. Chances are very good he will return to form, giving the Braves the type of rotation outings they have come to expect from Sale.
Like Schwellenbach, Sale’s next opponent will likely be the Philadelphia Phillies, in Atlanta. His probable opponent is highly regarded right-hander, Zack Wheeler.
ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 13: Spencer Schwellenbach #56 of the Atlanta Braves pitches in the first … More
Schwellenbach Dazzled Last Season:
While Sale was pitching his way to a Cy Young Award, Spencer Schwellenbach was arriving on the Braves pitching scene as a rookie starter.
A second round draft pick of the Braves in 2021, the Braves gave the University of Nebraska product a $1 million signing bonus.
Interestingly, Schwellenbach underwent Tommy John after the draft, and he didn’t pitch at all in 2021, or 2022.
Schwellenbach made a meteoric rise through the Braves player development system, making only 24 minor league starts, covering 110 innings.
Schwellenbach made his major league debut May 24, 2021, against the Washington Nationals. He threw five innings in that game, taking the loss, and yielding five hits, and three earned runs. He walked two, and struck out five in his first big league start.
brooksbaseball.net lists Schwellenbach using a very complete repertoire of pitches; including a four-seam fastball, sinking fastball, slider, curve, cutter, and split-finger.
He uses his secondary pitches fairly equally, behind the 43.42% use of his four-seamer.
Schwellenbach has shown excellent command and control of his arsenal.
Last season, Schwellenbach walked 23, while striking out 127.
There is little question in this old scout’s mind that Spencer Schwellenbach can fashion a Cy Young sophomore season.
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta weather: Foggy Monday morning, warming trend ahead
Sunday evening forecast
Expect above-normal temperatures to start the week out. The FOX 5 Storm Team is tracking the arrival of the next cold front. Here’s the latest.
ATLANTA – Winter’s roller-coaster temperatures are climbing back up the hill this week, with another drop expected next week.
Patchy fog could affect the start of the workweek across parts of north and central Georgia, followed by a rapid warmup that may push temperatures close to record levels before a sharp cooldown by the weekend, according to the FOX 5 Storm Team.
How warm will it get this week?
By the numbers:
Monday is expected to look similar to Sunday, with filtered sunshine and mild temperatures. “Tomorrow looks very similar to today’s, mostly sunny, a bit mild,” FOX 5 Storm Team meteorologist Greg Majewski said, with highs generally in the low to mid-60s.
The warming trend strengthens as the week continues. Overnight lows will rise into the 40s and near 50, followed by daytime highs climbing into the upper 60s and low 70s by midweek. “The trend is going to be going upward here for the week,” Majewski said.
Several days in the 70s are possible, bringing temperatures close to record territory. “We’re hitting the 70s here three days in a row,” he said. “This is going to get awfully close to the record high.”
Rain chances remain limited early in the week, though Majewski said a weak boundary could bring “a couple of isolated showers” late Tuesday. More meaningful rain is expected later in the week as a stronger system approaches.
By Friday night into Saturday, showers and thunderstorms could move through the area, followed by a dramatic cooldown. “Here comes the rain coming in on Friday, kind of late,” Majewski said, adding that colder air will move in behind the system.
How cold will it get this weekend?
What’s next:
Temperatures are expected to fall sharply by Sunday. “Boom. 51, 37,” Majewski said. “Much colder Sunday.”
That cold snap could bring another return to winterlike mornings early next week. “That means that Monday morning we’ll probably see the twenties back in here yet again,” he said. “So the roller-coaster ride of our winter continues here across Georgia.”
The Source: This article contains an original forecast by the FOX 5 Storm Team. The National Weather Service contributed to this report.
Atlanta, GA
Braves News: NBP pieces falling into place, slow market, more
Well the NBP posted players all seem to be settled now, with Imai and Okamoto having signed with an MLB club and Takahashi returning to the NBP. Those players do not seem to have sparked movement in the overall market, either in free agency or in trades, at least so far, as this offseason continues to be glacial. Hopefully things pick up a bit as we get more separation from the holidays. The Braves still seem to be motivated to make a big addition, but this front office has shown that the right deal has to be there for them to pull the trigger.
Atlanta, GA
Police investigating stabbing on Moreland Avenue in SE Atlanta
ATLANTA – A man was stabbed Saturday in southeast Atlanta, according to police.
What we know:
According to Atlanta police, officers responded to the 400 block of Moreland Avenue SE to reports of a male who had been stabbed. Investigators believe a female and male were involved in a dispute that resulted in the stabbing.
What we don’t know:
Police did not identify the male or female.
No word yet on charges.
The Source: Information provided by the Atlanta Police Department.
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