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Atlanta Braves 2018 Minor League Review: Left-handed starters

By Benjamin Chase

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 10: Sean Newcomb #15 of the Atlanta Braves pitches against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning at AT&T Park on September 10, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 10: Sean Newcomb #15 of the Atlanta Braves pitches against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning at AT&T Park on September 10, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 23: Max Frried #54 of the Atlanta Braves pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies at SunTrust Park on September 23, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Stephen Nowland/Getty Images) /

With the minor league season complete, it’s time to take a look back at the performances in the Atlanta Braves system this year.

With the major league club reaching success, many Atlanta Braves fans have shifted their focus from the intense scrutiny of the minor league system that was the norm for the last few seasons to a more concerted cheering for the big league squad – and that’s expected. However, there were some very notable things to happen in the minor league system this year, so it’s definitely worthwhile to review all that happened!

This will part of our positional reviews here at Tomahawk Take. We will begin with catcher and work our way through the infield, outfield, right-handed starters, left-handed starter, and relievers. Finally, we will announce our Tomahawk Take 2018 Atlanta Braves organizational team of the year and team awards. That will all lead up to the top 100 prospect list that will once again appear on this page after a year’s hiatus while our Benjamin Chase was working with other sites (though he did produce a top 100 last season, just not with TT!).

We will have the schedule as such:
Catchers
Corner Infielders
Middle Infielders
Outfielders
Right-Handed Starters
Left-Handed Starters
Right-Handed Relievers
Left-Handed Relievers

We’ll then move with our awards, including the minor league All-Star team and player/pitcher of the year. So, let’s take a look at the left-handed pitchers in the Atlanta Braves system…

Position review

While Sean Newcomb carried the load for lefties with the Atlanta Braves at the big league level this year, the Atlanta Braves were lauded coming into the season for their depth of left-handed pitching. The depth of top arms from the left side is incredible and unique in the game.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that the Atlanta Braves have as many left-handed starting prospects as they have from the right side – that’s just not feasible. However, the ability to find and develop top lefty arms is absolutely a strength thus far, and it should serve the future rotation very well for the Braves.

As the “studs” reached the majors this year, guys who were in the next wave of lefty arms began to shine through, and now Braves fans will have plenty to follow going forward.

Let’s dig deeper into those players!

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