GDT: 5/7/2024 - Red Sox at Braves; time to REYN[aldo] in the offense

[CyYoung31]

Ozuna is the only winner on the team. The rest are losers, either by choice or by birth.

[bravesnumberone]

It's managerial malpractice at this point not to move Ozuna up in the order.

[CyYoung31]

Wow.

[bravesnumberone]

Way to go, Grissom.

[msstate7]

It's managerial malpractice at this point not to move Ozuna up in the order.

I'm more pissed about Arcia 6th. TDA should be 6th in the first 5 are set

[msstate7]

Harris now has 46 straight PA with a pop up to the left side

[CyYoung31]

Why would you ever throw this dude anything sniffing the strike zone?

[bravesnumberone]

Has Kevin Seitzer taken a vacation or something? This is a mediocre high school offense just hacking away at everything.

[TURBO]

[CrimsonCowboy]

[msstate7]

Much needed win. Great job, pitching staff

[The Chosen One]

Are we good again

[Hulavol]

Are we still Finnish?

[thewupk]

Are we good again

No

[JCarbo76]

No

Braves can't hit. Manager can't manage. Defense sucks. Baserunning is horrible. Pitching is in the bottom half of the league.

So why are the Braves on track to win 103 games?

[Carp]

The good news out of this offensive slump?

Matt Olson is gonna have an epic 2nd half of the season as his criminally low BABIP normalizes. He has the highest EV on the team and yet one the lowest BABIPs in baseball at the moment.

[Tapate50]

The good news out of this offensive slump?

Matt Olson is gonna have an epic 2nd half of the season as his criminally low BABIP normalizes. He has the highest EV on the team and yet one the lowest BABIPs in baseball at the moment.

YUP.

[cajunrevenge]

People here are so "what have you done for me lately". For the month of May, which is a grand total of 5 games, Acuna is hitting .381/.409/.571 and Riley is hitting .350/.409/.600. The only person with a batting average above .200 is Kelenic at .222 in that stretch. So the problem the last 5 games atleast is not Acuna and Riley. They seem to be busting out of their slumps. They were almost literally the entire offense the last 5 games.

[bravesfanMatt]

People here are so "what have you done for me lately". For the month of May, which is a grand total of 5 games, Acuna is hitting .381/.409/.571 and Riley is hitting .350/.409/.600. The only person with a batting average above .200 is Kelenic at .222 in that stretch. So the problem the last 5 games atleast is not Acuna and Riley. They seem to be busting out of their slumps. They were almost literally the entire offense the last 5 games.

I just hope when the offense finally does all come together the pitching stays as good as it has been. I know there were some bumps in LA but Elder is a dude we just have to live with. Fried seems to be trying to get his crap together. I think the team needs to consider Giles and IL Matzek for a bit. He just needs more time to see if he can ever get back, but that needs to be in the minors somehow.

The batting order still needs some attention though.. The Braves can't have Arcia hitting that high but they also can't have Olson and Harris with one RHH in between them.. I still think moving Olson to the 2 hole and just hope he figures it out soon is the best lineup right now. Then Chipper needs to get with Harris and Ozzie on pitch recognition.

[bravesfanMatt]

Acuna/Olson/Riley/Ozzie/Ozuna/Harris/Catcher/Arcia/Kelenic or Duvy

Olson would never see a lefty again.. if they bring in a lefty for Kelenic then counter with Duvy and Acuna to punish that move.