GDT 4/28/22: Braves vs Cubs - Acuña Returns

[Slippyjms]

Acuña RF
Olson 1B
Riley 3B
Ozuna DH
Albies 2B
d’Arnaud C
Duvall CF
Demeritte LF
Swanson SS

Wright P

[The Chosen One]

Please don't retear your knee doing your acrobatic gymnastics in the outfield Ronald.

[Russ2dollas]

Dickerson was our only non-stud LH bat. I am still surprised he is gone. His defense and Ozuna's defense must have been the reason.

I am happy with what TD has done so far, but it is hard for me to project him as even a league avg hitter. He's still hitting over Swanson.

Acuna is back!!!!!!

Please let Wright pitch all year like Morton since Morton is now pitching like Wright.

[bravesfanforlife88]

This lineup is night and day better than what we have run out there all season so far.

[Slippyjms]

Dickerson was our only non-stud LH bat. I am still surprised he is gone. His defense and Ozuna's defense must have been the reason.

I am happy with what TD has done so far, but it is hard for me to project him as even a league avg hitter. He's still hitting over Swanson.

Acuna is back!!!!!!

Please let Wright pitch all year like Morton since Morton is now pitching like Wright.

With Dickerson gone the way is clear for Waters and Harris to get their shots before the deadline. TD shouldn’t stand in their way.

[Enscheff]

The Braves now have 1.5 MLB caliber OFers on the roster.

Baby steps!

[bravesfanMatt]

The Braves now have 1.5 MLB caliber OFers on the roster.

Baby steps!

I am giving TD .2. So 1.7

[Garmel]

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[UNCBlue012]

KYLE WRIGHT DAY PLUS ACUÑA RETURNS. I AM ERECT!!!

[bravesfanforlife88]

KYLE WRIGHT DAY PLUS ACUÑA RETURNS. I AM ERECT!!!

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[Hudson2]

98 mph fastball up is nasty from Wright.

[Hudson2]

Good start from Wright! Here comes Ronald!

[The Chosen One]

Whew I panicked when Ronald slipped on that swing.

[bravesfanforlife88]

LMAO Smyly making us look like scrubs

[Hudson2]

Homer for Riley!

[TURBO]

AR27

[Hudson2]

Whew I panicked when Ronald slipped on that swing.

So did i

[WaitingFor2017]

There's the Drew Smyly we remember.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Boom

[msstate7]

Don't stop! I wanna an 8-spot.

[UNCBlue012]

Austin Riley is going to have a very nice career.

[msstate7]

Come on Wright, don't you go back to your old self

[UNCBlue012]

That was incredibly weird. Wright lost all command the first two at-bats of this inning. They weren’t even close

[msstate7]

Guess it was fun while it lasted

[Hudson2]

Wrights a little wild but he’ll be fine. He’s not missing by much.

[TURBO]

Are we dumb?

[msstate7]

Little league

[msstate7]

So dumb

[Freshmaker]

Not entirely sure that out was worth it, but oh well

[Garmel]

Gave up a run without the benefit of a hit.

[UNCBlue012]

Actual luck lol

[WaitingFor2017]

Jeff thinks the play would've been bang bang had Dansby thrown home, but I think they had him easily if Dansby had thrown as soon as Rivas starting darting home.

[msstate7]

Waters or Harris, please become a decent mlb player this year.

[WaitingFor2017]

It's really a shame we didn't get another OF out there for this year, so you could strictly platoon (when healthy) Rosario/Duvall

[UNCBlue012]

Man, that 0-2 change up to Happ was filth and the ump spit on it. Dumbass

[UNCBlue012]

Looks like he found his release again

[msstate7]

Yeah, maybe Wright has turned the corner. I know the previous seasons, he'd be toast if he walked 3 in 1st 2 innings. Good job to settle in, Kyle

[Hudson2]

Wright is a completely different pitcher this year. He doesn’t get rattled like he did.

[msstate7]

Damn, their defense is stout

[Hudson2]

Swanson with a HR!

[thewupk]

Swanson....finally

[UNCBlue012]

Dansby!

[TURBO]

Getting Bae going would be nice

[thewupk]

What was that Ozuna and Swanson dance?

[UNCBlue012]

Yikes, this Acuna scrub is awful

[msstate7]

I want Olson to be hot again.

[Hudson2]

Yeah Olson has had a few bad games worth of at bats. He’ll heat back up.

[Hudson2]

Wright looking strong!

[Garmel]

Wut?

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[thewupk]

BTW for those pining over Smyly. He has a 5 FIP and 216 BABIP. We know how that story will end.

[zbhargrove]

This is definitely a new Wright. In the past he would have crumpled after struggling. Now it just looks like he gets angry and bears down.

[thewupk]

If Duvall can't hit LHP then he needs to go

[UNCBlue012]

Dammit.

[Enscheff]

How many slow curves in the dirt can a guy swing at over and over?

[UNCBlue012]

Dammit. Duvall hit that pretty well

[jsebe10]

What’s the leash on Duvall??

[Hudson2]

What’s the leash on Duvall??

We don’t have any other options so I’d say until Water or Harris are ready.

[Garmel]

Duvall swung at two awful pitches that cost him a walk.

[thewupk]

Ronald with the strong throw there

[Hudson2]

Damn that was strike 3!

[UNCBlue012]

That’s a perfect pitch for a strikeout and it’s called a ball

[thewupk]

hell yeah

[msstate7]

That was what happens to us

[UNCBlue012]

Dansby has been much better the past week or so

[msstate7]

Matt, hit this clown

[CyYoung31]

Acuña sucks,

[UNCBlue012]

That is very easily the worst at-bat I’ve seen from Olson

[Mrs. Meta]

Olson...

[msstate7]

3-0 count, and you hit that. Damn

[Mrs. Meta]

Guy in the crowd wearing a Cubs jacket and Yankees shirt, lol.

[UNCBlue012]

Riley should seriously have like 10 homers already if not for these stupid ass deadened balls.

[UNCBlue012]

I simply love Kyle Wright

[UNCBlue012]

Oh, he’s very safe lol

[thewupk]

everything we hit is caught

[msstate7]

The cubs have the 1985 bears defense

[msstate7]

I'm quite disappointed in the braves offense

[msstate7]

This offense is pretty bad

[The Chosen One]

Not a fan of trying to stretch Cal out here.

[msstate7]

Another lost series on deck

[msstate7]

Kyle Wright is really good

[msstate7]

Man, we might have something

[CyYoung31]

With Wright and Acuña, how could we ever lose?

[msstate7]

With Wright and Acuña, how could we ever lose?
Morton starts

[USMA76]

With Wright and Acuña, how could we ever lose?

This post means we're officially ewed-scray as far as tonights game is concerned. Thanks.

[Hudson2]

Offense is slumping pretty much all at the same time.

[CyYoung31]

Offense is slumping pretty much all at the same time.

It’s the balls, or lack thereof.

[UNCBlue012]

I just cannot get over how good Kyle Wright is now. He’s so composed

[thewupk]

Suzuki looks like he might be a good one.

[jsebe10]

Absolutely insulting to Olson to bring Martin in to face him.

[thewupk]

Acuna gonna steal 40

[msstate7]

This offense stinks

[thewupk]

we're losing this game

[USMA76]

We cannot buy a clutch hit tonight...or most of this year, it seems.

[The Chosen One]

we're losing this game

It has that sort of storybook feeling to it.

[UNCBlue012]

I’m convinced these jokers are throwing the games. I mean, these are opportunities against **** pitchers.

[Hulavol]

The night shift cometh. You guys relax.

[msstate7]

Impressive pitching

[Hudson2]

Wow that’s just bad luck

[msstate7]

Big hit

[msstate7]

Man, Duvall needed that

[mossy]

I was just literally typing that Adam couldn't hit Stone Mountain, then he HR's.

I take credit.

[mfree80]

How can this be? Some of you have already declared this game a loss. ;-)

[zbhargrove]

Suzuki looks like he might be a good one.

Really wish we pushed harder for him. He’d look great in a corner OF spot

[CyYoung31]

Great lip reading by Chip.

[UNCBlue012]

Adam crushed that pitch and it was barely a homer lol

[zbhargrove]

I’ve been really impressed by Demeritte… I know it’s likely just an early hot streak but I’d love it if he could become a solid major leaguer with us

[zbhargrove]

Adam crushed that pitch and it was barely a homer lol

Yeah but it also almost went to the space station.

[USMA76]

Yay! A series win, finally.

[CrimsonCowboy]

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[TURBO]

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[UNCBlue012]

I really want Ronnie to play tomorrow lol

[USMA76]

I really want Ronnie to play tomorrow lol

You're way too excited over a guy who's batting .200

[Hulavol]

I can dream, but we get Soroka back in time, and we could have one hell of a pitching staff heading into playoffs ….

[Hudson2]

What’s the latest on Soroka?

[Russ2dollas]

With Dickerson gone the way is clear for Waters and Harris to get their shots before the deadline. TD shouldn’t stand in their way.

I have been higher on Waters than most. How can we expect anything out of him given his recent performance and lack of playing the last couple of months?

[Russ2dollas]

Kyle Wright is really good

I am still warry given his history.

That said, he looked like he didn't have his stuff today and he still went deep into the game and was effective. Cubs are not exactly the best line up, but they are solid.


IF Kyle Wright is actually good now...Like if he is a 3 WAR pitcher....3.5 ERA or so....Ian Anderson like....That really opens up options for this year and moving forward.

If Morton's not good, 20 million from him plus 10 million from Dansby and 10 million from Duvall means you could get an impact guy. I hope Morton is a guy we'd love to give 20 million to next year, like we were this year, but so far it doesn't look great. I think he'll be better, but he might not be a top 3 in the rotation guy on a contender.

[Russ2dollas]

What’s the latest on Soroka?

No news is good news. I think we can't expect anything at this point. I'm going assume he's not an option until he's on the mound for us.

[atl717]

I see no reason why Acuna should be off today.

[The Chosen One]

I see no reason why Acuna should be off today.

If anything just DH him. We're playing in an AL park today anyways so he can DH.

[Enscheff]

If anything just DH him. We're playing in an AL park today anyways so he can DH.

Can't...tell...if...serious

[PawPawMaxwell]

If they are that worried about RAJr, why was he allowed to SBs last nite?

[DirkPiggler]

I really want Ronnie to play tomorrow lol

Same. My nephews (ages 9 and 8) are seeing their first Braves game in person tonight. I've put in a lot of work to mold them into Braves fans, in spite of the Texas influence from their dad who is a Dallas native. Can't lose them to the dark side.

[thewupk]

Same. My nephews (ages 9 and 8) are seeing their first Braves game in person tonight. I've put in a lot of work to mold them into Braves fans, in spite of the Texas influence from their dad who is a Dallas native. Can't lose them to the dark side.

It's bull**** they haven't announced who is starting on Sunday. I'm wanting to go but don't want to see some bum start. lol

[McCann'sCans]

My understanding is he's unlikely to play in the field after traveling and he's unlikely to play at all in day games after night games until July. Does that sound right re: restrictions to his playing time?

[CyYoung31]

Can't...tell...if...serious

Says a lot about you.

[Slippyjms]

4-3

[mossy]

It's bull**** they haven't announced who is starting on Sunday. I'm wanting to go but don't want to see some bum start. lol

The Broadcast wondered if Spencer Strider could be an option for Sunday, for what it's worth.

[CrimsonCowboy]

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[thewupk]

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he's no angel hernandez