GDT: Braves @ Reds 4/25

[Ozzie Swanson]

Ender's game 8
Albeast 4
Freddie Free 3
Neck 9
JoGun 5
GOAT 7
Dansbae 6
Not Kurt 2
Wisler 1

[msstate7]

Camargo busts into the lineup in 5-spot. Weird... rather have Dansby 5th

[Super]

Johan AND Ronald starting. Good stuff

[Hudson2]

With Flowers coming back the lineup is actually looking really good. And once Joey B is up the bench will be pretty strong, only obvious hole is the bullpen and AA should be able to straighten that out.

[thewupk]

Johan AND Ronald starting. Good stuff

thethe had to go change his pants

[thethe]

thethe had to go change his pants

I wore diapers in preparation of today.

I'm good to go for a couple more spills.

[chop2chip]

I wore diapers in preparation of today.

I'm good to go for a couple more spills.
Bah geez lugh

[Enscheff]

Figured Camargo would be in there vs the LHer tonight.

I can't wait to see the melt down around here when the lineup for tomorrow is posted though haha.

[Enscheff]

Window is officially unlocked.

[AerchAngel]

thethe had to go change his pants

you made me change my shirt from spitting out coffee.

[AerchAngel]

Figured Camargo would be in there vs the LHer tonight.

I can't wait to see the melt down around here when the lineup for tomorrow is posted though haha.

Seriously?

You have issues, man. All that brilliance and wasted on posts like this.

[nsacpi]

expecting a yuge game from Perez

[Enscheff]

I'm conflicted...

If Wisler pitches well, the Braves likely win. Downside is that gives them an excuse to keep Gohara in AAA, and Gohara needs to be slaying MLB hitters.

[thewupk]

I'm conflicted...

If Wisler pitches well, the Braves likely win. Downside is that gives them an excuse to keep Gohara in AAA, and Gohara needs to be slaying MLB hitters.


Wisler can pitch poorly and we will still win. Acuna is gonna hit a couple of bombs.

[thewupk]

expecting a yuge game from Perez

you misspelled Acuna

[nsacpi]

you misspelled Acuna

who?

[thewupk]

who?

some rook. heard he's alright.

[thewupk]

so with that being said. expecting a yuge game from Not Tucker

[nsacpi]

some rook. heard he's alright.

what position does he play

[Enscheff]

what position does he play

I was assured by someone with an IQ off the charts he will play 95% of the games in RF/CF.

[DaneHill]

989251206831919104

[Enscheff]

989251206831919104

Totes adorbs!

[DaneHill]

Acuña.... testing, just learning how to type a tilde on the 'n'

[bravesfanMatt]

acuña. Acuña. Acuña. There. Trained my phone.

[Mrs. Meta]

When Acuña hits his first homerun, I want Chip Caray to say "Acuña Matata!"

[ramadon101]

When Acuña hits his first homerun, I want Chip Caray to say "Acuña Matata!"

$5 he says “acuna ma-tater”

[bravesfanforlife88]

Up 1-0 good start

[CrimsonCowboy]

Are you kidding me, ump????

[Ozzie Swanson]

What the hell was that call?

[CyYoung31]

Wut

[Five]

By God that’s awful.

[Ozzie Swanson]

Culbreth is the same a-hole who said we ran out of time to make a challenge last night. F him.

[striker42]

I've never seen umpire interference. I always assumed they were part of the field of play.

[Ozzie Swanson]

And then he rings up Camargo on a ball off the plate inside. What a scrub.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Thought he got it for a moment

[thewupk]

bust

[mqt]

DFA

[Mrs. Meta]

Dang, I thought he hit that out

[salmagundy]

Culbreth thinks Booby is still the manager

[bravesfanMatt]

DF..crap..
Bus... what..
Trade him... yes

[striker42]

Seriously, the Reds are playing ridiculously over their heads this series

[thewupk]

Wisler back to old tricks

[striker42]

If anyone else in any other job performed like umps on this crew, they'd be fired before 10 AM

[Ozzie Swanson]

Welp, guess we might be seeing Gohara soon.

[bravesfanMatt]

terrible 2 strike pitch.

[thethe]

I actually like what I seeing from wisler here.

[UNCBlue012]

Yeah, we just have to get used to playing down to awful teams. It’s the Braves way

[bravesfanMatt]

I actually like what I seeing from wisler here.

what.. middle cut fastballs and a hanger for singles..

[bravesfanMatt]

good positioning..

[Ozzie Swanson]

Fantastic work by Wisler. Slider still looks good so far outside of the one he hung to Votto.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Nice job getting out of that jam.

[UNCBlue012]

Nice, Wisler!

[thethe]

Wisler has really developed. Would be interesting to see if that release point I higher and closed to his body in his second start

[thethe]

what.. middle cut fastballs and a hanger for singles..

He's locating his fastball and slider. Sometimes the hitters do a god job too

[Ozzie Swanson]

Hey Culbreth, get your fat f***ing a$$ out of the way.

[bravesfanforlife88]

Wow that inning was easy

[bravesfanMatt]

Wow that inning was easy

line out and two pitchers hitting.. should have been.

[bravesfanMatt]

He's locating his fastball and slider. Sometimes the hitters do a god job too

he did.. but the hits were all on bad pitches.

[msstate7]

Come on Wisler

[thethe]

Albies is a delight

[Ozzie Swanson]

Wisler is getting drilled so far.

[msstate7]

Stop throwing strikes on 1st pitch

[thethe]

Like the Wisler is challenging hitters but can't catch that much of the plate

[bravesfanMatt]

Wisler is fooling the heck out of them..very impressive

[Garmel]

Wisler is not showing the pinpoint accuracy of the previous game. A lot of pitches are being left in the middle of the plate.

[thethe]

Quick inning. We need Wisler to go 6 at least tonight

[bravesfanMatt]

Acuna needs to hit again this inning..

[USMA76]

Albies needs to get a hit this week.

[Enscheff]

It appears as if pitchers are pitching Albies up more to coax easy fly ball outs.

[msstate7]

It appears as if pitchers are pitching Albies up more to coax easy fly ball outs.
If it is intentional, it's smart

[The Chosen One]

One thing I miss about Bobby is he would throw top prospects into the heart of the lineup asap. Not this out Acuna at #6 crap.

[Enscheff]

CamarGOAT!

[UNCBlue012]

Camargo!

[thethe]

Makes sense to not have played camargo before tonight

[jpack1]

Yeah Carmargo needs to ride the pine. He sucks. “Snit”

[msstate7]

Camargo

[CyYoung31]

Ronnie clearly isn’t ready.

[thethe]

Acuna had some nice contact on that pitch.

[Ozzie Swanson]

Acuña sucks. Where's Tucker?

[Enscheff]

2 pitches, 2 outs for Acuna.

He was rushed.

[Five]

Francoeur 2.0

[Enscheff]

Good thing Camargo and Snit squashed their beef in time for him to start tonight!

[msstate7]

In 40 ABs (AAA and mlb), camargo has 7 extra base hits

[Southcack77]

Ronnie clearly isn’t ready.

Why does the hitting coach have him fly out every time?

[jpack1]

2 pitches, 2 outs for Acuna.

He was rushed.

Or is he rushing still?

[thethe]

In 40 ABs (AAA and mlb), camargo has 7 extra base hits

It's asinine not to use this season to get Camargo 500+ ABs

[Garmel]

Good thing Camargo and Snit squashed their beef in time for him to start tonight!

Don't start this garbage again. We're having a fun night with Acuna being here.

[thewupk]

Francoeur 2.0

Francouer was actually good when he came up...

[thethe]

Wiser is finding way too much of the plate tonight.

[Enscheff]

With Acuna on the roster, the Braves may never trail in a game the rest of the season!

[thethe]

Getting real lucky tonight

[Five]

Wiser is finding way too much of the plate tonight.

Yep. To many mistakes.

[nsacpi]

Francoeur 2.0

looks like he's pouting

[bravesfanforlife88]

Wiser is finding way too much of the plate tonight.

I’d rather that than the bullpen not finding the plate

[UNCBlue012]

Wisler might get destroyed soon. Lol

[Enscheff]

Hopefully folks let me know when Wisler sucks again.

[thethe]

He abandoned his slider. Fastball not good enough.

[USMA76]

Wisler continuing to walk a tightrope which is going to snap sooner or later.

[Enscheff]

He abandoned his slider. Fastball not good enough.

Wisler then throws 4 straight sliders...

It's chronic for you I think haha.

[thethe]

Still a low pitch count. Keep it up matt!

[GeorgiaGirl]

I never really thought Acuna got it on either attempts, but I was thinking for a minute he had an extra base hit on the first try (as I'm not sure where Schleber was playing on that). Last one, nah not really.

[GovClintonTyree]

Wisler continuing to walk a tightrope which is going to snap sooner or later.

Must have eaten Lucky Charms before the game.

[UNCBlue012]

Swanson has pushing way too hard. Perez on the other hand needs to be gone yesterday. So garbage.

[msstate7]

Why was Stewart sent down for Perez?

[thewupk]

Ender has certainly gotten it going. No more bum leadofff hitter.

[bravesfanMatt]

If we had a DH, would you DH for Perez and let the pitcher hit?

[Southcack77]

looks like he's pouting

Those balls would have gone out before the face injury.

[thethe]

Inciarte has played a great CF tonight.

[GeorgiaGirl]

Wisler was tagged by Finnegan. Lord.

[Southcack77]

I never really thought Acuna got it on either attempts, but I was thinking for a minute he had an extra base hit on the first try (as I'm not sure where Schleber was playing on that). Last one, nah not really.

Cool.

[thewupk]

Inciarte has played a great CF tonight.

He's a good player.

[GovClintonTyree]

I've never been less impressed with four shutout innings as i am with Wisler tonight.

[bravesfanMatt]

Acuna needs to hit again this inning.

[GovClintonTyree]

Wisler was tagged by Finnegan. Lord.

He squared that up.

Willer has been unbelievably lucky tonight.

[The Chosen One]

Albies.

Take notes Ronaldo.

[thethe]

Albies bomb

[UNCBlue012]

Albies!

[thewupk]

30 homer player!

[Ozzie Swanson]

OZZIE!

[GeorgiaGirl]

I'm starting to think if Albies never decided to go with switch hitting that he actually would be the NL Mookie Betts for the Braves.

[thewupk]

Joe is dumb

[Ozzie Swanson]

Joe thinks Acuña is 19. Can we get his senile old ass out of the booth?

[thethe]

30 homer player!

Probably 25 this year

[GovClintonTyree]

Ozzie is a fast little guy. He should hit the ball on the ground and use his speed. - Joe Simpson & Enscheff

[bravesfanMatt]

I will be 20 in December too.

[The Chosen One]

Reading this thread I'm not sure if I should be rooting for Wisler to suck or pitch good.

[Ozzie Swanson]

"Anything not a line drive is soft contact so far." Chip is truly a genius.

[UNCBlue012]

Ah, great. There it is. Just idiotic.

[Southcack77]

The line drives are hot hard and the not line drives are soft.

I think the Votto shot was a liner, Chip?

[thewupk]

Reading this thread I'm not sure if I should be rooting for Wisler to suck or pitch good.

I mean Wisler is not good so you shouldn't have much to worry about.

[CJ9]

Please make Wisler go away.

[GeorgiaGirl]

Ozzie is a fast little guy. He should hit the ball on the ground and use his speed. - Joe Simpson & Enscheff

Except enscheff is actually using analytics to say that Ozzie trying to elevate a lot is a bad thing... Joe Simpson is not.

[Orphan Black]

Is Wisler's slider terrible today...he seems to be throwing a lot of fastballs

[Ozzie Swanson]

Good lord Perez tagged him so high and it was so unnecessary.

[Five]

Looks safe

[msstate7]

Perez is so garbage

[thewupk]

lol Perez sucks

[bravesfanforlife88]

Perez is beyond garbage. I’d rather Chris Stewart be up until flowers came back

[CyYoung31]

His foot went over the plate. It’ll be overturned though.

Either way, Perez can’t even apply a tag correctly.

[GeorgiaGirl]

Perez is horrible.

I thought that was out but I'm wrong, that's safe.

[salmagundy]

I think out call at the plate will be over turned

[Hudson2]

What a $hitty tag

[Ozzie Swanson]

Perez better be DFA'd tomorrow.

[msstate7]

You can't see his foot touch the plate.

[CyYoung31]

Replay officials suck. Wisler sucks harder. Perez sucks hardest.

[DirkPiggler]

Perez better be DFA'd tomorrow.

Just cut him outright. I don't even want him at AAA.

Corky Miller looks competent compared to Perez.

[UNCBlue012]

I’m legit getting mad now. This has happened all series long. NOTHING about the Reds is even decent. These are easy wins. Stop screwing around.

[EstebanBugatti]

Perez better be DFA'd tomorrow.

He better be DFA'd right after the game ends.

[thethe]

Wow...that was dreadful

[thewupk]

the only thing Perez is good at is throwing out runners which isn't even that important

[thewupk]

why is Wisler still in here?

[bravesfanforlife88]

We are gonna get swept by the reds lmao we suck

[striker42]

Replay is a total joke. I honestly think they're wrong more than right.

[UNCBlue012]

Lmao. What the heck.

[DirkPiggler]

Send Wisler back as well while we're at it. He's lucky he hasn't given up a dozen runs already.

[Braves1976]

Wisler still sucks

[GovClintonTyree]

Except enscheff is actually using analytics to say that Ozzie trying to elevate a lot is a bad thing... Joe Simpson is not.

Joe is ignorant. Enscheff is making an analytical extrapolation error. It's a shame to have all that information and come up with the same incorrect answer as the dinosaur in the booth.

Looking at Albies' GO/AO ratio last year and this year, I'd say it's a pretty safe assumption that he isn't listening.

[salmagundy]

Joe says Barnhart broke Wisler's heart. What an idiot. Wisler hasn't been in this game since his 1st pitch. Trouble all night long!!! Doesn't deserve to win throwing like he has been tonight.

[UNCBlue012]

Perez truly sucks. Thanks for helping your team, man.

[Ozzie Swanson]

Wisler hasn't been great tonight but he should've been out of the 5th with only 2 runs given up.

[UNCBlue012]

Send Wisler back as well while we're at it. He's lucky he hasn't given up a dozen runs already. Put Fried in his place and don’t look back.

[thewupk]

Wisler hasn't been great tonight but he should've been out of the 5th with only 2 runs given up.

He's lucky to have only given up 2 runs to that point. He's bad.

[GovClintonTyree]

Send Wisler back as well while we're at it. He's lucky he hasn't given up a dozen runs already.

He's been just awful. Average exit velocity has got to be approaching 95. Even the outs are rockets. All of them.

[salmagundy]

the only thing Perez is good at is throwing out runners which isn't even that important

And he hasn't done that very well.

[msstate7]

Wisler is not a good pitcher, but having Perez as his catcher did Wisler no favors.

[GovClintonTyree]

Put Fried in his place and don’t look back.

Not feeling that, either. Soroka or Gohara.

[Enscheff]

Joe is ignorant. Enscheff is making an analytical extrapolation error. It's a shame to have all that information and come up with the same incorrect answer as the dinosaur in the booth.

Looking at Albies' GO/AO ratio last year and this year, I'd say it's a pretty safe assumption that he isn't listening.

So I’m wrong when I say Albies should hit less fly balls based on his pedestrian exit velocities?

Exit velocities for batters stabilize quickly. I made no extrapolation error.

[UNCBlue012]

Not feeling that, either. Soroka or Gohara. At some point, all three should have a shot. Somehow.

[Ozzie Swanson]

He's lucky to have only given up 2 runs to that point. He's bad.

I don't disagree. But Perez still screwed him. Gohara and Flowers can't come up soon enough.

[Runnin]

Perez truly sucks. Thanks for helping your team, man.

Worst tag I've ever seen. How do you do that to your pitcher???

[Enscheff]

Acuna probably needs a couple days off now to clear his head after nearly getting hit.

[thewupk]

at least he took a pitch

[bravesnumberone]

I’m legit getting mad now. This has happened all series long. NOTHING about the Reds is even decent. These are easy wins. Stop screwing around.

We are not a good baseball team. It's going to be like this all year. Up and down.

[TheBravos]

Camargo should be playing every day possible.

[thewupk]

We are not a good baseball team. It's going to be like this all year. Up and down.

Yup. The good start has fooled some people.

[UNCBlue012]

Worst tag I've ever seen. How do you do that to your pitcher??? No excuse for that. He should be released after tonight.

[bravesfanMatt]

Perez is trying.. we should keep running him out there so he can work it out..

[msstate7]

What an awful series

[CyYoung31]

We are not a good baseball team. It's going to be like this all year. Up and down.

Somebody gets it.

[Southcack77]

Acuna probably needs a couple days off now to clear his head after nearly getting hit.

He’s never been the same since he almost got hit.

[USMA76]

Maybe we should put together a montage of "Home Plate Follies" consisting of Bourgos' slides and Perez' tags.

[UNCBlue012]

What an awful series Yeah, it’s been super rough. I didn’t think we’d sweep, but it’s embarrassing.

[CyYoung31]

Perez already DFA’d?

[TheBravos]

Guys remember we were barely supposed to be .500. We aren’t this bad, but we are not as “good” as we have played either.

[CJ9]

Love how Wisler was allowed to stay in and face a lefty in Barnhart and then finish the inning, but he’s not allowed to start the sixth.

[msstate7]

He’s never been the same since he almost got hit.

Lost his power

[USMA76]

Perez already DFA’d?

Can only hope.

[msstate7]

Perez already DFA’d?

If he isn't, they're taking too long

[UNCBlue012]

Lead off hits and walks lol

[USMA76]

Lead off hits and walks lol

In all fairness to Biddle, it was a pretty cheesy hit.

[nsacpi]

Biddle looks like a keeper

[USMA76]

CB Bucknor calls strikes about as well from first base as he does from behind the plate.

[UNCBlue012]

Ender is definitely here

[thewupk]

Ender is a beast

[Ozzie Swanson]

Think they might've gotten Ender at 2nd. It was definitely close enough for them to overturn it on replay against us.

[msstate7]

We will never win again

[thewupk]

We will never win again

Just when we leave Cincy

[UNCBlue012]

The freaking Reds can string together hits with RISP but we randomly struggle. The Braves should be massively ashamed of themselves.

[CyYoung31]

That sucked.

[thewupk]

The freaking Reds can string together hits with RISP but we randomly struggle. The Braves should be massively ashamed of themselves.

They are who we thought they were

[Garmel]

Why do we have Nick batting 4th? Ridiculous.

[USMA76]

Weakest contact from Neck comes in his biggest AB...smh

[thewupk]

Why do we have Nick batting 4th? Ridiculous.

laidership

[UNCBlue012]

They are who we thought they were I sure as heck didn’t think they were THIS bad. Lol

[Ozzie Swanson]

laidership

Damn, talk about nostalgia. I'd love to have some lairdership over Perez.

[thewupk]

I sure as heck didn’t think they were THIS bad. Lol

Well we aren't as bad as we've played against the Reds. But poor teams can play this poorly from time to time.

[msstate7]

Nick has an ops of .873. He has been good.

[USMA76]

Damn, talk about nostalgia. I'd love to have some lairdership over Perez.

I'd love to have a case of baseballs over Perez.

[thethe]

Albies was kind of lazy with that tag

[thewupk]

Albies was kind of lazy with that tag

his overall defense hasn't been the best

[nsacpi]

why walk the righty...Biddle has reverse splits

[thewupk]

more sucking on defense....

[Ozzie Swanson]

Nice olé from Dansby.

[UNCBlue012]

Bases loaded. Lol

[salmagundy]

So what happens now?? Both teams have had 6 mound visits.

[Southcack77]

evidently, you don’t throw your best relievers unless you are winning.

[USMA76]

The 62 Mets have been visiting Cincinnati this week.

Seriously, it's nothing short of infuriating.

[thewupk]

this ump sucks

[WaitingFor2017]

Don't know why Barnhart is upset. That is clearly a strike, and the ump missed strike 3 two pitches before that one.

[Ozzie Swanson]

LOL that pitch crossed the plate at Barnhart's neck.

[Garmel]

Good job, Biddle.

[thewupk]

glad they didnt let that scrub Hamilton beat them again

[nsacpi]

Biddle make pitch

[CyYoung31]

Hey, Biddle Biddle, gonna play my fiddle.

[striker42]

I might fire Snit after this series. We're making scrubs look like HOFers. Just a dead team.

[CyYoung31]

Dude, everyone ****ing lives in Nashville.

[CyYoung31]

I might fire Snit after this series. We're making scrubs look like HOFers. Just a dead team.

You act like we’re world beaters or something.

[UNCBlue012]

ACUNA

[CyYoung31]

I wanna see a SB here.

[thewupk]

ACUNA

the GOAT

[msstate7]

Nice to have an actual bench bat in the on deck circle

[Enscheff]

If Acuna is wondering, now would be a decent time to steal.

[CyYoung31]

Holy **** Acuna is fast.

[UNCBlue012]

Ayy!

[Ozzie Swanson]

Dansby continues to stay on the slider.

[msstate7]

What an AB by Swanson

[thewupk]

that speed!

[WaitingFor2017]

Ronald can't keep his helmet either.

[Enscheff]

Acuna just looks fast, amirite?

[CyYoung31]

I wonder if Acuna could score on an infield fly.

[msstate7]

Boy, oh boy... please don't frick this up

[thewupk]

Dansby continues to stay on the slider.

To me this is the biggest development of the young season so far. Swanson being the player we hope he can be be would be huge for the team.

[msstate7]

Jeez, tucker. Might wanna try dpete

[UNCBlue012]

Seriously guys? Insane speed on third and we can’t at least put it in play. How freaking stupid.

[thewupk]

Boy, oh boy... please don't frick this up

well...tucker did

[thewupk]

Seriously guys? Insane speed on third and we can’t at least put it in play. How freaking stupid.

I was told Tucker was a legit hitter after the first week of games.

[Ozzie Swanson]

KURT is far better than not kurt

[CyYoung31]

Thank God for Suzuki.

[msstate7]

Suzuki is so good

[Five]

Zooks