Braves:
1. Jordan Schafer (L) CF
2. Justin Upton (R) RF
3. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
4. Evan Gattis (R) LF
5. Brian McCann (L) C
6. Chris Johnson (R) 3B
7. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS
8. Elliot Johnson (S) 2B
9. David Hale (R) P
Padres:
1. Will Venable (L) CF
2. Chris Denorfia (R) RF
3. Jedd Gyorko (R) 2B
4. Chase Headley (S) 3B
5. Kyle Blanks (R) LF
6. Tommy Medica (R) 1B
7. Ronny Cedeno (R) SS
8. Rene Rivera (R) C
9. Ian Kennedy (R) P
I was looking for an update on Downs, here's the latest:
Scott Downs (finger) will see hand specialist Dr. Gary Lourie on Friday.
Downs hasn't pitched since he fractured the tip of the ring finger of his non-pitching hand while attempting to field a comebacker last Saturday. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said that the southpaw was optimistic about pitching at some point this weekend, but we should have a better idea about his status after his checkup.
Kennedy's been OK vs us in Phoenix but not at the Ted. And the other two starters for the Pad this weekend are rookies who haven't exactly set the world on fire. I think sweep here, unless Hale is bad. Padres on the road is a nice way to get your first major league start, they ain't much on offense.
Venable owns the Braves.
aka RHT10/Cokeman
Been away. Why is Hale starting? To give the others a rest?
Yup....Originally Posted by thewupk
I'm at work and haven't seen the game but Hale's stats look impressive. Hope to see more starts from the guy and should be ahead of Kameron Loe which I stated when they brought up Loe.
Dude seriously, get off BJs 9 incher...Schafer is the much better option. Plain and simple.
Pretty simple, really.
Schafer's career numbers: .230 .312 .315 .628
Upton's career numbers: .249 .330 .411 .740
Schafer's second half numbers: .183 .239 .232 .470
Upton's second half numbers: .235 .287 .306 .593
Schafer isn't better for his career OR hotter lately. No reason at all to start him over BJ.
Braves1976 (09-14-2013), gcbraves (09-14-2013), Heyward (09-13-2013), holden (09-13-2013), Julio3000 (09-14-2013), zitothebrave (09-13-2013)
Right now, I'm not interested in Schafer or BJ starting for us. I feel in the long run, that BJ is the superior player (to Schafer), but it is absolute torture watching these two play. Gimme Heyward in center, and gimme him now.
Braves1976 (09-14-2013)
get cunningham in there in CF
terdoslavich has been garbage as well
Not sure why Cunningham was not recalled.
Joey T's issue is similar to that of Gattis previously. He hasn't been starting enough to stay sharp (or to break a slump). Plus it's not easy to have success pinch hitting starting so little. But I guess he'll need to get use to it if being on our bench next year is his future.
This times 1000... Schafer was a nice story for an extremely small sample size but he fell back to earth to where he always has been... Which is much worse player than BJ even when BJ is at his worst. People need to wake up and get off Schafers jock because he's terrible.
Dalyn (09-14-2013)
Just got off work and saw where we lost....AGAIN! This is getting ridiculous. We have an easy schedule yet we can't win these games and sew up the division.
I have a hard time believing the Nats will catch us but damn its only a 10 game lead when it was like 15 last week. After the past 2-3 years how can a Braves fan not be worried? This is really getting old year after year.
Washington keeps winning and we keep losing. You also have to wonder if the past couple of years are in these players psyche with the massive choking we've done recently. I really hate to say this but I don't see us getting past the first round any way. This team is not built for the play-offs. I'm usually pretty up beat about my favorite teams but unfortunately the truth hurts.
Christ. Go home and go to bed.
bravesnumberone (09-14-2013), Julio3000 (09-14-2013)
Last time I checked, the Braves still have the best record in the NL, and there's no way the Nats are going to catch. Washington is not even discussing catching the Braves. They are holding out hope for the wildcard. All of that being said, last night's loss ranks up there as one of the worst and most inexcusable of the season. To waste an outing like that from that kid was borderline criminal.
If the Braves only win 2 games the rest of the way the Nats have to go 10-5 to win. THey're not a threat. The Braves would pretty much have to lose out for the Nats to have a realistic prayer, cause the Nats will not win out and odds are that even if the Braves struggle, they'll win 5 games of their last 15.
Last edited by zitothebrave; 09-14-2013 at 08:09 AM.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
I do see one scenario which would nuke the worth of this entire season:
1. Braves win division
2. Nats stay hot, even winning 2 (or God forbid, 3) from us in Washington; gets their little sphincters all pumped up
3. Nats win Wild Card
4. Because of Braves limping to the finish, Nats overcome logic and are able to beat them in a play-off series because "they believe".
That POS team Marlins did it in 1997. Hope the Braves beat these Padre pretenders and then rip the Nats' throats out next week! Put an end to this end of the year foolishness.
Braves1976 (09-14-2013), bravesnumberone (09-14-2013)
I'm usually one to defend Fredi, but the bullpen management was a real head scratcher tonight. I'll just chalk it up to him having too many options and getting too excited.
As for games like this, we haven't had many all year where the bullpen let us down. I'm glad to get one out of the way before we head to the playoffs.
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