Talk:A.L. East Recap for 05/07/06/@comment-Steaksammich-2006050875422

Eh, they&quot;re not doing too bad, but I think it was to be expected. Hudson&quot;s K-rate fell off the table the year before he left Oakland and he hasn&quot;t been a star ever since. John Smoltz is 117 years old. Kyle Davies is pitching the same as he was last year. And everybody knew that Jorge Sosa wasn&quot;t for real last year. And the front of their bullpen has actually been really good with Cormier, Ray, Villareal, and James.

I&quot;m not really willing to blame any decline from the Braves&quot; pitching staff on Mazzone leaving. They were just with the guy 6 months ago. If they&quot;re struggling now it&quot;s not because they forget everything he told them.

The guy&quot;s a good pitching coach. Anyone who can squeeze something out of John Burkett has to be good. But I think the Braves have been so good over the last decade because they have had good pitching. Smoltz, Glavine, and Maddux would&quot;ve been stars anywhere.