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Garmel
07-10-2015, 04:26 PM
Braves
Jace Peterson(L) 2B
Cameron Maybin(R) CF
Nick Markakis(L) RF
Kelly Johnson(L) 1B
Chris Johnson(R) 3B
A.J. Pierzynski(L) C
Jonny Gomes(R) LF
Andrelton Simmons(R) SS
Shelby Miller(R) P

Rockies
1. Charlie Blackmon (L) CF
2. DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
3. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B
4. Carlos Gonzalez (L) RF
5. Ben Paulsen (L) 1B
6. Nick Hundley (R) C
7. Daniel Descalso (L) SS
8. Brandon Barnes (R) LF
9. Gonzalez Germen (R) P

Garmel
07-10-2015, 04:28 PM
Still no word on who will pitch for the Rockies tonight.

nsacpi
07-10-2015, 04:51 PM
Expecting a huge game from the Andreltonian.

ATLBraves247
07-10-2015, 05:04 PM
Still no word on who will pitch for the Rockies tonight.

Mike Hampton??? Naw its German Gonzales

Nerfherders
07-10-2015, 05:10 PM
Wow, so Wood essentially misses a start? Or will he pitch one of the next two days?

ATLBraves247
07-10-2015, 05:16 PM
Wow, so Wood essentially misses a start? Or will he pitch one of the next two days?

Wood will pitch Sunday

Nerfherders
07-10-2015, 05:26 PM
Cool then I'll get to see him twice in the series, even if the first time was for 3 minutes.

The Chosen One
07-10-2015, 05:30 PM
Cool then I'll get to see him twice in the series, even if the first time was for 3 minutes.

:icwudt:

Dalyn
07-10-2015, 07:17 PM
Grilli not in the lineup? Oh, man...

:Bowman:

USMA76
07-10-2015, 07:22 PM
Here we go again.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 07:22 PM
Shelby getting hit hard already.

USMA76
07-10-2015, 07:25 PM
Shelby getting hit hard already.

The Rockies seem to swing hard and, unfortunately, are squaring up just about everything our guys throw.

USMA76
07-10-2015, 07:30 PM
On the called third strike you could clearly read Kelly's lips saying "you've got to be sh--ting me." LOL

Garmel
07-10-2015, 07:31 PM
Germen looks like Cy Young out there against us.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 07:37 PM
Don't expect the Braves to score this game. Well at least while Shelby is pitching. Five runs scored by the Braves while he's been in the game during his last eight starts.

USMA76
07-10-2015, 07:39 PM
Germen looks like Cy Young out there against us.

We could be facing Howdy Doody in his first ML start and he'd two hit us over seven innings.

UNCBlue012
07-10-2015, 07:46 PM
This is sad. Dude sucks and this is a HITTERS park. Like extremely so.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 07:51 PM
Shelby should just ask to hit the showers early. His fate is already sealed. No decision at best.

msstate7
07-10-2015, 07:56 PM
Yeah...uhhhh...trade grilli. We are not contenders

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 07:59 PM
Yeah...uhhhh...trade grilli. We are not contenders

They never were. If the return isn't very good there isn't a reason to trade Grilli. He could close again next season.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:00 PM
CJ tells his haters to shut it again. That was a fine defensive play he just made.

buck75
07-10-2015, 08:01 PM
Nifty footwork by CJ

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:10 PM
Braves needed to go 5-2 this week. Not gonna happen.

UNCBlue012
07-10-2015, 08:10 PM
This is mean, but this team is kind of dumb sometimes.

msstate7
07-10-2015, 08:14 PM
Braves needed to go 5-2 this week. Not gonna happen.

I say 3-4. 2 weeks after the break, game threads will be like a graveyard

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:14 PM
This is mean, but this team is kind of dumb sometimes.

It's true. They aren't awful, but they are nowhere near good. I imagine they are gonna be stuck in nuetral for awhile. Which is the worst place to be in.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:15 PM
I say 3-4. 2 weeks after the break, game threads will be like a graveyard

They pretty much are already. Only reason I am active in this one is because I can actually watch these games.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:17 PM
Lol Gomes is a buffoon out there.

Heyward
07-10-2015, 08:18 PM
This is mean, but this team is kind of dumb sometimes.

They've over-achieved, not sure what you expect.

And Coors Field is a horrible pitchers park.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:18 PM
Yes, this is a real MLB team..

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:19 PM
They've over-achieved, not sure what you expect.

And Coors Field is a horrible pitchers park.

For only one team right now.

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 08:20 PM
Damn, our boys showing some range tonight (okay maybe not). Those hacking on Eury Perez defense should watch this inning with our other outfielders.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:23 PM
Damn, our boys showing some range tonight (okay maybe not). Those hacking on Eury Perez defense should watch this inning with our other outfielders.

That was all Gomes. Maybin nearly covered Gomes second mistake by covering probably 100 feet.

CrimsonCowboy
07-10-2015, 08:25 PM
Shelby frustrated and understandably so

CrimsonCowboy
07-10-2015, 08:27 PM
So in that at bat for Chris Johnson, he lost one bat in the stands and another one broke. Hmmm

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:27 PM
Seriously who on the Braves would start on the Rockies besides Freeman? Maybe Markakis, but Corey Dickerson is fine.

mqt
07-10-2015, 08:29 PM
So, I take it Shelby is getting Coors'd to death tonight? The 5K/1BB looks promising, but it looks like everything in play is going for a hit.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:30 PM
So, I take it Shelby is getting Coors'd to death tonight? The 5K/1BB looks promising, but it looks like everything in play is going for a hit.

Some bad defense in the outfield and a couple bloop hits. He's been getting hit hard though.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:34 PM
Lol Shelby getting owned.

CrimsonCowboy
07-10-2015, 08:41 PM
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcrzfj4Rom1rjoqnuo1_500.gif

USMA76
07-10-2015, 08:43 PM
Balls that don't appear to be very well hit leave the park or find a gap for a triple for the Rockies. Just screwy.

WaitingFor2017
07-10-2015, 08:46 PM
Sell high on Maybin if you get an offer...you can't refuse.

WaitingFor2017
07-10-2015, 08:49 PM
Sell high on Kelly.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:49 PM
Nice job, KJ24!

WaitingFor2017
07-10-2015, 08:49 PM
This park sucks. That's a routine fly in Atlanta.

USMA76
07-10-2015, 08:50 PM
We finally get a ball that'd be an out in any park for a HR.

msstate7
07-10-2015, 08:52 PM
A pulse...

Julio3000
07-10-2015, 08:56 PM
LOL @ AJ and LaTroy yapping at each other.

WaitingFor2017
07-10-2015, 08:57 PM
Nothing like a player from a 36-49 team talking trash to a player from a 42-44 team.

Julio3000
07-10-2015, 08:58 PM
Nothing like a player from a 36-49 team talking trash to a player from a 42-44 team.

That's a couple of All-Stars, circa 2004.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 08:58 PM
Nothing like a player from a 36-49 team talking trash to a player from a 42-44 team.

Pretty sure they are good friends. Played together in Minnesota years ago.

WaitingFor2017
07-10-2015, 08:59 PM
AJ and LaTroy were battery mates for parts of 6 years.

thethe
07-10-2015, 09:01 PM
That was a quality baseball moment.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 09:14 PM
Strike em out throw em out.

thethe
07-10-2015, 09:15 PM
Simmons is back to his awful hacking trying to hit homeruns. Disgusting

WaitingFor2017
07-10-2015, 09:16 PM
Yet Ciriaco was out in the 9th in the last Milwaukee game. Go figure.

msstate7
07-10-2015, 09:16 PM
I hate Simmons' bat.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 09:21 PM
It's really hard to defend Simmons as a batter anymore. He's been like this his entire career. He goes through stretches where he looks like he's figured it out and then he goes into mega swing mode and nothing good happens.

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 09:23 PM
Viz hit 100 mph on that foul ball before the fly out to center. Now he's hit 100 mph four times, back-to-back-back!

Make that 6 times he's hit 100 mph, but he did walk him on another 100 mph fastball.

msstate7
07-10-2015, 09:24 PM
If albies has a little less range, but hits .300+ and steals bases could he unseat Simmons?

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 09:28 PM
Viz might be our next closer, at least once Grilli and Johnson are traded.

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 09:30 PM
If albies has a little less range, but hits .300+ and steals bases could he unseat Simmons?

Albies more likely unseats whoever is starting at second base down the road, IMO.

msstate7
07-10-2015, 09:31 PM
Viz might be our next closer, at least once Grilli and Johnson are traded.

You talking this year or next? It'll be interesting what Simmons, Withrow, and vizcaino's roles are next year

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 09:35 PM
You talking this year or next? It'll be interesting what Simmons, Withrow, and vizcaino's roles are next year

I am talking about after Grilli and Johnson are traded, so later this year possibly. But next year Simmons could be another candidate but I don't see Withrow as one. Withrow seems more a 7th and possibly 8th inning candidate.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 09:35 PM
How much longer is Jace gonna be ruining the top of the order?

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 09:40 PM
CJ against a RHP. Get it done buddy!

Garmel
07-10-2015, 09:41 PM
Come on, Chris.

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 09:46 PM
How much longer is CJ gonna be left in to ruin things for us vs righties? (Hat tip to Niners for the posting style). :)

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 09:48 PM
I know we used a ton of players already this season, but the number of players is 49 right now. Franchise record is 50..they are gonna shatter that.

msstate7
07-10-2015, 09:49 PM
I didn't even watch the CJ ab. I knew he wasn't getting a hit and absolutely no way he'd walk.

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 09:50 PM
Carpenter has a nasty slider and ump missed a strikeout for on one too.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 09:50 PM
Great play by CJ!

Julio3000
07-10-2015, 09:50 PM
I've always been a bit of a Viz skeptic, but damn does he have an arm. If he's healthy and effective, he probably ought to get a shot at closing.

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 09:51 PM
I didn't even watch the CJ ab. I knew he wasn't getting a hit and absolutely no way he'd walk.

CJ vs righties makes me want to turn the channel outside of the rare righty he has a good track record. :)

msstate7
07-10-2015, 09:51 PM
I've always been a bit of a Viz skeptic, but damn does he have an arm. If he's healthy and effective, he probably ought to get a shot at closing.

I like Simmons better.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 09:52 PM
I've always been a bit of a Viz skeptic, but damn does he have an arm. If he's healthy and effective, he probably ought to get a shot at closing.

Agreed. The only position that isn't up for grabs is first base. Short stop is secure as well, but Simmons has to become a at least an average hitter.

Julio3000
07-10-2015, 09:52 PM
I like Simmons better.

I really like Simmons, but he's got to come back first. He was pure filth last year.

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 09:53 PM
I've always been a bit of a Viz skeptic, but damn does he have an arm. If he's healthy and effective, he probably ought to get a shot at closing.

He hit triple digits 6 or 7 times tonight including back-to-back-to-back twice. He also didn't go lower than 97 mph (his first pitch) with his fastball and hit 98 and 99 multiple times. That was impressive.

Julio3000
07-10-2015, 09:55 PM
He hit triple digits 6 or 7 times tonight including back-to-back-to-back twice. He also didn't go lower than 97 mph (his first pitch) with his fastball and hit 98 and 99 multiple times. That was impressive.

Yeah, it was. Probably smart to mostly stick with gas in this ballpark, too.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 09:56 PM
Oh my..Wisler is going to get destroyed tomorrow.

CrimsonCowboy
07-10-2015, 09:57 PM
Jonny, if you hit a foul ball, hit it at that dinosaur behind you. He creepy.

Garmel
07-10-2015, 09:59 PM
Embarrassing. Bullpen game for the Rockies vs. Miller and we lose.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 09:59 PM
Good way to head into the break...our ace gets shelled and the an emergency starter and some bums hold the Braves to three runs again.

CrimsonCowboy
07-10-2015, 10:00 PM
http://www.sharegif.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/frustratedfacepalm-gifcommercialsmhgeckogeico.gif

msstate7
07-10-2015, 10:01 PM
Good way to head into the break...our ace gets shelled and the an emergency starter and some bums hold the Braves to three runs again.

To be fair, our lineup was bums too

Julio3000
07-10-2015, 10:01 PM
That kind of offensive output in Coors is pretty sad.

Runnin
07-10-2015, 10:01 PM
For all of Andrelton's defensive expertise ........ (finish however you like).

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 10:02 PM
To be fair, our lineup was bums too

So is that a rendition of bum fights?

msstate7
07-10-2015, 10:04 PM
For all of Andrelton's defensive expertise ........ (finish however you like).

With all of the double plays, pop ups in crucial situations, and every strike out in a big situation, does Simmons cancel out all the runs he saves with his terrible bat?

Braves1976
07-10-2015, 10:09 PM
With all of the double plays, pop ups in crucial situations, and every strike out in a big situation, does Simmons cancel out all the runs he saves with his terrible bat?

Nope, not even close. Simmons probably saves more runs than he even gets credit for he's so amazing on defense.

msstate7
07-10-2015, 10:13 PM
Nope, not even close. Simmons probably saves more runs than he even gets credit for he's so amazing on defense.
I'm just disgusted at watching him bat. I know he's great defensively... The best. I wish the nl would answer the American league's dh with a designated fielder that doesn't have to hit.

I'll be better tomorrow or when miss state starts playing football, but this 3-game losing streak vs last place teams has me disgusted

auyushu
07-10-2015, 10:31 PM
That kind of offensive output in Coors is pretty sad.

Yet not entirely surprising. We have zero power in our lineup, so we aren't exactly the best equipped team to take advantage of Coors. Coors takes away a lot of our only real positives, which is our starting pitching and infield defense.

We are a bottom 10 offense with Freddie really, and probably in the bottom 5 without him. The only thing that has really kept us afloat this year offensively has been our ridiculously awesome hitting with RISP.

UNCBlue012
07-10-2015, 10:54 PM
The Coors effect is insane. It just kills even the best of pitchers.
I think some people forget just how strong it is.

Shelby wasn't terrible, but everything got down for a hit!

Also, Simmons is so lost on offense. This is just terrible.

NinersSBChamps
07-10-2015, 11:22 PM
The Coors effect is insane. It just kills even the best of pitchers.
I think some people forget just how strong it is.

Shelby wasn't terrible, but everything got down for a hit!

Also, Simmons is so lost on offense. This is just terrible.

Well to be lost someone must once have known their way. Simmons has never been that at the plate.

Julio3000
07-11-2015, 09:06 AM
Yet not entirely surprising. We have zero power in our lineup, so we aren't exactly the best equipped team to take advantage of Coors. Coors takes away a lot of our only real positives, which is our starting pitching and infield defense.

We are a bottom 10 offense with Freddie really, and probably in the bottom 5 without him. The only thing that has really kept us afloat this year offensively has been our ridiculously awesome hitting with RISP.

You took the words right out of my mouth. I was going to follow up by saying this, almost to the letter, but since I've been called out for being such a negative nellie, I decided not to.

You are right, though. There's a narrative that has emerged about the offense this year which has taken root in certain circles, where people project their aesthetic preference for this contact-oriented offense onto their perception of results.

This year's offense may very well end up better than last year's, given the way the 2014 team cratered—in fact, it would be hard to imagine that it won't. Still, to date, the 2015 offense is actually a little worse than last years, according to runs scored (both relative and absolute) and by wrc and wOBA.

bravesnumberone
07-11-2015, 09:50 AM
These last three days should put to bed suspicions this team can actually compete.

thethe
07-11-2015, 12:37 PM
These last three days should put to bed suspicions this team can actually compete.

Without our best hitter and with one game being 2 pitches of one of our best pitchers?

bravesnumberone
07-11-2015, 03:47 PM
Without our best hitter and with one game being 2 pitches of one of our best pitchers?

They were still very winnable games. This is what the team is this year. Back and forth. Doesn't matter who's out.

thethe
07-11-2015, 06:02 PM
They were still very winnable games. This is what the team is this year. Back and forth. Doesn't matter who's out.

That's the point thiugh. They were winnable without them and good chance wins with them.