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"Astros NewsAfter a partnership lasting years http://www.brewersfanproshop.com/authentic-orlando-arcia-jersey , Jeff Luhnow is happy that Mike Elias will get his chance as the Orioles’ new GM (Astros.com)And Forrest Whitley is pretty happy with Jeff Luhnow’s decision-making (12up)Which includes the decision to protect Single-A pitcher Bryan Abreu in the Rule 5, but why? (The Athletic, $$$)Justin Wilson offers a low-risk, high-reward free agent option for the Astros (Climbing Tal’s Hill)Will Aledmys Diaz be the answer for the suddenly vacant utility role? (The Sports Daily)Around the LeagueAdrian Beltre calls it a Hall of Fame career after 21 seasons in the bigs (MLB.com)And he’ll take a good portion of baseball’s fun with him (Sports Illustrated)After missing out on Gerrit Cole last season, the Yankees were able to grab the best starter on the market this year (538 Sports)Speaking of starters, let’s have a look at the next one to come out of Japan (FanGraphs)If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s a list of all the players to get added to 40-man rosters (MLB Trade Rumors)In a move proving that 30-homer seasons ain’t what they used to be, the Rays have designated C.J. Cron for assignment (DRays Bay)While the Mets have released the once up-and-coming, but now tarnished, reliever Jenrry Mejia (Houston Chronicle)For one magical summer Glenn Robinson Jersey , the Mariners made chapulines into a social media sensation (La Vida Baseball)Amazon hopes to enter the live sports by making a bid for 22 former Fox regional sports networks (Sport Techie)There’s drama in the panhandle as the Amarillo Sod Poodles fight for their own trademark (High Plains Public Radio) The Braves lost by a combined 10-5 score and only managed two extra-base hits on the day."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Talking Chop User’s GuideTalking Chop PodcastAround the NL EastBaseball Analysis PrimerFreeman homers, Teheran thrives, but Braves drop both split squad games on SundayNew,17commentsThe Braves lost by a combined 10-5 score and only managed two extra-base hits on the day.EDTShareTweetShareShareFreeman homers, Teheran thrives, but Braves drop both split squad games on SundayKim Klement-USA TODAY SportsThe Braves played two todayHere were the positives from the day’s games:Julio Teheran continued his good Grapefruit League showing, posting a 6/0 K/BB ratio while allowing just one run in five frames to the Astros. He stranded runners on second in both the first and third innings courtesy of two strikeouts in each frame, but couldn’t quite do the same as the second of two fourth-inning Astros doubles drove in a run against him. He departed after a 1-2-3 fifth.Freddie Freeman blasted a three-run homer in the sixth off left-hander Cionel Perez. The Braves’ bats had been quiet to that point, getting only a couple of runners to second and scoring neither, and they remained quiet afterwards Manny Pina Jersey , as hitters kept bouncing into double plays to erase potential scoring chances and extra-based hits proved elusive.Chad Sobotka finally had a non-disastrous outing, throwing a scoreless inning that featured a hit but no walks or strikeouts.On the mixed bag front, you had Touki Toussaint’s start against the Tigers. The good part was that Toussaint posted a neat 5/0 K/BB ratio of his own in four frames. The bad part was that he threw a lot of cement mixer breaking pitches that stayed up and were hit hard by the Detroit batters. The first run he yielded came in the first, when Ozzie Albies threw away a slow roller to him at shortstop that would have ended the inning. But, Toussaint’s other two runs allowed came in the second, when he hit the leadoff batter with a pitch and allowed two hard-hit liners on cement mixers to consecutive batters thereafter. He got a little help afterwards thanks to a fielder’s choice where his own good fielding play nabbed a runner trying to take third and then a caught stealing, and thereby managed to avoid any further damage. He did finish his outing very strong, as he struck out the side.The main bad stuff:Sam Freeman managed another nightmare inning. First, four straight batters reached without a ball leaving the infield, as a leadoff walk begat a single on a pop-up begat another walk begat an RBI infield single. Two batters later http://www.brewersfanproshop.com/authentic-orlando-arcia-jersey , two more runs scored as a ball finally got past the infield and landed for a single. In the game against the Tigers, a fairly weak split squad lineup managed just two runs with no extra-base hits. That meant that the Braves played in two games and got two extra-base hits, total. Yeesh.While not really relevant for the state of the roster, Josh Graham had a miserable top of the ninth against the Astros, allowing four straight men to reach with two outs. He was then pulled from mop-up work in a Spring Training game, and replacement Michael Mader allowed the Astros’ seventh run to score before Izzy Wilson threw a runner out at home to mercifully end the inning.All-in-all, the Braves lost their game to the Tigers 3-2 and their game to the Astros 7-3. Bryse Wilson gets the start against the Yankees tomorrow evening.