7/1/15: GDT - Washington Nationals @ Atlanta Braves

[Garmel]

Nats
1. Denard Span (L) CF
2. Danny Espinosa (S) 2B
3. Yunel Escobar (R) 3B
4. Bryce Harper (L) RF
5. Wilson Ramos (R) C
6. Clint Robinson (L) 1B
7. Ian Desmond (R) SS
8. Michael Taylor (R) LF
9. Doug Fister (L) P

Braves
1. Jace Peterson (L) 2B
2. Cameron Maybin (R) CF
3. Nick Markakis (L) RF
4. A.J. Pierzynski (L) C
5. Juan Uribe (R) 3B
6. Kelly Johnson (L) 1B
7. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS
8. Eury Perez (R) LF
9. Matt Wisler (R) P

[Garmel]

It might get rained out tonight.

[thewupk]

It might get rained out tonight.

One can hope

[Julio3000]

Fister's a lefty batter/righty thrower, FWIW.

[Oklahomabrave]

Any weather updates?

[NinersSBChamps]

Any weather updates?

Stopped raining.

[Julio3000]

9:20 start time per Nats Twitter.

[gilesfan]

AJ has to be the worst pitch framer in league. He jerks every close pitch.

[Julio3000]

AJ has to be the worst pitch framer in league. He jerks every close pitch.

He's a well-known jerk.

[Pugfan]

Wislers Picthes are moving a lot more this start

[chop2chip]

Man, Jace is falling off the face of the earth. Hopefully he rebounds.

[jsebe10]

For fck sake mix up the top 4 in the lineup to generate some kind of God damn offense you fat bastard. This is elementary!!!

[Braves1976]

Wow, I didn't realize that Aaron Harang had lost 8 straight games. I see he gave up 8 earned runs today. That cannot be helping his trade value.

[thewupk]

Man, Jace is falling off the face of the earth. Hopefully he rebounds.

He's still sitting at a 100 WRC+ I think that's perfectly acceptable for a rookie.

[chopdrew]

Wasn't there some goobsmoocher after Wisler's last start talking about how he was a bust?

[CyYoung31]

Trade value!!!

[CyYoung31]

WTF IS HAPPENING

[ATLBraves247]

Wisler looks comfortable out there to me

[thethe]

We don't need any more power.

[Pugfan]

Man I love Uribe. Wish we had him last year

[ATLBraves247]

We don't need any more power.

Back to singles again, lol. Way to go kid

[CyYoung31]

We don't need any more power.

Sarcasm?

[thethe]

Sarcasm?

Possibly

[ATLBraves247]

What do you guys think about Nick Markakis? You think he ever hits a HR?

[NinersSBChamps]

What do you guys think about Nick Markakis? You think he ever hits a HR?

Doesn't need to do that.

[chopdrew]

What do you guys think about Nick Markakis? You think he ever hits a HR?

There's an Old Timer's game coming up soon, isnt there?

[ATLBraves247]

Yunel thought he got it, Fredi no let the kid go.

[jsebe10]

Yunel thought he got it, Fredi no let the kid go.

Forget it. He's an idiot.

[Garmel]

*sigh* No reason to take Wisler out.

[jsebe10]

Managing will cost us this game

[Garmel]

Fredi still hasn't figured out Avilan has reverse splits.

[ATLBraves247]

Doesn't need to do that.

We don't really have any power threats in our lineup, historically hes hit homeruns I would expect at least 10 from him.

[gilesfan]

Taking Wisler out was odd

[thethe]

Holy crap Jace

[Braves1976]

Great bare handed play by Peterson to get out of that keeping Avilan from giving up a run that would've been charged to Wisler.

[CyYoung31]

That was pretty.

[jsebe10]

Send Quad A back to Gwinette and bring Cunningham back up.

[NinersSBChamps]

We don't really have any power threats in our lineup, historically hes hit homeruns I would expect at least 10 from him.

I hope he never hits a home run throughout his tenure in Atlanta. But still maintains his average and on base.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Mark Bowman ‏@mlbbowman 22s22 seconds ago
This is that portion of the night when Fredi begins playing Blackjack, while being dealt nothing but 7s and 8s

[gilesfan]

Mark Bowman ‏@mlbbowman 22s22 seconds ago
This is that portion of the night when Fredi begins playing Blackjack, while being dealt nothing but 7s and 8s

And starts hitting on 17 when the dealer is showing a 6

[Garmel]

Jace has the hardest time laying off curves in the dirt.

[ATLBraves247]

Yunel still acts as immature as he did with us. What a waste of talent.

[gilesfan]

Chris Johnson in for defense. I repeat Chris Johnson.

[ATLBraves247]

Chris Johnson in for defense. I repeat Chris Johnson.

He looks more comfortable there than Kelly J. does.

[CrimsonCowboy]

http://i.imgur.com/P6x0U.gif

[thethe]

Jace struggling at the plate a bit unfortunately but good thing his defense looks elite for second base thus far.

[thewupk]

Jace struggling at the plate a bit unfortunately but good thing his defense looks elite for second base thus far.

runs saved are amazing

[thethe]

runs saved are amazing

Especially up the middle.

[gilesfan]

Jace struggling at the plate a bit unfortunately but good thing his defense looks elite for second base thus far.

I think its a huge stretch to say his defense has looked elite so far. At this point his UZR/150 is 8.8, which is 6th in the majors and his "defensive runs saved" is 2, which is 13th in the majors (compared to the leader at 9 runs saved) Part of the issue is averageish range despite his speed (24 plays on balls out of the zone so far) He hasn't made errors so far so that's a good thing, but I do think there have been some balls a great defender would have gotten to that he hasn't and he's flubbed some double play balls that doesn't show up on the stat sheet. He seems to be more comfortable going right than going left.

[NinersSBChamps]

He needs a new name.

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