GDT: 06/18/22 Braves vs Wrigley Field

[CyYoung31]

There’s a game today, people.

[CyYoung31]

Garbage hit.

[jsebe10]

Kyle made a great pitch to Contreras and fists it over the cut of the outfield grass behind 1B

[msstate7]

I was hoping we wouldn't follow up a long winning streak with a multi game losing streak, but i feel like the offense will be MIA for a week

[jsebe10]

Fckn .218 hitter.

[msstate7]

No confidence the braves can score 2

[jsebe10]

No confidence the braves can score 2

Because there’s a little bit of god damn wind in their face these MFers act like they aren’t professionals and can’t hit.

[UNCBlue012]

The Braves allowing Jonathan Villar, who is barely playable at this point in his career, be a thorn in back-to-back games is a decision.

[CyYoung31]

Fckn .218 hitter.

.300 hitter against the Braves.

[msstate7]

Clown show

[CyYoung31]

What?

[jsebe10]

I don’t understand what happened…Was Duvall out on an infield fly?

[msstate7]

Bout to give the Mets back their cushion

[CyYoung31]

He took one step toward the dugout.

[jsebe10]

Or Eric Young touched him

[CyYoung31]

Jesus Christ what a dumb rule.

[jsebe10]

God damn give me Freddie’s glove.

[msstate7]

Duvall should be pulled

[CyYoung31]

Olson ****ing sucks, man.

[UNCBlue012]

Yikes, Wright. He hasn’t faced an actual hitter yet

[msstate7]

I've been telling y'all all season. Olson is not good... we made a huge mistake, and we compounded it by extending him

[CyYoung31]

https://c.tenor.com/l_4IRLusM1AAAAAC/theater-arts-circus.gif

[msstate7]

Looks like maybe not trying to hit hrs every AB is a better approach. The braves are super talented, but extremely dumb

[UNCBlue012]

Jesus, Wright. These guys are horrible. Even with bad defense, take the damn free outs

[TURBO]

Aids

[msstate7]

If FF were here, no one scored this inning.

[jpx7]

Weak.

[jpx7]

I've been telling y'all all season. Olson is not good... we made a huge mistake, and we compounded it by extending him

lol

[CyYoung31]

It’s over.

[jsebe10]

Seems like these MFers are paying too close attention to the venue as opposed to the pure and utter **** that’s wearing the Cubs uniforms.

[thewupk]

Here comes the losing streak

[CyYoung31]

Jesus, Wright. These guys are horrible. Even with bad defense, take the damn free outs

They’re dinking and dunking everywhere and the Braves are playing ****ty defense, dude.

[jsebe10]

It’s over.

You bet it is…these MFers ain’t scoring today.

[UNCBlue012]

They’re dinking and dunking everywhere and the Braves are playing ****ty defense, dude. said I don’t care

[msstate7]

lol

We have stepped down tremendously from what we've had the last few years. FF isn't hitting like he has in the past, so maybe it was a good move to move on. Even still, fWAR has FF as a far superior player.

[thewupk]

We have stepped down tremendously from what we've had the last few years. FF isn't hitting like he has in the past, so maybe it was a good move to move on. Even still, fWAR has FF as a far superior player.

who cares

[msstate7]

who cares

All brave fans should care. We can't win it all with just a decent to good 1b... we need a great player like we had last year. His defense, offense, and base running is a downgrade

[jsebe10]

And here comes Riley to pop the Fck out with RISP

[jsebe10]

Yay big god damn surprise! So predictable.

[msstate7]

And here comes Riley to pop the Fck out with RISP

Riley gotta go for the downs. Too dense to realize that's an out 99-100

[msstate7]

Morton back, and so is wright

[WaitingFor2017]

Even though it was EY’s fault, hasn’t Duvall been involved in at least two other base running blunders where he passed another runner up?

And how could I not forget his blunder in tagging and getting out before the run scored in the playoffs against Milwaukee last year.

[CyYoung31]

Morton back, and so is wright

7 singles. 2.5 errors.

[msstate7]

7 singles. 2.5 errors.

Fair enough... they're making a lot more contact than I'd expect.

[msstate7]

Wind probably saved wright 2 runs

[TURBO]

This is unreal

[CyYoung31]

It’s Jason Heyward. You can literally throw it right down the middle for an out.

[UNCBlue012]

There legitimately has not been an actual earned run allowed today. Insanity. Just do your job and make the easy plays

[CyYoung31]

Are you ****ing kidding me?

[jpx7]

Stupid.

[msstate7]

Duvall should be pulled

Shoulda listened to me

[CyYoung31]

Shoulda listened to me

Not really his fault.

[msstate7]

Not really his fault.

Listening to radio right now, and they certainly said it is.

[Garmel]

Listening to radio right now, and they certainly said it is.

The ball had crazy spin.

[msstate7]

The ball had crazy spin.

Could be total BS, but Joe says ball spins that way off a lhh

[bravesfanforlife88]

Man Olson is so bad

[msstate7]

Olson, trash

[msstate7]

Man Olson is so bad

Jpx is gonna be so mad at you

[msstate7]

The downgrade at 1b could be talked about by all year (it might be), and it would still be understated

[msstate7]

Forget the bat, this week, Olson cost fried 2 er and wright 1 today

[msstate7]

Nasty 3-2 pitch. Good job, wright

[TURBO]

The downgrade at 1b could be talked about by all year (it might be), and it would still be understated

Olson may end up being mistake, who knows. I think he will end up being fine for us. But lets not act like AA didnt try to resign Freeman. He didnt choose Olson over Freeman. Freeman and his agent played hard ball trying to get more out of us. Freeman or his agent is the reason he is not here.

[msstate7]

Nice hustle, Harris

[WaitingFor2017]

Willson has acted as if this is his personal World Series this series. I wish our guys had that fire this weekend.

[msstate7]

Olson may end up being mistake, who knows. I think he will end up being fine for us. But lets not act like AA didnt try to resign Freeman. He didnt choose Olson over Freeman. Freeman and his agent played hard ball trying to get more out of us. Freeman or his agent is the reason he is not here.

Certainly. Im pissed it didn't work out with FF. Regardless of why we downgraded though, we downgraded, and it cost us 2 top prospects and money to do it

[msstate7]

Willson has acted as if this is his personal World Series this series. I wish our guys had that fire this weekend.

He'll be a met soon

[Runnin]

The downgrade at 1b could be talked about by all year (it might be), and it would still be understated

And it would still be a waste of time talking about it.

[UNCBlue012]

Cyle is painting today and not getting a damn thing while the scrub in Chicago is getting 20 inches off the plate

[Runnin]

Certainly. Im pissed it didn't work out with FF. Regardless of why we downgraded though, we downgraded, and it cost us 2 top prospects and money to do it

Anybody was gonna be a "downgrade".

[msstate7]

And it would still be a waste of time talking about it.

https://youtu.be/UAocvKHUidg

[msstate7]

Anybody was gonna be a "downgrade".

Good point.

[msstate7]

14 straight scoreless innings vs nats and cubs

[msstate7]

Like I've been saying... glad duvall is in there, and swing for the fences. Atta boy, duvall

Haha

[bravesfanforlife88]

Olson may end up being mistake, who knows. I think he will end up being fine for us. But lets not act like AA didnt try to resign Freeman. He didnt choose Olson over Freeman. Freeman and his agent played hard ball trying to get more out of us. Freeman or his agent is the reason he is not here.

I don't fault AA. High insight being 20/20, I think he'd just cough up the money to resign Freeman if he had it to do over again. But Olson was the slam dunk option everyone expected him to go after. I feel like this is a problem between his ears, similar to Newcomb

[CrimsonCowboy]

Nice to see the game threads are back to “normal”

[msstate7]

I don't fault AA. High insight being 20/20, I think he'd just cough up the money to resign Freeman if he had it to do over again. But Olson was the slam dunk option everyone expected him to go after. I feel like this is a problem between his ears, similar to Newcomb

Olson was better than FF last year. AA made a good move... this is an Olson problem. Despite my constant criticism, I still believe he can turn it around... he just needs to man up and do something

[msstate7]

Nice to see the game threads are back to “normal”

I don't like change

[TURBO]

Please at least a sac fly

[UNCBlue012]

Ozuna is truly an albatross. Bad person, bad baseball player. Total tool

[msstate7]

Ozuna is truly an albatross. Bad person, bad baseball player. Total tool

Odd time to get on him. Good play, heyward, of course

[UNCBlue012]

Odd time to get on him. Good play, heyward, of course it’s never an odd time when the dude sucks. A small 10-game sample size of being decent doesn’t change two seasons of being ass at his job.

[msstate7]

it’s never an odd time when the dude sucks. A small 10-game sample size of being decent doesn’t change two seasons of being ass at his job.

Perhaps karma from being a bad dude, but...
.347 xwoba in 2021
.366 xwoba in 2022

[UNCBlue012]

Perhaps karma from being a bad dude, but...
.347 xwoba in 2021
.366 xwoba in 2022
Let’s hope the underlying peripherals catch up but he’s been terrible and that’s being really nice.

[msstate7]

Atta boy, wright.

Olson, for the love of God, make me look like a bigger idiot than I am.

[UNCBlue012]

Kyle Wright has a 7.71 ERA on the day… he has a 0.78 FIP and a 1.71 xFIP

So he’s actually been elite, as per usual.

[msstate7]

Olson .780 ops

[UNCBlue012]

Matt Olson - Flyout vs Rowan Wick
#Braves vs #Cubs

EV: 107.1 (MPH)
LA: 33 (Deg.)
Dist: 372 (ft.)
xBA: .910

76 (MPH) Knuckle Curve (KC) - 0-2 Count

[msstate7]

FF put a curse on Olson

[msstate7]

The baseball gods don't like FF not being a brave, so both players must be punished

[msstate7]

The baseball gods don't like FF not being a brave, so both players must be punished

I say this, but really FF is one that's being punished...

Olson has .004 between wOBA and xwoba
FF has .050 between wOBA and xwoba

Olson really has gotten the results he should. FF, not so much.

[UNCBlue012]

I truly don’t get it. The Cubs are getting lucky dinks and dunks and crap through the shift while the Braves are absolutely hammering pitches and nothing is happening. I understand the wind but at some point that’s a horrible excuse.

[msstate7]

I truly don’t get it. The Cubs are getting lucky dinks and dunks and crap through the shift while the Braves are absolutely hammering pitches and nothing is happening. I understand the wind but at some point that’s a horrible excuse.

The cubs arent trying to hit HRs constantly. The braves are

[msstate7]

Lol

[msstate7]

Not that the braves will actually take advantage, but the cubs closer has pitched 2 straight days

[msstate7]

I think my ill attitude has as much to do with my bulldogs not being in Omaha to defend our title while the sec west is represented well as the braves playing like **** for 2 (TWO!!!!) days. The braves will be 14-2 in last 16... get em tomorrow

[WaitingFor2017]

What were Nick Green and Peter Moylan watching? They say they were disappointing in Wright's first 4 innings. He was pretty elite but getting extremely unlucky with the dink and dunk opposite field singles.

[msstate7]

Mets keep rolling. They're just better than us

[msstate7]

We made a winning streak for the ages, and then the Mets add 2.5 games right back.

[Hulavol]

The Mets aren’t better than us. Good lord man.
We will have them in the rear view in short order.

Lost two games and the sky is back to falling…..

Even for you- that’s a silly take!

[CrimsonCowboy]

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[msstate7]

The Mets aren’t better than us. Good lord man.
We will have them in the rear view in short order.

Lost two games and the sky is back to falling…..

Even for you- that’s a silly take!

Maybe not, but they missing 2 of the best pitchers in baseball, and they up 6.5 games on us. They're gonna get those 2 pitchers back soon. We very well may overtake them... we should.

[msstate7]

Mets were up 7 games last year on same date, so they have blown this size a lead before

[VirginiaBrave]

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This is why I don't buy into analytics. No matter how hard the balls were hit a loss is a loss. A good number of these metrics are meaningless to the point it is silly.

[Enscheff]

This is why I don't buy into analytics. No matter how hard the balls were hit a loss is a loss. A good number of these metrics are meaningless to the point it is silly.

What’s silly is your level of comprehension of what these numbers mean.

Those hits were real, and the resulting loss was real. However, losing due to a bunch of flukey weakly hit balls means it was a loss that’s unlikely to happen again.

So those stats are used for predictions. You know…that thing stats are useful for.

[msstate7]

Harris...
.373 wOBA, .316 xwoba
.400 babip

I really hope he doesn't have a really dry spell coming

[msstate7]

Matt Olson at 1.0 fWAR 66 games in. He's on pace for a 2.5 fWAR. I know I've beaten this horse to death, did cpr on the horse, and then beat it to death again, but he's really not anything close to what we traded for SO FAR. For the love of God Matt, do something!

Maybe he's a slow starter. In the short season, he was only at 0.6 fWAR.

[WaitingFor2017]

Matt Olson at 1.0 fWAR 66 games in. He's on pace for a 2.5 fWAR. I know I've beaten this horse to death, did cpr on the horse, and then beat it to death again, but he's really not anything close to what we traded for SO FAR. For the love of God Matt, do something!

He did slam his helmet on the ground in frustration yesterday. I haven’t seen that fire from him all season.

[msstate7]

He did slam his helmet on the ground in frustration yesterday. I haven’t seen that fire from him all season.

I'm getting to him lol

[Enscheff]

Matt Olson at 1.0 fWAR 66 games in. He's on pace for a 2.5 fWAR. I know I've beaten this horse to death, did cpr on the horse, and then beat it to death again, but he's really not anything close to what we traded for SO FAR. For the love of God Matt, do something!

And then every time I come in and tell you that he has a .242 BA to go along with a .345 OBP, and both those values are right in line with his career mark of .251 and .347.

The difference with Olson right now vs the rest of his career is a .433 SLG vs his career .502 mark. And that 70 points of missing SLG is almost all due to a career low 36% fly ball rate leading to fewer HRs.

So the Braves got exactly who they thought, minus some fly balls that aren’t going over the fence. The fact may be that the As are smart enough to help Olson get the ball in the air, and nobody on the Braves can figure it out.

[msstate7]

And then every time I come in and tell you that he has a .242 BA to go along with a .345 OBP, and both those values are right in line with his career mark of .251 and .347.

The difference with Olson right now vs the rest of his career is a .433 SLG vs his career .502 mark. And that 70 points of missing SLG is almost all due to a career low 36% fly ball rate leading to fewer HRs.

So the Braves got exactly who they thought, minus some fly balls that aren’t going over the fence. The fact may be that the As are smart enough to help Olson get the ball in the air, and nobody on the Braves can figure it out.

The low fWAR isn't just the bat. He's cost the braves 3 runs (2 for fried, 1 for wright) this week.

[msstate7]

My bold prediction for the week...

The south (Atlanta included) will see a record level heat wave this week. This crazy heat is gonna bring an Olson power streak. I think he goes off this week against giants and dodgers.

[msstate7]

Speaking of the upcoming week, strider is gonna get a big time test - scheduled to face giants and dodgers.

[Enscheff]

The low fWAR isn't just the bat. He's cost the braves 3 runs (2 for fried, 1 for wright) this week.

Yeah, the defense is inexplicable. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Granted, I didn’t see him play much with the As, but all anyone ever talked about was how amazing his defense was. With the Braves he looks like a converted catcher out there who just bought his glove a few days ago.

[Garmel]

And then every time I come in and tell you that he has a .242 BA to go along with a .345 OBP, and both those values are right in line with his career mark of .251 and .347.

The difference with Olson right now vs the rest of his career is a .433 SLG vs his career .502 mark. And that 70 points of missing SLG is almost all due to a career low 36% fly ball rate leading to fewer HRs.

So the Braves got exactly who they thought, minus some fly balls that aren’t going over the fence. The fact may be that the As are smart enough to help Olson get the ball in the air, and nobody on the Braves can figure it out.

I think at least part of the fly ball problem is that his launch angle is lower than previous years. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/matt-olson/14344/stats?position=1B

[msstate7]

I think at least part of the fly ball problem is that his launch angle is lower than previous years. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/matt-olson/14344/stats?position=1B

So just noticed Olson was a FV40 prospect. Lol, if I was that wrong about a guy, I'd take that down

[Garmel]

Harris...
.373 wOBA, .316 xwoba
.400 babip

I really hope he doesn't have a really dry spell coming

Some of his stats look better over the last 8 games. Launch angle and EV have drastically improved. Ground ball rate is still high at 47.8% but better than the near 59% it was in the first 12 games.

[Enscheff]

I think at least part of the fly ball problem is that his launch angle is lower than previous years. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/matt-olson/14344/stats?position=1B

Well, yes, that’s what increasing launch angle means…more fly balls.

For some reason he’s not elevating the ball, and hopefully that’s not a trick only the As know how to help Olson with.

[msstate7]

Well, yes, that’s what increasing launch angle means…more fly balls.

For some reason he’s not elevating the ball, and hopefully that’s not a trick only the As know how to help Olson with.

If it's an A's trick, we better hire whoever knows it. 8 year deal

[VirginiaBrave]

What’s silly is your level of comprehension of what these numbers mean.

Those hits were real, and the resulting loss was real. However, losing due to a bunch of flukey weakly hit balls means it was a loss that’s unlikely to happen again.

So those stats are used for predictions. You know…that thing stats are useful for.

To me they are nothing more than a way for a nerd to make themselves feel good about a loss.