Sam's Three Stars, 2017 Season!

[SamtheBravesFan]

I know, it's been years since I completed a year, but I still like starting these; it's fun to start them. So enjoy some spring training and World Baseball Classic notes and then take bets to see how long i can go before I get frustrated! :atthepc

ATLANTA 7, TORONTO 4

W - Blaine Boyer (1-0, 5.40)
L - Glenn Sparkman (0-1, 36.00)
S - Luke Jackson (1, 0.00)

HR - None

Good Days - Dansby Swanson went 1-2, Brandon Phillips had two walks and both combined for two DPs on the day. Emilio Bonifacio had two RBI hits and Dustin Peterson also had two hits. Akeel Morris struck out three in two innings of work. Colon was okay for a first start, just giving up a run in two innings.

[SamtheBravesFan]

HOUSTON 3, ATLANTA 2

W - Reymin Guduan (1-0, 0.00)
L - Jose Ramirez (0-1, 10.80)
S - Keegan Yuhl (1, 0.00)

HR - Max Stassi (1)

Good Days - Julio Teheran opened up his spring with two scoreless innings, walking one and striking out one. Freddie Freeman and Ronald Acuna had two hits each.

[SamtheBravesFan]

DETROIT 10, ATLANTA 7

W - Logan Kensing (1-0, 0.00)
L - Chaz Roe (0-1, inf.)
S - None

HR - None

Good Days - Adonis Garcia went 3-4 with a double and two RBIs. Freddie Freeman went 2-3 with three RBIS. Dansby Swanson went 3-3 with a double, an RBI and three runs scored. Micah Johnson had a good batting day, going 1-3 with two walks and three runs scored.

EDIT: Also, what got everyone excited was Max Fried's 1-2-3 inning in his first inning of spring work.

[SamtheBravesFan]

ATLANTA 2, ST. LOUIS 0

W - Josh Collmenter (1-0, 0.00)
L - Robby Rowland (0-1, 18.00)
S - Mauricio Cabrera (1, 0.00)

HR - None

Good Days - Despite each being a little shaky, Mike Foltynewicz and Josh Collmenter both had two scoreless innings each. Foltynewicz also got two pickoffs in the first. Brandon Phillips drove in both runs with a double and Freddie Freeman had two hits. Five pitchers had scoreless innings with Lucas Sims striking out two for a team high.

[SamtheBravesFan]

NEW YORK 8, ATLANTA 7

W - Bryan Mitchell (2-0, 0.00)
L - Jaime Garcia (0-1, 4.50)
S - Daniel Camarena (1, 9.00)

HR - ATL - John Camargo (1)
Micah Johnson (1)
Adam Walker (1)
NYY - Jacoby Ellsbury (1)

Good Days - Wasn't much of a good day until late. Three Braves hit homers to help rally the team down from a 8-0 deficit. Camargo and Johnson's homers were back to back. Adam Walker's was of the pinch-hit variety. Ian Krol, Luke Jackson and Eric O'Flaherty had a scoreless inning each.

[SamtheBravesFan]

ST. LOUIS 9, ATLANTA 4

W - Sandy Alcantara (1-0, 10.80)
L - John Danks (0-1, 13.50)
S - None

HR - ATL - Dansby Swanson (1)
STL - Matt Adams (1)
Paul DeJong (1)
Anthony Garcia (1)

Good Days - Rio Ruiz and Ronald Acuna had three hits, with two of Ronald's hits being doubles. Despite 3 Ks, Swanson hit his first homer of the spring. Paco Rodriguez had the only scoreless outing for the Braves.

[SamtheBravesFan]

BOSTON 9, ATLANTA 1

W - Rick Porcello (1-0, 0.00)
L - Sam Freeman (0-1, 54.00)
S - None

HR - BOS - Andrew Benintendi (2)
ATL - Emilio Bonifacio (1)

Good Days - Julio Teheran had three scoreless innings. Emilio Bonifacio had two hits including the team's only run courtesy of a homer. Adam Kolarek had the only scoreless inning for the Braves relievers.

[SamtheBravesFan]

PHILADELPHIA 7, ATLANTA (SS) 4

W - Drew Anderson (1-0, 5.40)
L - Michael Mader (0-1, 54.00)
S - Michael Mariot (1, 0.00)

HR - Christian Walker (1)

Good Days - Despite allowing an inherited runner to score, Josh Collmenter held the Phillies scoreless in three innings otherwise. Jesse Biddle had a scoreless inning and Rhiner Cruz had two. On the other end of a meltdown sandwich, Luke Jackson had a scoreless inning. Christian Walker, of course, had a homer for his only hit, but anyone would take that most days.

MIAMI 8, ATLANTA (SS) 6

W - Severino Gonzalez (1-0, 0.00)
L - R. A. Dickey (0-1, 5.40)
S - Hunter Cervenka (1, 0.00)

HR - Dee Gordon (1)
Dustin Hood (1)

Good Days - Jim Johnson, Eric O'Flaherty and Mauricio Cabrera had scoreless innings mixed in with Max Fried's two scoreless frames. Despite an error each, Austin Riley had two hits and Dansby Swanson had two RBIs.

[SamtheBravesFan]

BOSTON 11, ATLANTA 1

W - Kyle Kendrick (1-0, 3.00)
L - Mike Foltynewicz (0-1, 4.50)
S - None

HR - None

Good Days - I guess you could say Foltynewicz had a good day, allowing just two hits and a walk in three innings. Jose Ramirez and Blaine Boyer had scoreless innings. Kurt Suzuki drove in the Braves only run.

[brooklynboy]

How many of the Braves are going to the WBC?

[SamtheBravesFan]

Let's see.. there's Freeman (Canada), Teheran (Colombia) and Inciarte (Venezuela). Looks like that's it. Speaking of which:

ISRAEL 2, KOREA 1, 10 INN.

W - Josh Zeid (1-0, 0.00)
L - Chang-Yong Lim (0-1, 9.00)
S - None

HR - None

Don't think anyone saw that coming.

Good Days - Jason Marquis (FA) and Josh Zeid (New Britain Bees) bookeneded the staff with three scoreless frames each. Sam Fuld (FA) had two hits and Scotty Burcham (Rockies) also had two hits and got the go-ahead RBI in the 10th.

Despite all singles, Geon-chang Seo (Nexen Heroes), Ah-seop Son (Lotte Giants), and Byung-hun Min (Doosan Bears) had two hits each for Korea.

[SamtheBravesFan]

ISRAEL 12, TAIWAN 3

W - Corey Baker (1-0, 0.00)
L - Chun-Lin Kuo (0-1, 54.00)
S - None

HR - Ryan Lavarnway (1)
Nate Freiman (1)

Good Days - Baker (Cardinals) started the game with 4 2/3 shutout innings and Tyler Herron (FA), Dylan Axelrod (FA), and Danny Burawa (FA) all had scoreless outings for Israel. Ty Kelly (Mets), Ike Davis (Dodgers), Tyler Krieger (Indians) Freiman (FA) all had three hits with Lavarnway (A's) pitching in with two. Freiman led Israel with four RBIs and Krieger added three.

Chih-hao Chang (Chinatrust Brothers) and Chih-hsien Chiang (Brothers) both had two hits, with Chang, Chih-Sheng Lin (Brothers) and Yi-Chuan Lin (Fubon Guardians) all driving in two runs each.

[brooklynboy]

That's not bad. At least most of the team will actually have a spring training

[SamtheBravesFan]

I'm not as worried about that as most people are. Partly because I care about the WBC and this is the only time it can realistically be done. And two, I like peeking in at all the other teams. Look what happened last year: Freddie was recovering from the wrist injury, had only an okay spring , then goes on to have the best season of his life.

NETHERLANDS 5, KOREA 0

W - Rick van den Hurk (1-0, 0.00)
L - Kyu-min Woo (0-1, 7.36)
S - None

HR - Randolph Oduber (1)
Jurickson Profar (1)

Good Days - Four Netherlands players had two hits: Andrelton Simmons (Angels), Profar (Rangers), Dashenko Ricardo (Curacao Neptunus) and Oduber (Neptunus). Five pitchers combined for the shutout, spearheaded by van den Hurk (SoftBank Hawks) and Diegomar Markwell (Neptunus). Shairon Martis (Lincoln Saltdogs), Tom Stuifbergen (Corendon Kinheim), and Loek van Mil (Neptunus) completed the shutout.

Woo-chan Cha (Samsung Lions) finished the game for Korea with 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

JAPAN 11, CUBA 6

W - Ayumu Ishikawa (1-0, 2.25)
L - Yoanni Yera (0-1, 9,00)
S - None

HR - CUB - Alfredo Despaigne (1)
JPN - Nobuhiro Matsuda (1)
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (1)

Good Days - Matsuda (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) led the way with four hits, three runs and four RBI. Tsutsugo (Yokohama DeNA Baystars), Ryosuke Kikuchi (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) and Hayato Sakamoto (Yomiuri Giants) all had two hits, with Sakamoto's knocks being two doubles. Ishikawa (Chiba Lotte Marines) allowed just two hits in four innings.

For Cuba, Yoelkis Cespedes (Alazanes de Granma) had three hits and Despaigne (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) and Yurisbel Garcial (Matanzas) added two each.

[SamtheBravesFan]

PITTSBURGH 6, ATLANTA 3

W - Steven Brault (2-0, 1.50)
L - Matt Wisler (0-1, 12.46)
S - Tyler Webb (1, 0.00)

HR - Austin Meadows (1)
Jose Osuna (1)

Good Days - Jace Peterson, Anthony Recker and Micah Johnson had two hits each, though Recker and Johnson were both thrown out stealing once.