Friday, July 27, 2012

HBT: Braves sign Miguel Batista, but why?

Aaron Gleeman said this yesterday after Miguel Batista got released by the Mets:

It?s hard to imagine Batista getting another big-league job at this point, but then again I?ve been saying that since about 2008.

He?ll get a chance to say it again, because the Braves just signed Batista.

Atlanta had Livan Hernandez for a while this year and then they released him, so I?m not sure why they want a less-durable, more literary version of him. I guess they just missed having a way-past-his-sell-date former Washington Nationals swingman on the roster. We all have our kinks.

Batista pitched 46 and two-thirds innings for the Mets this year, starting in five games and coming out of the pen for 25. He notched a 4.82 ERA and struck out 34 while walking 31 (!) batters.

If any of you are seeing anything in that stat line that I?m missing which would help a team with pretensions of contending, please feel free to point it out to me in the comments. Because I?m at a total loss.

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Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/27/the-braves-sign-miguel-batista-for-some-reason/related/

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