{"id":6703,"date":"2017-06-07T19:36:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T23:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=6703"},"modified":"2017-06-07T19:36:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T23:36:29","slug":"sean-newcomb-will-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/06\/07\/sean-newcomb-will-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Newcomb Will Debut Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of the Atlanta Braves have endured a couple of rough seasons. The organization began a full-blown rebuild following a disappointing finish in 2014. Atlanta has not won more than 79 games over the past three seasons, and they are just 24-32 so far this year. The focus has undoubtedly been on the future while stockpiling many prospects. Now, that future may be starting to take shape.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=newcom000sea&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Newcomb<\/a> Will Debut Saturday<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Source confirms Sean Newcomb will start one of the games during Saturday&#39;s doubleheader against the Mets.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mlbbowman\/status\/872468302257430528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was confirmed earlier today that the talented Newcomb will make his MLB debut this Saturday. Newcomb is Atlanta\u2019s fifth ranked prospect and the 70<sup>th<\/sup> ranked prospect in all of baseball according to MLB.com. The southpaw has been impressive this season. Newcomb holds a 2.97 ERA across 11 starts at Triple-A Gwinnett with a .212 BAA and 74 strikeouts in 57.2 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest issue for Newcomb across his career has been walks. Newcomb has walked 70+ batters in two straight seasons and has already walked 33 this season. His WHIP is not too inflated at 1.35, but his long-term success will hinge on his walk rate. Newcomb has all the makings of an effective pitcher, but lowering his number of walks could elevate his talent into a front line starter.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Arrival in Atlanta<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Newcomb arrived in Atlanta as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/14115615\/andrelton-simmons-atlanta-braves-los-angeles-angels-trade-erick-aybar\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">part of a trade<\/a> with the Angels involving <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/simmoan01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrelton Simmons<\/a><\/strong>. Every rebuild involves some tough trades and difficult decisions, but the Simmons trade was especially hard for Braves fans. Simmons was a fan-favorite who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8f35TuL-iB4\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">routinely turned in web gems<\/a>, and he was also under a long-term, team-friendly contract. Losing a player of Simmons\u2019 caliber raises the expectations for a player like Newcomb.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Future<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The next wave of great Braves players is already under way. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/swansda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dansby Swanson<\/a><\/strong> is competing in his first full MLB season, and third baseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/ruizri01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rio Ruiz<\/a> <\/strong>has shown some flashes at the plate. Other players, such as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=albies000ozh&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ozzie Albies<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=peters000dus&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dustin Peterson<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=sims--001luc&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucas Sims<\/a><\/strong>, remain on the cusp of a debut. Newcomb will make his debut on Saturday, while expectations will remain high for the talented southpaw.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 436px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/512497868\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 136.238532% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/512497868?et=vIa3_7h9QCh0cQ72zwBZ9w&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=hfWpQSOiGte4OPphTCgujwebssyH--zj-L3wpYViegM=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"436\" height=\"594\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Newcomb Will Debut: Fans of Atlanta will get another taste of the future with the debut of the talented lefty Newcomb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1230,"featured_media":6706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,926,35],"tags":[48,68,69,453],"class_list":["post-6703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-braves","category-milb","category-news","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-sean-newcomb"],"modified_by":"Paul Harvey","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}