Todd Redmond, a prospect with only the hope of being a backend major league starter, threw a no hitter tonight against the Louisville Bats for the Braves’ triple-A affiliate, the Gwinnett Braves.
The 25-year-old Redmond struggled at Gwinnett last sesaon, capturing just a 4.74 FIP and 4.41 ERA in 145 innings in his first triple-A stint.
Redmond struck out just three batters in his no-hit performance and allowed two baserunners, both via the walk.
This is awesome for Redmond, but you should not put too much stock into this one start. He has been having yet another rough year at Gwinnett (5.70 ERA prior to tonight’s start, although he did have a 5.38 K/BB ratio) and expecting much out of him in an Atlanta Braves uniform is not very wise.
Props to Todd for throwing the no-hitter, and although he may not be a star prospect he does provide the Braves with some more depth in the rotation and as we saw in 2008, pitchers can go down quickly and frequently.
The best part about this no hitter, is that the final out was Chris Burke. Yes… that Chris Burke.
