While you're eyeballing Aroldis Chapman's supersonic pitches next season, my gaze will fall on Braves rookie Craig Kimbrel. A third-round pick in '08, the 22-year-old Alabaman has bedazzled major league hitters since his September call-up this year.
Kimbrel is Nook Laloosh without the girlfriend. He faced 80 batters in his first 19 relief appearances and walked 14 of them. Eight of them touched him up for hits. And 37 of them struck out.
He had an 0.47 ERA. That's good, you know.
In Triple-A Gwinnett this year, he walked 35 in 55 innings. And struck out 83. Those minor leaguers managed a hit every other inning off him. What do they know that major leaguers don't?
The Braves are talking about making him a starter, so there's a lot more to the story to be written. In the meantime, enjoy the fireworks.
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