GDT 5-18 …. MAD MAX in Acuna Leads The Heroes

[Hulavol]

1. R. Acuna (R) RF
2. Matt Olson (L) 1B
3. Austin Riley (R) 3B
4. Marcell Ozuna (R) DH
5. Ozzie Albies (S) 2B
6. T. d'Arnaud (R) C
7. Dansby Swanson (R) SS
8. Adam Duvall (R) CF
9. T. Demeritte (R) LF

[msstate7]

Duvall pops one.

[UNCBlue012]

Duvall pops one. boner?

[Enscheff]

That cutter at 94-96 should be illegal.

[UNCBlue012]

That cutter at 94-96 should be illegal. dude is incredible.

[thewupk]

The Braves' bullpen has a 2.75 FIP this season. Straight deep dicking opponents.

[thewupk]

dude is incredible.

roids

[CyYoung31]

The Braves' bullpen has a 2.75 FIP this season. Straight deep dicking opponents.

And that’s with Smith and Matzek sucking.

[WaitingFor2017]

28 pitches through 2 innings which included a 10 pitch at-bat. You do you, Max Fried.

[Enscheff]

The Braves' bullpen has a 2.75 FIP this season. Straight deep dicking opponents.

As our resident closeted homosexual says, the phrase is “dicking down”.

[CyYoung31]

Counsell would really rather pitch to Ronnie than accept a HBP?

[bravesfanforlife88]

Counsell would really rather pitch to Ronnie than accept a HBP?

No ****...i'd rather face Olson any day of the week and twice on Sunday right now

[thewupk]

scorecard from last night

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[UNCBlue012]

Impressive at-bat, Oly.

[CyYoung31]

scorecard from last night

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Yep. Just as we thought. ****ing cheater.

[Enscheff]

Riley doesn’t look like he stands a chance against this cutter right now.

[CyYoung31]

Day-um.

[thewupk]

mother****er come on

[thewupk]

lol thank god that went foul. gottem bitches.

[UNCBlue012]

Damn, Austin!! What an at-bat!!!

[CyYoung31]

DAY-UM

[Enscheff]

Riley doesn’t look like he stands a chance against this cutter right now.

Unless he throws it right down the middle!!

[msstate7]

Caratini cost his team 2 runs haha

[UNCBlue012]

Riley doesn’t look like he stands a chance against this cutter right now.

Hit that **** for a homer. LMAO

[thewupk]

Ozuna is back boys

[UNCBlue012]

hhahahaha Burnes pitching like ass now

[Enscheff]

Uh oh, the Olson-Riley-Ozuna portion of the lineup may be heating up.

[msstate7]

Ozuna is back boys

All brought to you my favorite player's (Olson) 2-out single. Man, I love Olson

[msstate7]

Simpson just said burnes has a career era over 10 vs braves.

[CyYoung31]

Olson is a gold glover you know.

[bravesfanMatt]

I am glad Fried got out of that inning. He seemed go have lost his mechanics or release point or something...

[UNCBlue012]

Hopefully, it changes quickly but he has definitely lost his release point.

[UNCBlue012]

Ugh. Dammit, Max.

[msstate7]

Do we need to get the pen ready? Day off tomorrow and fried not doing so hot

[thewupk]

Time to get Strider ready

[msstate7]

Get him out

[UNCBlue012]

When the hitters are doing their job, the pitchers can't do theirs. And vice versa. It's the craziest thing.

[msstate7]

Fried is lucky this wasn't last inning too

[bravesfanMatt]

I would still have the pen slow tossing. Max is off since that bad walk in the 3rd. Seems like he is rushing his delivery.

[thewupk]

Last 3 EV's are 108, 97, and 101

[UNCBlue012]

That was nice. He may have found his release point again. Give him another inning and have the bullpen ready for a quick pull.

[msstate7]

Ok, nice response

[bravesfanMatt]

watch Max's leg.. when he goes quick things drift high and arm side. Now he is lifting slower and pitches are much better.

[UNCBlue012]

The Braves are swinging at some of this dude's stuff as if he's a Cy Young frontrunner. Jeez, guys. Oh, wait.

[thewupk]

The Braves are swinging at some of this dude's stuff as if he's a Cy Young frontrunner. Jeez, guys. Oh, wait.

Kyle Wright pitches for the Brewers now?

[UNCBlue012]

Both Riley and Ozuna possibly getting hot bodes well for Atlanta.

[The Chosen One]

Olson dug that out.

Amazing that's only done by Freddie.

[msstate7]

Swanson is pretty good

[UNCBlue012]

Dansby is absurd. Jeez.

[msstate7]

TD 0 for last 18.

Man, I think I'd try to get the lightning in a bottle again with waters for a month. Most likely waters isn't working a month later, then go Harris for good

[mfree80]

I know we all expect Demeritte to turn into a pumpkin soon, but he has provided a needed bit of stability for the OF the past few weeks.

[UNCBlue012]

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[CyYoung31]

1527004988081569793

They really asked that question about Eduardo ****ing Escobar?

[msstate7]

If we lose this game, I'm gonna approach a level 7 melt down

[UNCBlue012]

Ronald just stared at three clear strikes...

[msstate7]

We need a run, bad

[UNCBlue012]

what the hell is this man's sinker doing that we are staring at it and/or swinging through it directly down the middle?

[msstate7]

Not so sure about strider here

[thewupk]

Not so sure about strider here

Why? He's our 2nd best reliever

[thewupk]

101 right down the middle. good luck

[msstate7]

Why? He's our 2nd best reliever

Not very trusting of young pitchers. Looks like I should be

[UNCBlue012]

Dear Lord. Strider is absolutely filthy.

[thewupk]

This dude is a cheat code. jesus what a weapon

[bravesfanforlife88]

Spencer Strider is okay.

[msstate7]

This dude is a cheat code. jesus what a weapon

Pitched 2 games this series, so looks like he's about to be a late inning guy

[UNCBlue012]

The Braves are likely to have Jansen, Minter, Matzek, Strider, McHugh and Yates all in the same bullpen at some point this season. My God.

[thewupk]

So our top 4 relievers have a 0.85, 0.98, 1.29, and 2.18 FIP. Nasty.

[thewupk]

Pride Night with the Giants in town. Fitting.

[thewupk]

Will Smith warming....why

[UNCBlue012]

Will Smith is pitching in the bullpen. Dammit. Was a good game while it lasted

[msstate7]

Will Smith warming....why

Don't like it. Renfroe vs a lhp is a bad idea

[thewupk]

lol what a joke

[bravesfanMatt]

Just let strider finish this.

[thewupk]

tie goes to the fielder

[UNCBlue012]

Very easily safe.

[thewupk]

when did Renfroe become a gold glover? wtf

[msstate7]

Renfroe hurt? Will might be ok then

[Ozzie Swanson]

This is so stupid. Strider threw 11 pitches and there is an off day tomorrow.

[thewupk]

Surprisingly great pitch there to get Yelich

[UNCBlue012]

Dear Jesus, Dansby. unreal.

[thewupk]

Dear Jesus, Dansby. unreal.

He's been elite all year.

[msstate7]

Good job, will
Great job, swanson

[UNCBlue012]

Good stuff, William.

[msstate7]

TD is done, AA. He gave us a great stretch, but it's over

[bravesfanMatt]

TD is done, AA. He gave us a great stretch, but it's over

Just trying to fit in with rest of Braves offense.

[msstate7]

Kenley pitching for 4th time in 5 days

[msstate7]

Snit about to get bit for overworking the F out of kenley

[thewupk]

Kenley pitching for 4th time in 5 days

and it shows

[mfree80]

What is it with relief pitchers not being able to throw strikes?

[Enscheff]

Jansen overthrowing at 89, lobbing balls to 1B.

Is he hurt?

[UNCBlue012]

Jansen overthrowing at 89, lobbing balls to 1B.

Is he hurt?

Maybe fourth game in five days? My best guess.

[thewupk]

lame

[UNCBlue012]

LMAO. Of course.

[USMA76]

Well, that sucked.

[thewupk]

EV of 77.8

[thewupk]

well Swanson showed up

[USMA76]

EV of 77.8

A triple, no less.

[bravesfanMatt]

Should have let strider go through 8th and give Jansen the 9th off.

[jsebe10]

Fck man! DOD!? Here comes a BB

[jsebe10]

Dude this runner at 2B **** sucks.

[USMA76]

Dude this runner at 2B **** sucks.

Mainly it sucks because we haven't won a game this year under this format.

[Garmel]

Snitker's inability to properly manage a bullpen bites us in the ass again.

[msstate7]

When TDA isn't hitting. He's almost unplayable

[chop2chip]

Did Moylan just suggest walking Renfroe to load the bases with no outs?

I am so embarrassed by him and Brian Jordan

[Garmel]

What's the advantage of pitching Chavez here?

[msstate7]

Garbage ex-brave up, game over

[jsebe10]

What's the advantage of pitching Chavez here?

Lol. Quicker to the plate maybe haha

[WaitingFor2017]

If this game does go beyond this inning, are we really relying on Tyler Thornburg or Jackson Stephens? Braves better have a Padres Sunday 11th inning if that happens.

[jsebe10]

Garbage ex-brave up, game over

He’s going to rip a 1B to RF

[thewupk]

When TDA isn't hitting. He's almost unplayable

Well he's hitting now

[Garmel]

EV of 77.8

Meanwhile two of our outs last inning were 96 and 107.

[jsebe10]

Nothing says blah blah with Duvall and Heredia up. Making this dude look like Dennis Eckersley

[chop2chip]

Every at bat Duvall takes eats at my soul

[thewupk]

lmao what a ****ty game

[msstate7]

Bad loss. This team is trash

[msstate7]

Duvall and TD can't both be in out OF this weekend. I doubt seriously waters will help, but we gotta see. Tha architect built a **** burger OF

[jsebe10]

If you would have told me prior to first pitch that Max would have a 4 run lead vs Barnes I would have bet the farm on a win

[UNCBlue012]

Shame. What a bad loss on what was an easy win.

[KOdawg1]

Frustrating loss

[CyYoung31]

Despite the pen’s good work, the Braves have blown 4 late leads in the last six games. 3 of them have lead to losses. This is what bad teams do.

[msstate7]

What if in an alternate universe we paid FF, traded pache for an actual OF, and had langeliers knocking down the door to Atlanta?

[drewdat]

Brewers don't have enough good hitters to score 7 runs in 11 innings

[msstate7]

I wanna see a sacrifice. Duvall, heredia, or TD would suffice.

[jsebe10]

Brewers don't have enough good hitters to score 7 runs in 11 innings

Apparently neither do we

[CyYoung31]

Could McHugh not have pitched with an off day tomorrow? Hadn’t he had a couple days off before yesterday?

[msstate7]

The schedule is about to let up. Maybe the braves have shot off all their toes and decided it best to move forward

[VirginiaBrave]

Once again defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory!!!!

[Russ2dollas]

What if in an alternate universe we paid FF, traded pache for an actual OF, and had langeliers knocking down the door to Atlanta?

It's what I wanted, and what I pushed back on the Olson trade in the thread.

That said, that was BEFORE I saw the Buster article about what FF was doing. I don't see how AA could have done anything differently with FF, except get a bunch more money.

FF treated us like he had a gun to our head. If he would have signed for what he signed with the Dodgers for, then I think he's here and those other moves are likely. Or maybe Pache is in CF and Rosario isn't signed.

AA didn't have that option. We'd be better this year. We may still be worse in the next couple of years as FF ages.

[VirginiaBrave]

Bottomline after a month and a half Olson has been exposed. He is not the hitter Freddie is, nor is he the defensive player Freeman is.

[Enscheff]

Bottomline after a month and a half Olson has been exposed. He is not the hitter Freddie is, nor is he the defensive player Freeman is.

Solid take by a great baseball mind.

[Hudson2]

Bottomline after a month and a half Olson has been exposed. He is not the hitter Freddie is, nor is he the defensive player Freeman is.

Everybody already knows you’re an idiot you don’t have to keep reminding us VaginiaDodger

[VirginiaBrave]

Everybody already knows you’re an idiot you don’t have to keep reminding us VaginiaDodger

I am in good company. You're not a fan but an apologist.

[Hudson2]

I am in good company. You're not a fan but an apologist.

VaginaDodger