If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It wasn’t a big formal announcement, but it appears that Jair Jurrjens has made the Braves roster and locked up a spot in the rotation. Cox was talking about different scenarios and said:
The Braves would open with Tim [...]
Jair Jurrjens turned in another sterling outing. He’s certainly making a compelling case for the 5th starter spot.
In today’s effort Jurrjens went four innings and allowed only a walk and two hits. Like his previous outing, Jurrjens was particularly efficient making it through 12 outs only only 39 pitches.
Bobby Cox once again complimented [...]
Jair Jurrjens pitched 3 perfect innings in his second Grapefruit League start. What’s probably most impressive is that he picked up 9 outs on only 25 pitches.
Bobby Cox was quite impressed:
“He’s got great pitches, with outstanding maturity on the mound — and control,” Cox said, emphasizing that final word.
Braves pleased with Jurrjens | ajc.com
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Jair Jurrjens still has a battle ahead of him for the last spot in the rotation. Chuck James is still in the mix in Jo-Jo Reyes is coming off of an outing that Bobby Cox was very impressed with.
Reyes could be Braves’ fifth starter | ajc.com
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Jair Jurrjens made his Braves debut on Friday. He allowed a run on a couple of hits and a walk in his two innings or work. Jurrjens was most frustrated with a hanging slider to Andy LaRoche that resulted in a double.
Still, manager Bobby Cox was impressed saying that Jurrjens was as advertised (I think [...]
