Talking Chop · May 9, 2017
Did Braves make the correct call hiring Chuck Hernandez?
Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY SportsThe Atlanta Braves made a significant change this offseason ousting long time pitching coach Roger McDowell and replacing him with Chuck Hernandez. The motivation for making the move reportedly centered on the Braves not being pleased with McDowell’s ability to develop young pitching. So they went with Hernandez who has a good background in working with young players.
Atlanta spent the rest of the offseason making veteran additions to their starting staff and the results to date, small sample size and all, are not good. The Braves rank 29th in the league in ERA with a 4.82 ERA.
It is a question that Mark Bowman tackled for his weekly mail bag segment at MLB.com.