31 Jul

altered state

The Mississippi Braves’ rotation was gutted in the organization’s recently completed trade for Houston’s Michael Bourn, a left-handed hitting center fielder with speed. (Is that really what the Braves needed?) M-Braves Paul Clemens (6-5, 3.73 ERA) and Brett Oberholtzer (9-9, 3.74 with five straight W’s) are off to the Astros, along with former M-Braves reliever Juan Abreu and outfielder Jordan Schafer. Curious to see what the M-Braves’ new rotation will look like for the five-game series at Jackson, Tenn., that begins today. Perhaps Arodys Vizcaino and/or J.J. Hoover will switch back from the bullpen to starting spots, or maybe there are some arms at Class A Lynchburg ready to make the jump. At 16-19, 10 games out of first place at the midpoint of the second half, the M-Braves were going nowhere with Clemens and Oberholtzer. Losing them doesn’t help but doesn’t really hurt, either.

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