if he doesnt beat his woman, smoke weed or piss on a fence….

NYRoyal…is Montgomery wrong for wanting to long toss? Since he’s a paid employee under contract?

And it just seemed like a hatchet job. Something like “I never thought a lot of all those Braves Guys anyway.” The comment is shot from the hip, so it is not like they did a study on how many “can’t miss” pitching prospects they ruined. Nor is there more than anecdotal evidence for the claim: “look at the team now.” Did any of their prospects get traded and succeed in other organizations? Just a tacky comment that the person knew who get circulation because the opinion of the GM’s Major League moves is really poor. And he was right.

As for Montgomery, put me in the camp of “a 22 year pitcher that learned a work routine in high school is not an expert on what types of exercises are good for the arm long-term.” We may have our suspicions about the medical staff, but I’m willing to bet hat a pitcher with no college education does not know as much as our training staff. The D-Gutz issue was similar to what we are seeing with Beltran — Boras becoming active in seeking outside medical attention. They just gave Montgomery an award, and he is getting better. He just became the best prospect in the entire organization. I don’t think the lack of long toss is really hurting him.

I know it is easy to hate on GMDM, but this one is pretty lousy reason, all things considered.

While the rest follow behind him, with probably Crow and possibly Duffy landing on the back end most top100 lists. Now lets look at the Braves top 100 pitchers according to BA….How many of those names have you even heard of? These guys are all miserable failures. The two names from the lists that werent failures, Wainwright and possibly Marquis, had their successes after they left the Braves organization…

Davies #53 2005
Bubba Nelson #75 2004
Dan Meyer #82 2004
Bubba Nelson #58 2003
Macay McBride #68 2003
Brett Everet #66 2002
Matt Belisle #96 2002
Matt Belisle #28 2001
Matt McClendon #51 2001
Luis Rivera #51 2000
Bruce Chen #4 1999
Odalis Perez #31 1999
Kevin McGlinchy #47 1999
Luis Rivera #71 1999
Chen #27 1998
Rivera #44 1998
Robbie Bell #68 1998
McGlinchy #39 1997

So, in conclusion, the Braves had a ton of guys as highly rated as our (not that) highly rated pitching prospects…and for whatever reason, the VAST majority of them failed. As soon as Dayton and Co. leave, they have a guy like Hansen, who wasnt at all highly rated add 5 MPH to his FB and explode onto the scene….maybe it was the long toss?