Braves Report

In my opinion, Glavine and Smoltz are two of the 3 greatest pitchers of their era. Maddux, of course, is the #1 pitcher, what with the whole Clemens steroid thing, and Glavine and Smoltz are 2 and 3. In that order. While Smoltz may be one of the most durable pitchers of all time in turns of being able to go in day in and day out, Maddux and Glavine have gone years without going on the DL or missing a start. Smoltz had those years where he didn’t pitch at all. He became one of the best closers of all time, but Glavine was able to stay healthy and start for every one of those years.

Glavine has 300 wins, something, unfortunately, Smoltz will never get to. Glavine’s one of the greatest control pitchers of his era, and he didn’t have to use an overpowering fastball to strike his opponents out. He used pinpoint control (in the style of Mad Dog), in order to get the hitters out. And as you said, Glavine won 2 Cy Youngs, one more than Smoltz did.

In 1995, Game 6 of the World Series, who pitched 8 innings of 1-hit ball? Tom Glavine. While Smoltz obviously pitched better in the playoffs overall, the guy who won the big one was Glavine, and he always will be remembered for it.

That’s all I have for now, stupid time constraints. I’ll add more later.

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