The Great Mark Redman Experiment

Let's face it. Mark Redman is not an All Star pitcher. When the Braves signed him, it was always mentioned that he was on the American League All Star team last year. He was on the team because the Kansas City Royals was a very poor team and every team gets a representative and he was the best the that Ozzie Guillen could come up with (5-4 with an ERA around 5.50 if memory serves). So really, it's not very fair to label Mark Redman as an All Star -- he's simply a victim of the system.

Last night was part 2 of the Redman Experiment. The opening act was vs. the Mets, so let's face it, the Mets are a pretty good lineup (understatement of the year), it probably wasn't the best assignment for Redman right out of the gate. Last night was a disaster. Redman was abused by the Fish.

So, now the question is, what is the alternative? It was pretty much implied that Redman was only going to be around until Hampton got off the DL. Since Hampton is on the DL until, at least, opening day 2008, then I'm thinkin' the Bravos might want to reconsider their position. Since Lance Cormier is injured, Kyle Davies is up and pitched well in his first outing. I guess when Cormier gets healthy, then he'll be the heir to the Redman fortune? Who knows, but neither one of them is an All Star and I don't care what Ozzie Guillen says.

Pete Orr played an inning at the hot corner last night after Bobby Cox determined the game was out of reach when the score was 11-3 in the top of the 9th. Orr was in the hold when Kelly Johnson flew out to end the game.