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I'll jump on the sword again not to ruin Slippys mojo.
Acuna RF
Swanson SS
Riley 3B
Olson 1B
TdA DH
Grossman LF
Contreras C
Arcia 2B
Harris CF
Odorizzi P
4-3 3.75 ERA 46K
Nimmo CF
Marte RF
Lindor SS
Alonso 1B
Vogelbach DH
McNeil 2B
Naquin LF
Guillorme 3B
McCann C
Peterson P
5-2 3.54 ERA 86K
You spelt jake's name wrong, so we doomed
Haha
Well, I'm a fan of the lineup... except I could see Heredia instead of Harris
Hoping that come playoff time, Ozuna is off the roster and Contreras is in the lineup every day.
They have to balance developing Harris with optimizing the lineup. I hope to see Heredia take the PAs vs LHP in October, and he should probably get ramped back up sometime in September. But for now, I think it’s ok to keep running Harris out there be LHP with the hope he improves against them.Quote:
Originally Posted by zbhargrove
It may be they just feel they can live with struggles against lhp when he plays top flight defense. He impacted the game in a huge way last night on defenseQuote:
Originally Posted by Enscheff
Bingo. Heredia is fine in the outfield but he doesn’t make those game-changing plays.
Mets put hunter on IL
I still like the idea of resting him some vs lhp. Gonna be a long season for himQuote:
Originally Posted by bravesnumberone
Two off days coming up next week. Maybe there’s an opportunity to do it in Boston. His defense in a series this big is too valuable. I wouldn’t have been opposed to letting Heredia start and then sub out once the lefty was out of there.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
One thing we know Snitosaur won’t do is strategically rest players during this 23 game stretch. He is going to run them into the ground, and we will be saying “why do they look flat?” sometime around the 19th vs Houston.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Yeah I hear ya... was just the only thing I could see that I would possibly do different. I'm okay with him continuing reps against lefties for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enscheff
Peterson is a predominately fastball/slider guy…gonna be tough for Harris and Olson
How great is it that in a situation like this we have an actual major league starter like Odorizzi?
YUGE
Nah, the Braves didn’t need to waste resources on another SP.Quote:
Originally Posted by thethe
I supported getting a SP at the deadline. Still wasn't needed at the start of the season when you did a priority ranking of all the teams true needs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enscheff
But among AA's redeeming qualities his most impressive is his adaptability. He properly identified that with Strider reaching a potential throwing limit and Anderson showing worrisome signs another dependable starting pitcher was essential.
Like, 80% of the Braves’ losses in the first half of the season were due to not having a 5th starting pitcher.Quote:
Originally Posted by thethe
Shhhh, those facts don’t match the narrative in the tehteh narrative, so they are inconsequential.Quote:
Originally Posted by CyYoung31
It’s probably best we just let him think he was right then and now. Sort of like how people deal with that ignorant uncle during thanksgiving who claims the government is too stupid to manage any program, and then in the next breath describes that same government orchestrated a complex conspiracy between warring nations to fake the moon landing.
The offense was DOA and we weren't playing with Acuna.Quote:
Originally Posted by CyYoung31
How does a home plate umpire miss something like that?
This PA is why Grossman is here.
I always find it a little icky when a batter insists that he got hit in order to take the base. Seems like a kind of bitch move.
Big opportunity here for Grossman to prove his acquisition worthy.
Eh...oh well. Two hard-hit balls that inning with nothing to show.
Dang... he nailed it... just right at Lindor
Damn. Good PA.
The Mets voodoo luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by zbhargrove
Bro, go look at our record outside of the Fried, Morton, Wright, and Anderson starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by thethe
Alright - Good sign for Grossman and what we need him for when it counts most.
Expected BA of .820 on that ball hit by Grossman
We also went with a six man rotation early on which contributed to that. If AA knew that was the plan then not getting a low level candidate was a poor move but if the 5 man was implemented that blow would have been lessened and eventually Strider crushed that spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by CyYoung31
After seeing opposing teams score 638 runs this season off Morton immediately following getting hit in the foot, I was ecstatic to see TDA take that base.Quote:
Originally Posted by CyYoung31
Welcome to the Braves! Your **** BABIP luck is waiting for you in your locker.Quote:
Originally Posted by zbhargrove
Acuna EV: 104.3 mph
Swanson EV: 104.6 mph
I missed Acuña's. So three freaking hard-hit balls with nothing to show for the inning, four counting Riley single. Joy.Quote:
Originally Posted by zbhargrove
Regardless of what Odorizzi does today, flipping Smith for an actual MLB SP was brilliant.
Odorizzi fitting right in with the other former Astro on the staff. Except Charlie prefers hitting guys in the foot ahead with two strikes.
I got hit on the wrist with 80 once and thought I was going to die. No idea how these guys wear 90+ like that and just walk to first.
oh so its gonna be one of those ****ing days
Well this is going to be a 6-1 loss. We hit three screamers for outs, and they get this crap.
It is just absolutely amazing how much poor batted ball luck the Braves get as the defensive team.