Fredi Gonzalez expresses concern about Braves starter Julio Teheran

After plenty of prying from the media, Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez had now admitted that he has been discouraged by starter Julio Teheran's inconsistency and decline this season.

Gonzalez expressed his concern after Teheran's start against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday, in which he went six innings with three earned runs and two home runs allowed.

"I didn't feel comfortable the whole game with Julio," Gonzalez said. "I know the numbers showed different, but it wasn't the normal Julio Teheran outing that you feel pretty good about."

After putting together an impressive first two full seasons in the majors, in which he won 14 games apiece and posted earned run averages of 3.20 and 2.89, sequentially, Teheran carries a 4.87 earned run average through 11 starts and has already surrendered 12 home runs.

Gonzalez notes Teheran's lack of dominance as the biggest disparity between this season and last.

"The way he has gone about executing his pitches is not the same Julio Teheran," Gonzalez said. "Health-wise, he's fine. But it's not the same Julio Teheran from a year ago, when you gave him a lead and it was over."