GDT 9/7/23: Braves vs Cardinals - Fried leads the salvage squad

[Slippyjms]

Acuña RF
Albies 2B
Olson 1B
Ozuna DH
Rosario LF
d'Arnaud C
Harris ll CF
Arcia SS
Lopez 3B

Fried P

[thewupk]

Riley day off?

[Slippyjms]

Riley day off?

Murphy too

[thewupk]

Murphy too

lol

[The Chosen One]

Olson should have stopped hitting homers so he could get a day off.

But then Snit would just leave him in anyways to "work out his struggles".

[msstate7]

Good job, snit.

[CyYoung31]

We’ll score 12 tonight.

[UNCBlue012]

We’ll score 12 tonight.

And lose 13-12

[bravesfanforlife88]

Riley reportedly not with the team tonight. Has the 24 hour flu

[thewupk]

Riley reportedly not with the team tonight. Has the 24 hour flu

Covid

[Hulavol]

Not a Bobby lineup …. But it is refreshing to start seeing some days off for some guys.

Especially Murphy- he’s been so overworked he probably can’t even stand up…


All joking aside…poor Waino - he’s about to get shelled

[Hulavol]

Ooof. He has the stomach flu.

[USMA76]

Hey, we've gotten two outs in the top of the first inning without them scoring four runs...holding breath.

[Hulavol]

TDA, gentlemen…..

[WaitingFor2017]

Ronald wishes Waino a Happy Retirement.

[Hulavol]

Like I said …. Shelled.

[thewupk]

7 more to go for ronnie

[VirginiaBrave]

Grew up rooting for and should have pitched for, but this is going to be embarrassing.

[USMA76]

Grew up rooting for and should have pitched for, but this is going to be embarrassing.

Long way to go when they've been absolutely shelling us for the last two nights.

[CyYoung31]

Jesus Christ. There’s nothing more aggravating than letting a terrible hitter play like Babe Ruth against us. It happens all the time.

[USMA76]

Jesus Christ. There’s nothing more aggravating than letting a terrible hitter play like Babe Ruth against us. It happens all the time.

Be nice if Fried wouldn't nibble with a guy who's oh for his last 15.

[thewupk]

Fried sucks

[Hudson2]

The Cardinals are trash and are playing their best ball the whole year the past 2 games.

[CyYoung31]

Jesus ****ing Christ, man. This is ****ing idiotic.

[thewupk]

Season over

[CyYoung31]

Out.

[USMA76]

Out.

Don't think so but hope I'm wrong.

[CyYoung31]

Don't think so but hope I'm wrong.

There’s nothing to overturn.

[Garmel]

Bull****

[Hudson2]

How do you over turn that?

[CyYoung31]

That’s ****ing garbage, man. **** these umps. And **** our pitching right now.

[USMA76]

There’s nothing to overturn.

Runner's hand hit the plate before the tag was made.

[thewupk]

Cards are so good

[USMA76]

Cards are so good

For this series, they've worn us out and, honestly, Fried has gotten a friendly strike zone but hasn't taken advantage of it.

[CyYoung31]

How is this dude allowed to be an ump?

[USMA76]

LOL Cards announcers saying strike three to Albies only starts to make up for the calls Fried has gotten. Pure hogwash.

[The Chosen One]

LOL Cards announcers saying strike three to Albies only starts to make up for the calls Fried has gotten. Pure hogwash.

Chip wants a sweep to punish the Braves for letting him walk.

[bravesnumberone]

FINNISH

[USMA76]

Now Chip and partner having a heart attack about ball four to Olson. This is too much.

[CyYoung31]

Now Chip and partner having a heart attack about ball four to Olson. This is too much.

It was clearly outside.

[USMA76]

It was clearly outside.

"Fried's been getting that pitch"...WAHH!

Comedy gold but, seriously, I can't wait until I can get the Braves' feed again.

[The Chosen One]

Need less Kelly Crull, more Lauren Jbara. Send Crull back to Chicago.

[msstate7]

The braves suck this series so bad

[thewupk]

Lol waino shutting us down right now

[USMA76]

I was sure Arenado was going to give the Cards the lead. Glad to be wrong but Fried is anything but sharp tonight.

[UNCBlue012]

What in the hell? How is this dude making these plays constantly?

[WaitingFor2017]

I guess it's a St. Louis staple for a CF to make a jumping catch when they don't have to jump or dive.

[msstate7]

Edman is gonna leave this series paralyzed from slamming in the fence every out

[USMA76]

Catch that one, bitch!

[UNCBlue012]

That POS won’t catch that. Asshats

[CrimsonCowboy]

Four away from the franchise record

[bravesnumberone]

So many solo homers

[UNCBlue012]

Should be 4-2 anyways

[thewupk]

Olson still may have a chance to set the team record.

[Tapate50]

8(!) solo hrs???

[USMA76]

Should be 4-2 anyways

St. Louis broadcast showed an angle that the overturn was the correct call, unfortunately for us.

[UNCBlue012]

Fried is so special. Even when he’s clearly off, he’s better than 90% of the league.

[thewupk]

Nice

[USMA76]

Thank you, MHII!

Edit: sure would be nice if we could get one of those with somebody on base.

[Hulavol]

Money.

[UNCBlue012]

I’ll be at the game Saturday and I’m trying to decide whose jersey I want to buy. Normally, I’d go Fried but I doubt he’s here for more than his contract. What do ya’ll think? I have Acuña already.

[thewupk]

I’ll be at the game Saturday and I’m trying to decide whose jersey I want to buy. Normally, I’d go Fried but I doubt he’s here for more than his contract. What do ya’ll think? I have Acuña already.

Olson

[Hulavol]

I’ll be at the game Saturday and I’m trying to decide whose jersey I want to buy. Normally, I’d go Fried but I doubt he’s here for more than his contract. What do ya’ll think? I have Acuña already.

I bet if you go look at the rack of jerseys that one will speak to you… maybe a MH2 jersey … seeing he’s gonna be here a long time and win an MVP or two …. :)

[Hulavol]

Solo homers continue !

[thewupk]

6 more to go

[CrimsonCowboy]

Tip of the cap to Adam Wainwright. Oh, that trade. Ugh

[AJonesATL]

Man that was big. If Acuna had another one at the track, was gonna be so ticked. Three wall scrapers (albeit to deepest parts of park) and two bombs to show for it. I'll take it.

Acuna is silly good. His fly ball / homer rate seems to be going way up. Is he hot, or is he so good that he has modified his approach pushing for 40 bombs and doing it to perfection?

[UNCBlue012]

I truly don’t see how Ronnie doesn’t grab MVP if he goes 40-60 or 40-70

[Runnin]

Harris and Acuna's HRs were on pitches most batters can't put wood on.

[thewupk]

I truly don’t see how Ronnie doesn’t grab MVP if he goes 40-60 or 40-70

He will. For the same reasons Miggy won over Trout when he had the triple crown.

[USMA76]

Tip of the cap to Adam Wainwright. Oh, that trade. Ugh

The short-sightedness and stupidity of that transaction are impossible to quantify.

[Hulavol]

Man that was big. If Acuna had another one at the track, was gonna be so ticked. Three wall scrapers (albeit to deepest parts of park) and two bombs to show for it. I'll take it.

Acuna is silly good. His fly ball / homer rate seems to be going way up. Is he hot, or is he so good that he has modified his approach pushing for 40 bombs and doing it to perfection?

I think he’s actually trying to hit homers now - his average may suffer … or his OPS is gonna start living at 1.2 for the next several years …. With a player like this … who knows what he’s capable of

[Hudson2]

I truly don’t see how Ronnie doesn’t grab MVP if he goes 40-60 or 40-70

Getting 30-60 while hitting .330 should secure it. If he goes 40-70 it won’t matter what anybody else does.

[Hulavol]

The short-sightedness and stupidity of that transaction are impossible to quantify.

That deal….. and to a lesser extent the Texiera deal… two things AA would not do for 1,000 Alex

[Hudson2]

I’ll be at the game Saturday and I’m trying to decide whose jersey I want to buy. Normally, I’d go Fried but I doubt he’s here for more than his contract. What do ya’ll think? I have Acuña already.

I have a few Strider jerseys that are pretty cool. They have a bigger selection at the stadium than you’ll find online.

[thewupk]

That deal….. and to a lesser extent the Texiera deal… two things AA would not do for 1,000 Alex

He did those things in Toronto

[UNCBlue012]

Tip of the cap to Adam Wainwright. Oh, that trade. Ugh

I think about it way more than I should. Man, what a legend he would have been in Atlanta.

[UNCBlue012]

I have a few Strider jerseys that are pretty cool. They have a bigger selection at the stadium than you’ll find online. that’s what I’m excited about! I think Harris or Olson are my top contenders, but I have a feeling Strider does work over the next five years

[Runnin]

CF for the Cards: Tommy Edman, Jim Edmonds

[bravesfanMatt]

Damnit TDA.. way to bust up the Solo homer streak.. bench his arse.

[The Chosen One]

Are we still on pace to break the juiced ball team record

[Hulavol]

Oh well, there goes our streak…..

And about Murphy on the bench :)

[The Chosen One]

Damnit TDA.. way to bust up the Solo homer streak.. bench his arse.

gotta make sure snit pencils him in over Murphy 3 out of the next 5 games.

[bravesfanMatt]

I guess we go Minter/Riggy to finish regardless of the score. they probably need the work now.

[thewupk]

Are we still on pace to break the juiced ball team record

Yes

[UNCBlue012]

Pierced Johnson is my dude. Also, Minter looked terrific

[UNCBlue012]

Harris is freaking absurd

[bravesnumberone]

Jesus Christ, man. If Alvarado can have a mound rebuilt, why can't we?

[bravesfanMatt]

My ballys went to women’s basketball. Is that a thing still

[TURBO]

https://media.tenor.com/wwCLmksyUqIAAAAC/emma-watson-sexy-emma-naughty.gif

[bravesfanMatt]

30 pitches. I would pull him. No need to let a tired reliever get this any closer.

[UNCBlue012]

I hate starting a closer in a non-save situation. It’s almost always brutal. Thank God, a win is a win.

[USMA76]

That finish was entirely too exciting.

[CrimsonCowboy]

https://i.makeagif.com/media/11-22-2015/_bXIbu.gif

[Hudson2]

Nice catch by Rosario. That would have rolled for a while.

[striker42]

That was a weird series.

[Hulavol]

Pilar doesn’t make that catch …😂

Good win - all the way around. Good to see Max battle through not having “it” tonight, and dang all those homeruns is fun.
TDA made an incredible Murphyesque throw down to second and Olson made one hell of an amazing dig at first.

6 homers from 40/40

[cajunrevenge]

23 games left and Acuna needs 6 more homers. I think 1 every 3-4 games is very reasonable expectation knowing Acuna is trying to hit homers. Next year I bet he goes 50-50.

[Slippyjms]

23 games left and Acuna needs 6 more homers. I think 1 every 3-4 games is very reasonable expectation knowing Acuna is trying to hit homers. Next year I bet he goes 50-50.

40/80?

[cajunrevenge]

Honestly rather him not steal bases. His bat is too good to lose him from an injury on a stolen base attempt.

[thewupk]

Are we still on pace to break the juiced ball team record

Officially on a 314 HR pace for the team. Olson is back on pace to set the team record in HRs

[Carp]

Pilar doesn’t make that catch …��

Good win - all the way around. Good to see Max battle through not having “it” tonight, and dang all those homeruns is fun.
TDA made an incredible Murphyesque throw down to second and Olson made one hell of an amazing dig at first.

6 homers from 40/40

40/60 you mean.

And 7 steals and 6 homers away from 40/70.

He also leads the league in hits and runs scored.

[Carp]

Wainwright was impressed:

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[thewupk]

Wainwright was impressed:

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I was keeping up with the game on my phone and assumed the location was messed up for that pitch. Absurd that was hit out for a homer.

[bravesfanMatt]

I was keeping up with the game on my phone and assumed the location was messed up for that pitch. Absurd that was hit out for a homer.

Harris's homer was also on a pretty good pitch if I am remembering correctly.

[Tapate50]

We hit 12 straight solo HRs until TDA hit a 2 run shot