There is a lot to say about the match between Tehran and Braves.

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You may be part of the considerable number of Braves who have never been really comfortable with Julio Teheran in the role of "ace". The packaging never quite matched the product, as the unblemished fruit of California that simply does not have the delicious taste advertised.

Great news for you: Even if Tehran is pitching like one of the best players in rotation, it is increasingly necessary to force this hexagon pin into this particular square hole.

Mike Soroka has arrived to assume the position of # 1 starter and seems to be a natural choice. When it launches, the results – most often a badly grounded ball – just seem to come naturally and easily, flowing like clear water on a smooth rock. At just 21 years old, he acts as if he owned this button in the middle of the infield. He turns that into his mountain top.

Then the Braves release a tight-fisted piece of Liberty Media and spend $ 13 million to rent a former Cy Young winner. The economy would suggest that Dallas Keuchel is at the top of the rotation, knowing that he will earn $ 2 million more for a partial season than Tehran would for this season.

Say Keuchel makes 20 starts this season, a rough estimate and rather optimistic. That's $ 650,000 per start, which should help offset the lost wage by not signing up sooner. Such a distribution tends to define the expectations and to specify the value that the Braves must expect in return. From his first start this season to his last.

So, see how easy it is to appreciate Tehran if you put it in the context of a starter # 3. It even has great value.

Suddenly, Tehran is no longer the one who was chosen by default for the first day of the team, because all the others were busy that day to ice something.

This is not the guy who always has to face the best starter of the other team. He is not the tonist for the rest of the rotation. This is not the one you are looking at and paint with passive-aggressive praise: give him this, he always responds to the bell, always makes his debut.

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And at the other end of the performance spectrum, he's also not the pitcher who, like a year ago, was banned from the spotlight in the playoffs, to be released when everything was lost.

Everything he does now for the Braves can be seen through the starter prism of the middle of the rotation, and this is a point of view that really favors Tehran.

And look at what Tehran has done lately. Always in fashion, he looks particularly lively these days. With six innings against the Marlins on Saturday, he played his seventh straight game by scoring at least five innings while awarding a point or point earned. His first seven starts this season, his EER was 5.35. These last seven were 0.70 – the second lowest of the Majors since May 5th.

And you get all this from a # 3 starter? What a blessing for the Braves.

It is the fate of Tehran that no one will be able to take notice of the Braves program and surround the day it is planned to launch it. It just does not make the starts not to be missed, as the aces do. He does not dominate with speed. He does not control his affairs. In fact, it can be as inefficient as a rusty water heater. He will nibble, he will throw too much ground and not go far enough in the game. And, yes, on several occasions, he will panic, seeming to draw moving sand rather than red clay.

But let's see him now and see where he is at this stage of his career and the remodeling of the Braves. You could acquire a whole new appreciation for a good good pitcher, but not for an ace.