December 22, 200322 yr LATEST NEWS - December 22 - Previous News Braves signed LHP Armando Almanza, who had been with the Marlins, to a one-year contract. Even though he's coming back from elbow surgery, Almanza didn't have any difficulty finding work after being non-tendered by the Marlins. The 31-year-old has control issues and is rather homer prone, but he does have a quality arm, and if anyone can get good work out of him, it's Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone. http://www.rotoworld.com/display1.asp?spor...yers&x=6295&y=0
December 22, 200322 yr Thank god. Now when he pitches against us, we have an advantage If you know what i mean. (Walking alot of people=Blown Game)
December 22, 200322 yr Woohoo batting practice against the Braves! I thought Maddux left Atlanta? :lol
December 22, 200322 yr The 31-year-old has control issues and is rather homer prone lol!! homer prone! in PPS, that's putting it nicely. i cant wait til we light him up.
December 22, 200322 yr Oh boy... This is gonna be a long offseason for Leo trying to fix all these pitchers, and a long season for the braves once they get into the late innings
December 22, 200322 yr ATL signing all good pitchers with power that just need work alf is one, almansa another. almanza could be the best lefty spesialist if he got fixed
December 22, 200322 yr Author ATL signing all good pitchers with power that just need work alf is one, almansa another. almanza could be the best lefty spesialist if he got fixed true dat. after 15 years of turning garbage into gems, i suppose the Braves might get the benefit of the doubt on this one. I sure don't see it though.....
December 22, 200322 yr almanza way better than hammonds and hammonds is awesome now thanks to massone
December 22, 200322 yr Sure, Mazzone may be able to fix him, but ask yourself this. The Marlins are looking for a hard-throwing, inexpensive left-handed reliever....and they passed on Armando Almanza :banghead
December 22, 200322 yr Sure, Mazzone may be able to fix him, but ask yourself this. The Marlins are looking for a hard-throwing, inexpensive left-handed reliever....and they passed on Armando Almanza :banghead well...i want someone better than him...I think we can get someone better...and well we just dont have so much much-so maybe we just cant keep him...If the braves want him-and they offer a lot of money than there is nothing we could do about it...now we need a LHP in the bullpen-and that is one of our major needs-but its not such a big deal...we have right handers tht can do the job...only in some cases like vs Thome...only in those cases do we need a LHP...but besides that we dont really need one
December 22, 200322 yr Good to see he's staying in the division. Not surprised to see him get picked up so quickly. There's a reason Jesse Orosco is still pitching in the majors....
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