Dec
03
2008
Tommy Hanson The Braves Need You
Posted by: Knox Bardeen in Fantasy Baseball, tags: Tommy HansonI’ve spoken to a lot of people about Tommy Hanson lately. Finally someone agrees with my crazy notion of him making the ball club out of Spring Training. Dave O’Brien, while writing about the Vazquez deal today, says that Hanson should be up by mid-summer, maybe even earlier.
And if the Braves land an ace of the A.J. Burnett or Jake Peavy ilk, then this rotation looks pretty solid with one of them at the top and Jair Jurrjens and Vazquez in the 2-3 slots in either order, particularly if top-rated pitching prospect Tommy Hanson is in the back of the rotation by mid-summer, which I think he will be (and it won’t surprise me if he makes it out of spring training).
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December 7th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Add me to the list of people who agree with you (does that make three of us now?). I think Hanson can (and will) make a solid impact this spring and will have a great first half of the year and will eventually force the Braves’ hands into bringing him up.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I have never seen Hanson pitch, but the hype is unavoidable at this point. I guess from the fantasy perspective he’s crawling out of the sleeper pick more and more everyday.
The only thing is if David O’Brien still believes Atlanta is a possible destination for Peavy wouldn’t Hanson have to be in that deal? And if Hanson is in that deal, doesn’t his value increase significantly in Petco? It should be a fun winter. I’m looking forward to it =)