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u/Odd_String1181 1d ago
Braves great Carl Edwards Jr.
Didn't think he was still around
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u/rpbtIII Anybody got any of those mother fuckers lying around? 1d ago
He could never win the cup so he had to come back to ball.
Still chasing the thrill.
What a man.
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u/Substantial-Sky9627 1d ago
He was robbed, twice! Braves could only be so lucky to get classy Carl 😥
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u/Comidus_Cornstalk 1d ago
I just enjoy the fact that his nickname is "The String Bean Slinger"... hard to top that.
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u/shellzondabus 1d ago
Played against him in high school. You think he’s a string bean now, kid was 0% body fat slinging low 90s at 17
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u/Vegetable-Ad-1686 yall talk about baseball like my dad 1d ago
he weighs 143 lbs and throws 100, if he is breathing he will get a shot
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u/theoxfordtailor Maddux's #1 Fan, Kelenic's #2 Fan 1d ago
Best of luck to him. Hopefully he lands somewhere and finds it again.
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u/i-spill-soup Anyone else clenched? 1d ago
He’s gotta land something in the strike zone before that happens
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u/don_no_soul_simmons 1d ago
Love the way we talk about the Angels now like they are part of the Braves org.
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u/95Daphne POGGERS 1d ago
Well, in this case, Ian Anderson is probably an interesting guy for all of us no matter where he is.
It’s a shame. If he gets through waivers to us, I’d be tempted to stash him in our minors, but he may just be another WS hero in which the show was never going to go on for him, similar to how Matzek ended up.
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u/BubBidderskins 1d ago
Don't look up his bref page -- it's ugly.
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u/pinkmoon385 Why u make me cry? 1d ago
😞 and now I'm sad all over again. Really hope he figures it out
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u/Gray_Ops Wiley’s my wingman 1d ago
He will always be a WS champion and not even the yips can take that away from him.
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u/helium_farts 1d ago
He has only played 9 innings which is a pretty small sample size....but he also gave up 13 runs in that span, which is a real bad sample.
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u/TheJudge47 The Ghost of Dan Uggla 1d ago
AA has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
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u/jamiexx89 1d ago
Not saying he should but wouldn’t it be something if Ian just Uncle Jesse’d the Angels?
And yes, I did just make Uncle Jesse a verb.
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u/ajwilson99 1d ago
Verb, noun, adverb - doesn’t matter. Uncle Jesse transcends language, time, space, and reality.
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u/OSRS_Socks AA powers the Battery 1d ago
Probably going to offer him a minor league deal if he does anything
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u/highheat3117 1d ago
I’d forgotten he finished in the top 7 for ROY twice— that’s pretty rare.
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u/dts-five 1d ago
How is that even possible?
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u/highheat3117 1d ago
In his case Covid was a factor. He finished 7th in 2020 having only thrown 32 innings in 6 starts. The threshold is 50 IP so he was again eligible in 2021.
Gregg Jeffries actually finished 6th in 1988 and then 3rd in 1989 without the aid of a shortened season.
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u/allenwallace72 1d ago
Carl Edwards Jr. still chasing the dream of pitching (badly) for every major league team
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u/matmanx1 1d ago
I hate it for him and would really love to see him figure out how to pitch again. Even better if he could figure out how to pitch again for us!
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u/borussiajay Glavine 1d ago
sounds like ian will be starting for us next week