GDT #63: BRAVES (Minor) vs. ROCKIES (Nicasio), 100 to go!

[rico43]

Wood held hostage, day one.

ATLANTA

1. Heywood RF
2. BJ Upton CF
3. Freeman 1B
4. J. Upton LF
5. Gattis C
6. Johnson 3B
7. La Stella 2B
8. Simmons SS
9.Minor P

COLORADO

1. Barnes RF
2. Dickerson LF
3. Tulowitzki SS
4. Rosario C
5. Stubbs CF
6. Morneau 1B
7. Rutledge 2B
8. LeMahieu 3B
9. Nicasio P

[UNCBlue012]

Glad to see Walden back! I hope he gets some action tonight. Need Alex to go down, work hard and be back better than ever. I predict a big day from Freddie and Tommy.

[stpeteirish]

I like Simmons for the 7th Walden the 8th and Avilan and Carpenter lower leverage role from now on. Until Walden gets hurt again, anyhow.

[NinersSBChamps]

I hope Mr.Minor can keep the ball down. He's been giving up some home runs this season.

[parkvadawg]

Coors field cures our woes. We sweep then go on a hot streak

[jason27nc]

I sure hope so Parkvadawg. Just hope Fredi stays out of these guys way tonight.

[stpeteirish]

Coors field cures our woes. We sweep then go on a hot streak

thinking the same thing. Another rookie making his first start for them Weds and three of their top bats out, we should capitalize. Rockies are 1-10 in their last 11.

Have to return to previous form vs Nicasio tonight.

[cajunrevenge]

Braves win 11-10

[UNCBlue012]

Leadoff double for Jason! His first inning error yesterday was changed to a hit.

[jpack1]

That was killed

[parkvadawg]

Booms!!!

[UNCBlue012]

BJ TRIPLE!!!!

[jpack1]

That too

[UNCBlue012]

ajcbraves: #Braves pitchers have 2.97 ERA in 370 innings with Gattis catching and 2.96 ERA in 167 innings with Laird behind the plate

ajcbraves: #Braves Teheran leads MLB starters with 1.89 ERA and ranks 3rd in opp. BA (.195) and tied for 4th in opp. OPS (.558)

[UNCBlue012]

RBI groundout for Freddie. Beautiful.

[parkvadawg]

Yup

[cajunrevenge]

Double, triple, single, only 1 left Gattis

[UNCBlue012]

Justin smokes one off of the pitchers glove, about took his head off... seriously. Then Gattis singles. runners on 1st and 2nd, one out. 4 hits already.

[stpeteirish]

balls getting stung tonight, love it.

[UNCBlue012]

Gattis is on an 11-game hitting streak. He'll never be more than a prospect. lmao

SINGLE FOR CJOH! 4 hits in two games. Bases loaded.

[Dalyn]

Terrible strike call to Stella! there.

[UNCBlue012]

Last was a strike, was a ball for strike one though.

[Dalyn]

First strike of the at-bat. I would send them.

[UNCBlue012]

hahaha yes! RBI-single for Tommy!

[TDlxANDER]

I love TLS, no homo

[jpack1]

TLS says I'll take the hit instead.

[parkvadawg]

Tried to tell yall ;)

[Dalyn]

Stella!

[TURBO]

Booooooooooooooooooom

[UNCBlue012]

GRANDSLAM SIMMONS!

[TDlxANDER]

ANDY

[jpack1]

Big fly for Simba. He'll yeah.

[parkvadawg]

Deal with it

[CrimsonCowboy]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[Dalyn]

This is our best start in years. Wow.

[stpeteirish]

a crooked number!

[CrimsonCowboy]

Well, I was going to do a joke regarding a Matt Ryan to Julio Jones TD pass against the Broncos defense, but Chip beat me to the football joke.

[Dalyn]

Can't wait to hear how if you get to bat as a pitcher before you pitch it's a good thing.

[TDlxANDER]

But srsly ....Freeman....WTH? Get a hit you bum.

[UNCBlue012]

How did this guy shut us out in Atlanta? Jeez. haha come on Mikey! NO lead is safe in Colorado.

[Gary82]

Weren't we up about 10 runs on the Rockies at Colorado a few years back, and they came back and beat us? Don't get complacent ladies.

[Dalyn]

But srsly ....Freeman....WTH? Get a hit you bum.

He obviously needs a day off.

[UNCBlue012]

Schafer in left, Justin out. Not sure if it's serious. It didn't look like it at all. Probably cautionary.

[jsebe10]

These boys were waiting to explode offensively. Glad it finally happened.

[mossy]

Weren't we up about 10 runs on the Rockies at Colorado a few years back, and they came back and beat us? Don't get complacent ladies.

Pretty much. Just a 3 run lead if you put it in context.

[UNCBlue012]

Leadoff single for the Rockies. Minor, I'm going to strangle you. NOTHING.

Also, I wish we played here forever. lol

[Dalyn]

Upton hurt?

[TURBO]

Freeman better be patient tonight. He now has Jordan batting behind him.

[Dalyn]

These boys were waiting to explode offensively. Glad it finally happened.

Had to pull Wood out first.

[Dalyn]

Minor looks terrible so far. Someone let him know he has a 7-run lead.

[UNCBlue012]

Now Minor is doing what you shouldn't do. Guys on first and second with no outs. The hell.

[TURBO]

Minor is nibbling. Not good.

[TDlxANDER]

Minor on it tonight

[UNCBlue012]

Bases loaded no outs. Wow. So stupid.

[parkvadawg]

Sigh

[jpack1]

Really a Minor freaking really

[UNCBlue012]

We should let Wood pitch today.

Wait...

haha

[Dalyn]

Minor bringing his minor stuff tonight.

[TDlxANDER]

Only giving up 3 here would be a win

[Braves78]

Lol...this team is really becoming comical.

[UNCBlue012]

Idiot. What an idiot.

[parkvadawg]

..........

[jpack1]

You have got to be kidding.

[jpack1]

If we blow this it might just fold this squad up.

[Dalyn]

I didn't know Minor was a 17-year-old making his first start.

[thewupk]

Going to need the bats to play all game tonight

[UNCBlue012]

There we go. Popup.

[Dalyn]

If we blow this it might just fold this squad up.

Like an origami penis.

[UNCBlue012]

7-2. The fact that we gave anything up after that makes me livid.

[Dalyn]

Glad we have a rested and solid bullpen.

[thewupk]

7-2. The fact that we gave anything up after that makes me livid.

It's Coors Field. It's a different animal.

[stpeteirish]

falling behind every hitter. Throw strikes, you have a big lead.

[UNCBlue012]

It's Coors Field. It's a different animal.

I do agree, but it doesn't make up for walks and hit batsman. The single didn't make me mad.

[rico43]

I actually told my dad that this game wasn't over, that Minor's head would probably explode with a seven-run lead. I still have my doubt he lasts five innings.

[UNCBlue012]

Mike just walked a guy to load the bases. Just chill dude.

[thewupk]

I do agree, but it doesn't make up for walks and hit batsman. The single didn't make me mad.

Well that's just the way it goes in Coors. I expect like a 15-10 game tonight.

[jpack1]

Big zone for Rockies hurler vs TLS but squeezing Minor there.

[Dalyn]

Grand slam coming. No doubt.

[Dalyn]

Big zone for Rockies hurler vs TLS but squeezing Minor there.

Minor is all over the place.

[UNCBlue012]

LMAO. Gattis. 7-3. Come on man.

[parkvadawg]

Yikes

[thewupk]

lol Gattis

[jpack1]

Wow. That was right down the middle too.

[Dalyn]

Dead battery.

[TDlxANDER]

Hard to catch the ball when it almost hits you in the chest

[Runnin]

Well this game is gonna be a circus ride.

[UNCBlue012]

Wow, this is so embarrassing. Stop screwing around, Mikey.

[jsebe10]

Hard to catch the ball when it almost hits you in the chest

Looks like he was calling for Minor's weak ass curveball.

[thewupk]

Pitcher grand slam?

[Dalyn]

Seriously? Minor is ****ing imploding.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Hmmm. This is a revolting development

[jpack1]

Just a terrible inning by MM. One of the worst of his career so far. Terrible

[Dalyn]

Pitcher grand slam?

I'd hit for him. :Alone:

[stpeteirish]

32 pitches and counting.

[UNCBlue012]

Just a terrible inning by MM. One of the worst of his career so far. Terrible b

He had one a couple years ago against the Nats in which he missed everything, this is what it reminds me of.

[TDlxANDER]

Quick, someone feed me a line about how good the SP is.

[TURBO]

Minor probably woould have had a better inning if he just threw fastballs down the middle.

[Tapate50]

Boy I don't think I've ever seen a pitcher more all over the place. Simply cannot give this lead away...

[Runnin]

For crissakes, grow a pair Mike.

[thewupk]

those breaking balls are horrible

[CrimsonCowboy]

Having a hard time with the pitcher

[UNCBlue012]

Praise Jesus. I swear. This team makes things so hard.

I feel like Mike needs to stop bouncing these pitches in the dirt.

[parkvadawg]

Well at least we are up by 4 after 1. Amazing that sounds bad

[thewupk]

Minor probably woould have had a better inning if he just threw fastballs down the middle.

Only if Gattis would catch them

[Dalyn]

those breaking balls are horrible

The fastballs aren't much better.

[UNCBlue012]

The next 5 innings are gonna go by with one hit now. lol

[CrimsonCowboy]

The Broncos get back in the game with a Matt Prater FG. Falcons lead 7-3

[Dalyn]

Both pitchers hit in the first. What a great game this is going to be.

[TURBO]

At least we held them to a FG.

[TDlxANDER]

MM is about to go totes lol on us and reveal he's actually been right handed this whole time.

[stpeteirish]

Rockies had 2 hits that inning, both singles. Just terrible control by Minor.

[thewupk]

The fastballs aren't much better.

true. If he makes it through 5 (with the lead) it will be a christmas miracle

[mossy]

Ump was purposely squeezing Minor. The passed ball should have been a strike too.

Bad inning for Mike either way. I hate Coors field baseball.

[jpack1]

At least he got out of it.

[cajunrevenge]

I blame this on Uggla.

[mossy]

I blame this on Uggla.

Everything is Fredi's fault by default.

[TURBO]

Have a feelin we are probably done scoring.

[UNCBlue012]

Nicasio is getting an awful lot of awful calls when Minor couldn't get anything. Command or not, that's pathetic on the ump.

[Dalyn]

At least he got out of it.

Three runs isn't REALLY getting out of anything.

[tvsportscaster]

Mike Minor is back to pitching tonight the way he was when he broke in. He's pitching scared and not being aggressive going after the hitters. Did he not watch Gavin Floyd last night and see that success. And now watch our offense go silent the rest of the way.

[jpack1]

FF has had some poor hacks lately.

[Dalyn]

Good thing we have Justin.

[rico43]

Place your bets on seven being the Braves' final run total.

[UNCBlue012]

I love Freddie, but it's about time ol' fella gets a day off. More or less mentally. He's just been bad and that's saying something.

Really easy inning for the Rockies. The one thing the offense didn't need to do. haha

[jpack1]

Schafer can't even run out a ground ball. It seems like he doesn't even want more PT.

[Dalyn]

Way to get Minor back out there to pound the ballzone.

[Dalyn]

Schafer can't even run out a ground ball. It seems like he doesn't even want more PT.

**** that ignorant little ****. I would put Doumit in.

[tvsportscaster]

I love Freddie, but it's about time ol' fella gets a day off. More or less mentally. He's just been bad and that's saying something.

Really easy inning for the Rockies. The one thing the offense didn't need to do. haha

I agree, and I think Thursday would be a good time to do it, it's an afternoon game, give him the day off, let CJ play 1st and Pena 3rd. But yeah, I think he needs a day off too.

[Dalyn]

Minor has that ball two pitch down pat.

[Tapate50]

Place your bets on seven being the Braves' final run total.

Got that feeling... We lose like 11-7. Can't shake it.

[UNCBlue012]

52 pitches for Minor already. Man... and he just gave up a infield single. Cool.

[Tapate50]

Just wow.

Mike at 52 pitches for 4 outs.

[UNCBlue012]

Corrected, that's a play that Chris should of made.

[jpack1]

More good D from C Joh

[UNCBlue012]

And Minor screws up a double play... easy double play. -___- the heck is wrong with you man.

[jpack1]

Heck of a turn by TLS

[Tapate50]

Oh ****, his may get over turned.

[stpeteirish]

Place your bets on seven being the Braves' final run total.

no, its Coors.

[UNCBlue012]

Praises!

Okay, I need to cut out this pessimistic talk.

[TDlxANDER]

Jordan is wearing eye black which will look fantastic in about an hour.

[jpack1]

Good bounce back there for Minor.

[UNCBlue012]

Gattis takes a walk. His OPS is north of .320 now.

[UNCBlue012]

Single for Chris again... 5-6 for the series. :) 5 for last 5.

[jpack1]

Lord BABIP is back

[stpeteirish]

I'd try to trade CJ to these guys, he can hit here.

[Runnin]

Go CJ go!

[Dalyn]

I really want a Stella! HR here.

[stpeteirish]

Gattis takes a walk. His OPS is north of .320 now.

not his OPS, you mean OBP.

[TURBO]

Gattis takes a walk. His OPS is north of .320 now.

I think I could manage a .320 OPS :eusa_dance:

[UNCBlue012]

The double play sucks, but I love it when Tommy comes up to back. The man just had a good plate presence.

[Dalyn]

:Sad:

[jpack1]

Dang TLS

[UNCBlue012]

not his OPS, you mean OBP.

Meh. Yes, OBP.

[Dalyn]

Walking Simmons. Nice.

[thethe]

Gattis' offensive potential is scary.

[jpack1]

Mikey.

[UNCBlue012]

RBI-single from Minor! Making it up...

[Dalyn]

Minor hitting like he is pitching.

[stpeteirish]

First RBI by a Braves pitcher this year not named Teheran?

[Dalyn]

:facepalm:

[UNCBlue012]

Morneau doubles, but is thrown out on second. Good throw BJ. The amount of crappy pitches thrown is insane though.

[jpack1]

Thanks Morneau. Very good play by BJ.

[USMA76]

What appeared to be a lollipop throw by BJ turned out to be the best he's made all season.

[UNCBlue012]

.... but how are you so bad right now Mike?

8-4. Hale just needs to come in.

[stpeteirish]

so is it Hale or Varvaro? Its obviously not Minor to get us to the 7thy.

[TDlxANDER]

Go get him now

[UNCBlue012]

8-5. Pitcher hits. This is embarrassing. Sit Mike's ass down. He's ineffective and Fredi for some reason doesn't want to win.

[USMA76]

8-5 game now. This is insane. Hard to have a good feeling about this one given that we've blown similar leads in Coors before.

[Tapate50]

This is almost comical. Is anything wrong with him possibly?

[Tapate50]

I think you got to pull him if he makes it through the inning

[UNCBlue012]

This team is comical. It's 7-0. I don't care where you play, that should be an almost guaranteed win. If Minor comes out for the next inning, Fredi needs to be gone. I'm usually a Fredi supporter, but this is dumb.

[cajunrevenge]

I don't think Hale is good idea at coors field. Sinka don't sank.

[Tapate50]

Holy **** that was a terrible pitch called a strike to freddie. It almost hit him.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Strained left hamstring for Justin Upton

[UNCBlue012]

FINALLY. OPPOSITE FIELD HOMER FOR FREDDIE

[jpack1]

Pretty good hack there b

[thewupk]

8-5. Pitcher hits. This is embarrassing. Sit Mike's ass down. He's ineffective and Fredi for some reason doesn't want to win.

He doesn't want to abuse our pen. You have to manage differently in this park.

[thewupk]

This team is comical. It's 7-0. I don't care where you play, that should be an almost guaranteed win. If Minor comes out for the next inning, Fredi needs to be gone. I'm usually a Fredi supporter, but this is dumb.

Have you seen many games in Coors? MLB has done some things to try and limit the scoring here but there are still games like this. When they first opened it was insane.

[thewupk]

Strained left hamstring for Justin Upton

lame but not that serious.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Coors Field is actually a pretty good sized ballpark. Could you imagine the offense if it had the dimensions like Citizens Bank or Minute Maid Park?

[cajunrevenge]

Freddie I don't think you know how to slump properly. Your supposed to hit .087 for months at a time like Heywood/Uptons/Uggla.

[Tapate50]

Schafer almost hit himself in the foot on that swing.

[TDlxANDER]

Feels like this game is in the top of the 13th...

[UNCBlue012]

This game hahah Gattis homer!

[jpack1]

Gattis' power is just unreal. Unreal.

[mossy]

BOOM!!!

[CrimsonCowboy]

http://www.pageresource.com/wallpapers/wallpaper/white-bear-free_332353.jpg

[TDlxANDER]

I seriously fear for people's lives when Evan Gattis hits a baseball.

[Tapate50]

RAWR!!!!

Good lord what a bomb

[jpack1]

The sky really is the limit for Gattis'. But, if he never becomes any better than he currently is he is one hell of a ball player.

[UNCBlue012]

Seeing Gattis hit a homer is truly a treat. It's pretty freaking amazing to see him hit. I can't imagine how many he'd hit if Colorado was his home park.

[thewupk]

Hopefully Coors doesn't put the Braves into a funk when they leave

[stpeteirish]

enjoying this mile high baseball tonight. Gattis would be Babe Freaking Ruth if he played 81 games here. They could leave him home to rest on road trips.

[thethe]

Gattis' offensive potential is scary.

Hey, remember when Gattis was going to be a huge dropoff from B-Mac?

LULZ!

[UNCBlue012]

Cjoh just about hit a homer. Good lord. The ball is flying!

[jpack1]

The best contact made by CJ is an out. Fitting

[Tapate50]

Hey, remember when Gattis was going to be a huge dropoff from B-Mac?

LULZ!

What took you so long? Remember when he was too old?

[jpack1]

The NL needs the DH in a hurry.

[thethe]

What took you so long? Remember when he was too old?

How about how he was a failure? Or he couldn't catch? Or how we were all stupid to suggest he would be a good major leaguer.

Oh how many laughs there were. Can't wait till KeithLaw finally admits his fault.

[thethe]

The NL needs the DH in a hurry.

Gattis would hit 40+ homers a year if we had the DH. I would buy out his arby years and maybe 1-2 years of FA. The DH is coming to the NL and we need Gattis to be our DH.

[UNCBlue012]

Tonight is a testament to just how good Floyd was last night.

[Garmel]

Hey, remember when Gattis was going to be a huge dropoff from B-Mac?

LULZ!

....or Gattis was going to end up a bust like Francouer? I heard that a few times.

[thewupk]

The sky really is the limit for Gattis'. But, if he never becomes any better than he currently is he is one hell of a ball player.

well a WRC+ of 146 is really really good. Honestly the only thing holding him back from being truly elite is plate discipline. He strikes out a lot and doesn't walk that much. But when he hits the ball he does it with authority. He has some of the best raw power in the game. I have questions on to how long he can last as a player and especially a catcher. He seems to have old man skills. But hey he's cheap and he's in his prime so I'm going to enjoy him while he's here.

[thethe]

well a WRC+ of 146 is really really good. Honestly the only thing holding him back from being truly elite is plate discipline. He strikes out a lot and doesn't walk that much. But when he hits the ball he does it with authority. He has some of the best raw power in the game. I have questions on to how long he can last as a player and especially a catcher. He seems to have old man skills. But hey he's cheap and he's in his prime so I'm going to enjoy him while he's here.

His swing rate has dropped by a good margin this year and he is still doing damage. Teams are going to pitch around him more and more and the walks are going to skyrocket. I think next year he has 60+ walks.

[UNCBlue012]

10-6. Rosario homer. Good jesus. haha I'm just going to sit back and enjoy this slugfest, I suppose.

[jpack1]

Exactly how long do you think Fredi will let this continue.

[UNCBlue012]

Random. David Carpenter is warming up.

[jpack1]

Carpenter. Really even Chip is surprised.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Even the Yankees and Red Sox think this game is taking a long time to play

[CrimsonCowboy]

At least so far, the Falcons defense is doing a good job keeping Peyton Manning and the Broncos offense out of the end zone.

[mossy]

What did we do to deserve a 4 game series IN Colorado?

[USMA76]

Gattis would hit 40+ homers a year if we had the DH. I would buy out his arby years and maybe 1-2 years of FA. The DH is coming to the NL and we need Gattis to be our DH.

It makes me sick to admit it but you're right. The DH is a candy-assed concept but the NL will convert to it long before the AL ever goes back to having its pitchers hit.

[NinersSBChamps]

Why isn't Justin in the game?

[CrimsonCowboy]

Why isn't Justin in the game?

Strained left hamstring in the 1st

[jpack1]

Gotta keep Simmons from doing that

[thewupk]

His swing rate has dropped by a good margin this year and he is still doing damage. Teams are going to pitch around him more and more and the walks are going to skyrocket. I think next year he has 60+ walks.

I hope so.

[thewupk]

Exactly how long do you think Fredi will let this continue.

Until the game is over?

[NinersSBChamps]

Strained left hamstring in the 1st

Thanks.

[UNCBlue012]

Leadoff triple for the guy. Thanks a lot Fredi, you dummy. So, probably 10-7.

[USMA76]

Walt Weiss had the intelligence to replace a pitcher who was getting shelled. It's nice to know our manager doesn't have that problem.

[jpack1]

Really Fredi? Do you like winning? Or your job?

[tomahawkchop10]

Geeze, idk if 10 is ganna stand up. Bad throw from jhey.

[jpack1]

I guess you can add Weiss to the list ahead of our Comander in Chief

[zbhargrove]

JHey hates baseball

[UNCBlue012]

And he throws a fastball high. This is frustrating because there's NOTHING we can do until he's out of there.

[tomahawkchop10]

Ok I think that's enough.

[thewupk]

Welcome to Coors baseball Mike

[jsebe10]

Welcome to Coors baseball Mike

This ain't coors. This is on his ass. Only 1 run via HR. A fckn 39 pitch 1st inning is a bit ridiculous.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Joe sounds grumpy tonight. lol

[UNCBlue012]

How. I don't get it. 10-8. This is embarrassing. Just pitch better.

[USMA76]

10-8 game in a game we led 7-0 and the fifth inning isn't over yet. Just wow.

[UNCBlue012]

Finally gets them out. This is unbelievable. I know how hard it is to pitch in Colorado, but this is embarrassing. Suck it up and play better.

[tomahawkchop10]

Well hopefully the offense can keep it going. Have a feeling we might need it.

[mossy]

I applaud Fredi for leaving him in. Mike is a big leaguer, he must tough it out in these conditions. This is also a 4 game set, and we can't assume our pen can stomach 5 innings a game 3 days in a row.

I wouldn't have sent Wood to AAA till after this series, plenty of opportunities to stretch out in Colorado.

[Julio3000]

Hey, I'm here. Did I miss anything?

[tvsportscaster]

I have an eerie feeling about this game, that the Rockies are headed for a comeback win. The Braves better keep adding on.

[mossy]

I have an eerie feeling about this game, that the Rockies are headed for a comeback win. The Braves better keep adding on.

Sure has that feel. I hate playing here.

Makes me wonder how we escaped with 2 wins in the '95 series. Game 1 had several miracles and we just happened to have luck that series.

[USMA76]

I have an eerie feeling about this game, that the Rockies are headed for a comeback win. The Braves better keep adding on.

+1 I'll be very surprised if we win this game.

[Runnin]

Lotta line drives for the Rockies.

[UNCBlue012]

GIFTSSSS

[UNCBlue012]

Gattis 3-3... wow, and we are again up by 4

[tomahawkchop10]

I heart gattis.

[UNCBlue012]

Another single for Chris!

[thethe]

Gattis for MVP? Not as crazy as you think.

[Julio3000]

Oso is terrifying right now.

[Julio3000]

I think the oblique injury really jammed him us last year. This is the real guy.

[tomahawkchop10]

This game is taking foreverrr. I need to catch up on some game of thrones!! Lol

[UNCBlue012]

This game is taking foreverrr. I need to catch up on some game of thrones!! Lol

Bruh <3 So good. Enjoy!

[UNCBlue012]

TLS RBI-single! Wow... 13-8. Insane.

[jpack1]

This game is crazy.