After signing journeyman starter, Brian Lawrence to a minor league contract earlier in the week, the Braves made another pick-up yetserday when they added former Baltimore closer, Jorge Julio to their AAA affiliate, Richmond.
Of these two signings, Julio is the one with better upside and, due to the Braves recent bullpen woes, is much more likely than Lawrence to be in Atlanta this season. In 15 appearences for Cleveland this year, Julio had no W-L record and a 5.60 ERA in 17.2 IP, along with 15 K and 11 BB. Now in his 8th season in the majors, Julio is a hard thrower that has a career 4.40 ERA with 99 saves playing for Baltimore, the Mets, Arizona, Colorado, and Florida, before going to Cleveland this past offseason.
More intriguing signings could be coming soon. Following the signing of Julio, Bobby Cox indicated that the front office was not done building an "inventory" of veteran arms for an injury depleted pitching staff.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
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Jorge Julio? Let's hope for your sake that McDowell can work with him, cause when he was in NY he was an absolute bust.
Julio was the Marlins' closer for half of last season. He didn't record a single save. That should tell you enough. I wouldn't count on him to pick up my dry cleaning.
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