http://furmanbisher.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/no-thanks-jake/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:13:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://furmanbisher.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/no-thanks-jake/#comment-27 furmanbisher Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:16:57 +0000 http://furmanbisher.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-27 Of course Smoltz was first signed by Detroit, but he came up through the Braves farm system after they found him on a lower minor league team in Glen Falls, NY., and traded for him, then sent him to Richmond. Quibble, if you will, but I stand my ground. ---fb Of course Smoltz was first signed by Detroit, but he came up through the Braves farm system after they found him on a lower minor league team in Glen Falls, NY., and traded for him, then sent him to Richmond. Quibble, if you will, but I stand my ground. —fb

]]> http://furmanbisher.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/no-thanks-jake/#comment-26 Curmudgeon Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:49:11 +0000 http://furmanbisher.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-26 I agree that developing players through the minor league system is the way to build your core group, but including Smoltz as one of the Braves' examples is questionable. He came over from the Tigers, and pitched only 23 games in the Atlanta system before graduating to the big club. Of course he only hurled 38 games in the Detroit system, so you could make the argument that a lot of his development was done by Atlanta instructors. I agree that developing players through the minor league system is the way to build your core group, but including Smoltz as one of the Braves’ examples is questionable. He came over from the Tigers, and pitched only 23 games in the Atlanta system before graduating to the big club. Of course he only hurled 38 games in the Detroit system, so you could make the argument that a lot of his development was done by Atlanta instructors.

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