8/1/2015 GDT: Braves at Phillies, 7:05 p.m.

[bravesnumberone]

Braves

Markakis - RF
Maybin - CF
Freeman - 1B
A.J. Franchise - C
Garcia - 3B
Peterson - 2B
Simmons- SS
Perez - LF
Wisler - P

Phillies

Hernandez - 2B
Herrera - CF
Franco - 3B
Howard - 1B
Brown - RF
Galvis - SS
Asche - 3B
Rupp - LF
Nola - P

[rico43]

With any luck at all, Wisler and Nola will be locking up against one another for the next dozen years.

[nsacpi]

Expecting a huge game from the Andreltonian.

[msstate7]

Expecting a Braves' win. Really going out on a limb here

[Julio3000]

Gonna snap out of it tonight.

[NinersSBChamps]

Gonna snap out of it tonight.

Chip's bender or the Braves losing streak?

[Julio3000]

Chip's bender or the Braves losing streak?

Chip can quit anytime he wants to.

[Garmel]

BOOM!!!!

[Julio3000]

Valar Markakis. All men must homer.

[msstate7]

BOOM!!!!

If markakis can stay around .300 and get the hr total up around 8, I'll feel much better going into next season

[msstate7]

Can wisler get a shut down inning?

[msstate7]

Guess not

[jpx7]

Valar Markakis. All men must homer.

http://i.imgur.com/KDVyitM.jpg

[jpx7]

A "winning-type player."

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6vkonaQWL1r5n7ejo1_1341807251_cover.jpg

[WaitingFor2017]

I do like Gomes, but I'd rather have him on staff as a coach instead of a player.

[Julio3000]

http://i.imgur.com/KDVyitM.jpg

Titanic HR.

[msstate7]

Good visit, roger

[Julio3000]

Wisling past the graveyard .

[Garmel]

*Patiently waits for a person to claim that Wisler isn't a Major League pitcher*

[thethe]

Good for Wisler to take his lumps.

[msstate7]

Good for Wisler to take his lumps.

Once he let the Phillies score 2, wisler was in trouble. We can't score 3

[msstate7]

I find myself less hopeful for the future with every game

[WaitingFor2017]

Just outs away from being 5.5 games ahead of the team with the worst record.

Rutherford or Beer next June please.

[msstate7]

Looks like the Phillies' young players are better than ours

[Julio3000]

Our old players are better than theirs.

[UNCBlue012]

We have a team of idiots that can't play against an even worst team of idiots!

[msstate7]

Phillies raping our young starters

[Russ2dollas]

Protect that pick . Protect that pick.

[WaitingFor2017]

Funny how Chip and Joe were mentioning early in the game about how Wisler hadn't been thumped yet.

Oops.

[msstate7]

Protect that pick . Protect that pick.

I think a top pick is in stone. I'm about ready to write us in the top 10 for next year too. Right now I'm confident in 1 starter (miller) going into next season

[Heyward]

I think a top pick is in stone. I'm about ready to write us in the top 10 for next year too. Right now I'm confident in 1 starter (miller) going into next season

With as deep as next years FA class, no reason not to pursue some of the top pitchers, whether they'd sign in Atl is another story.

[Heyward]

Barring a comeback, only 6 or 7 in the L column for the 1st pick.

Still seems like an uphill climb but you never know.

[msstate7]

With as deep as next years FA class, no reason not to pursue some of the top pitchers, whether they'd sign in Atl is another story.

I think it's a fine line pulling for us to lose. We'll definetely get better young talent, but it could make it harder to get mlb talent to sign here

[Heyward]

I think it's a fine line pulling for us to lose. We'll definetely get better young talent, but it could make it harder to get mlb talent to sign here

Money talks, but true.

[bravesnumberone]

Pretty awful stuff. Hoping we draft the next big HOFer.

[msstate7]

I wish I could tune out the Braves till Olivera comes up, but I can't. I feel like I'm addicted to crack minus any highs

[CrimsonCowboy]

Atlanta Braves baseball right now:
https://labyrinthlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/train-wreck-2.gif

[buck75]

As much as I admire AJ's grit and hitting, he needs to be back in the AL.

[msstate7]

As much as I admire AJ's grit and hitting, he needs to be back in the AL.

Can't believe we didn't trade him yesterday.

[Hawk]

Rutherford or Beer next June please.

I know it's been said a million times, but can you imagine the jersey sales?

[Hawk]

I'd cut Aardsma's ass tonight.

[thethe]

Philly has been quietly good for about a month now.

[buck75]

Bring in Hessman!

[Heyward]

Knew this would be a throwaway year but hard to be excited about a whole lot right now :Sad:

[Heyward]

Philly has been quietly good for about a month now.

I posted this yesterday, swept Chi in Chi, 12-3 i think in their last 15 or something like that.

[jpx7]

http://i.imgur.com/dYtv8ig.gif

[jcc03004]

I posted this yesterday, swept Chi in Chi, 12-3 i think in their last 15 or something like that.

So this is what we have to look forward to... 100 loss season all of a sudden feels not only possible but probable. The question that remains to be seen is how high the pick is going to be and will it be worth it?

[WaitingFor2017]

Atlanta will have the 2nd worst run differential after tonight.

Currently, Atlanta is -70. Philadelphia is -125.

[msstate7]

Atlanta will have the 2nd worst run differential after tonight.

Currently, Atlanta is -70. Philadelphia is -125.

Do we play the Phillies enough for them to catch us?

[Julio3000]

I'd cut Aardsma's ass tonight.

I think MLB frowns on corporal punishment.

[WaitingFor2017]

Trade Simmons in the offseason.

[Heyward]

Do we play the Phillies enough for them to catch us?

just 7 more.

Sunday, and a home/home series.

[Heyward]

Trade Simmons in the offseason.

How about no?

[skillet]

This team has turned into the laughing stock.

[CyYoung31]

This is embarrassing.

[The Chosen One]

What I care about most is are we still striking out the least of any team?

[WaitingFor2017]

What I care about most is are we still striking out the least of any team?

Boston, Oakland, and KC have struck out less.

I do think that Jace Peterson leads the league in weak grounders to 2nd.

[msstate7]

Boston, Oakland, and KC have struck out less.

I do think that Jace Peterson leads the league in weak grounders to 2nd.

Will he match heyward's Atlanta record?

[Heyward]

Boston, Oakland, and KC have struck out less.

I do think that Jace Peterson leads the league in weak grounders to 2nd.

Picking up where Heyward left off, just kidding.

[msstate7]

Would we be a better team with peraza, wood, and uribe headed into next season than with Olivera? I think so.

Peterson last 30 games...
.182/.254/.252

We now have a gaping hole in our rotation and at 2b with a big potentional guy at 3b, but major injury issues

[mqt]

We have certainly embraced the tank.

[Julio3000]

What I care about most is are we still striking out the least of any team?

Things happen when you put the ball in play.

[Julio3000]

We now have a gaping hole behind the plate and at 2b with a big potentional guy at 3b, but major injury issues

FIFY

[weso1]

In the defense of the non HR folk... This isn't exactly the ideal team they would put together. And by they I don't mean thethe.

[skillet]

Ummm, we suck. :facepalm:

[WaitingFor2017]

3 of the 4 teams with the least amount of strikeouts have the 5th, 6th, and 7th worst records in the league. The other team has the 2nd best record in baseball.

[CrimsonCowboy]

David O'Brien ‏@DOBrienAJC 2m2 minutes ago
#Braves Simmons hurt his right thumb, just saw him with it wrapped.

[msstate7]

Glad we extended fredi and held on to AJ. We'd really be falling apart without their stability in the clubhouse

[USMA76]

Ummm, we suck. :facepalm:

Suck just called and was pretty upset he was being used in the same sentence as Atlanta Braves.

[WaitingFor2017]

4-11 since the extension.

[Dalyn]

4-11 since the extension.

He's managing like it's September already!

[Gary82]

I'm hoping this continues and we get the worst record in MLB. We might as well get a decent draft pick.

[mqt]

David O'Brien ‏@DOBrienAJC 2m2 minutes ago
#Braves Simmons hurt his right thumb, just saw him with it wrapped.

We won't see Simmons for a month, I'm sure.

[msstate7]

We won't see Simmons for a month, I'm sure.

Ciriaco at ss. We bout to make a run now

[thewupk]

Entering today the Braves managed to move up a spot in WRC+ in the NL thanks to the Marlins suckitude. However after tonight the Phillies may very well have passed them. Time will tell on that one. In other news the Phillies have past the Braves in runs scored so we are now 13th in the NL. Heading in the right direction for sure.

[Heyward]

Glad we extended fredi and held on to AJ. We'd really be falling apart without their stability in the clubhouse

We'd be falling apart with/without him, just arent that good.

[zbhargrove]

Team is hitting rock bottom... lets keep going... play for #1 baby

[sturg33]

We won't see Simmons for a month, I'm sure.

At least we got Peraza

[WaitingFor2017]

At this point, keep Olivera down in the minors until September call-ups. I wouldn't want him helping the team win a couple of extra meaningless games this year.

[The Chosen One]

At this point, keep Olivera down in the minors until September call-ups. I wouldn't want him helping the team win a couple of extra meaningless games this year.

Or don't call him up and trade him in the offseason to some team that thinks he has a lot of value to their team.