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Today, 10:47 AM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Ronald Acuna Out For The Season in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Interesting. Could mean Ozuna to LF part-time and revolving DH with Murphy, d'Arnaud, and Ozuna. Martinez as late-inning defensive replacement and...

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Today, 10:25 AM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Ronald Acuna Out For The Season in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

I've been saying this for years. Really tough break. No one can honestly say if it's winter ball or too much stealing. Maybe Acuna is a guy with...

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Yesterday, 01:59 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread 5/26 - trying to avoid being swept by a horrible pirates team in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

We somehow managed to have both the Aybar brothers--Willy and Erick--in a Braves' uniform for less than stellar results. I didn't realize that...

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Yesterday, 12:55 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread 5/26 - trying to avoid being swept by a horrible pirates team in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Injuries have piled up this year. They were relatively lucky last season in that regard. Not a clean slate. No team ever has that luxury. Key...

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05-25-2024, 08:18 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread GDT 5/24/24: Braves @ Pirates - Kerr gets an audition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

They had a magical offensive season last year and I expected regression. They aren't as bad as they are currently hitting and I expect things will...

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05-25-2024, 06:58 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

I see that Brave-for-two-months Mike Ford--the AAAA king--is back in the major leagues with the Reds. Leading me to ask, "The Reds were viewed as...

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05-25-2024, 04:53 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread GDT 5/24/24: Braves @ Pirates - Kerr gets an audition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Get zbhargrove in here! He's the weatherman!

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05-25-2024, 02:00 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Why he wasn't on the IL befuddles me to no end.

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05-25-2024, 08:16 AM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Personal Updates Thread in Fulton County Fire & BBQ

Great to see you here. Have thought of you often in terms of WWGS (Whait Would Gilesfan Say) when the baseball issues of the day arise. Kids are...

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05-25-2024, 07:37 AM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Have much the same feeling. Freeman's game is pretty malleable and unless there's a complete collapse of his physical tools, he can translate to an...

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05-24-2024, 09:53 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread GDT 5/24/24: Braves @ Pirates - Kerr gets an audition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Gwinnett threw all relievers tonight. I don't know who was scheduled to start. I thought it was Smith-Shawver, but then he got called up to pitch...

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05-24-2024, 09:48 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread GDT 5/24/24: Braves @ Pirates - Kerr gets an audition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Ex-Brave (for seven weeks in AA in 2017) Connor Joe goes 2/4, scores 3.

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05-23-2024, 01:43 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread 2024 Minor League Thread in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

FCL team is likely to have a lousy W/L given the pitching is woeful. Pretty much the same staff that was terrible in the DSL last season. That...

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05-22-2024, 08:33 AM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Annual 100 PA check-in in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Interesting off-season for Profar. Padres bought out his option after 2023 and he became a free agent and then signed with the Padres again for what...

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05-22-2024, 05:58 AM

50PoundHead replied to a thread 2024 Minor League Thread in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Waldrep threw more than 200 innings in college so he is much further along than Smith-Shawver, who didn't pitch much until his senior year in high...

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05-21-2024, 04:07 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Annual 100 PA check-in in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

I have nothing violently against Kelenic, but I thought all the machinations to acquire him (and pay Gwinnett's starting SS and emergency relief...

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05-21-2024, 03:36 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Agree, but what the DH gives (providing your DH is a full-time DH) the DH takes away with less need for a five-man bench. Biggest changes I have...

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05-20-2024, 04:31 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread GDT 5/20 Same Lineup. Better pitcher. in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

We were further back later in the season when chasing (and catching) the Mets a couple of years ago so the panic button should be placed outside the...

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05-20-2024, 02:15 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread GDT 5/20 Same Lineup. Better pitcher. in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

I had a cousin who used to say "If it's not one thing, it's the same damn thing." Actually, it was a different thing than the toothpick bats that...

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05-20-2024, 09:42 AM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Thanks. I thought he was only on a one-year deal. Wow! I thought the Rays were a cash-strapped team and then they turn around and give Elfin a...

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05-19-2024, 06:49 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Interesting. 2024 contract is for $11 MM. Curious what the asking price would be for Elfin. Probably one of the college pitchers we've drafted in...

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05-19-2024, 08:29 AM

50PoundHead replied to a thread 2024 Minor League Thread in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Keith Law's assessment has been that the Braves do have a collection of very good arms in the system, but there is considerable what he calls...

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05-18-2024, 02:34 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

If Fletcher was betting on himself to fail, it wouldn't be difficult to disguise.

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05-18-2024, 02:31 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread David Fletcher in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

If he had any winning bets, the least MLB could do is deduct the amount from the ridiculous $6 MM we are paying him to be our starting AAA SS.

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05-18-2024, 09:06 AM

50PoundHead started a thread Great Days in Baseball History in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

I'm a couple days past the 8th anniversary of the day that Rougned Odor landed a punch on Joey Bautista. Loved it.

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05-17-2024, 02:32 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Physical size can be misleading, but Skenes at 6-6/235 has a relatively easy motion and can still run it up there close to triple digits. Smaller...

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05-17-2024, 02:00 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread Around Baseball 2024 edition in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Watching Skenes vs. the Cubs. He struck out the first seven Cubs he faced before someone put one in play. Throws gas, but has a nice array of...

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05-17-2024, 07:23 AM

50PoundHead replied to a thread 2024 Minor League Thread in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

He is technically in the FCL on a rehab assignment, so he's working his way back and I'm taking his results with a grain of salt. His K numbers (and...

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05-16-2024, 05:52 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread 2024 Minor League Thread in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

I was perusing the Braves' transaction page and saw that Jose Perdomo was placed on the 60-day DL with an undisclosed injury. So that's why we...

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05-16-2024, 03:13 PM

50PoundHead replied to a thread 2024 Minor League Thread in 2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!

Perdomo and Guanipa are on the FCL roster and, like you, I don't know why they aren't seeing action. I'm guessing (perhaps inaccurately) that...

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