Conforto CF
Cespedes LF
Cabrera 2B
Frazier 3B
Flores 1B
Bruce RF
Nido C
Syndergaard P 2-0 2.95 ERA
Rosario SS
Inciarte CF
Albies 2B
Freeman 1B
Markakis RF
Suzuki C
Tucker LF
Swanson SS
Flaherty 3B
Newcomb P 1-1 4.02 ERA
Conforto CF
Cespedes LF
Cabrera 2B
Frazier 3B
Flores 1B
Bruce RF
Nido C
Syndergaard P 2-0 2.95 ERA
Rosario SS
Inciarte CF
Albies 2B
Freeman 1B
Markakis RF
Suzuki C
Tucker LF
Swanson SS
Flaherty 3B
Newcomb P 1-1 4.02 ERA
Last edited by bravesfanforlife88; 04-20-2018 at 04:01 PM.
Get off my lawn!
Newcomb is going to have a huge game tonight... looking for less than two walks.
The Chosen One (04-20-2018)
It appears the FO isn't too worried about seeing what they have in Camargo.
I guess Snitker is waiting until Flaherty turns into his eventual pumpkin.
I have a feeling we are either going to score no runs off Thor.....or 4
Get off my lawn!
expecting a yuge game from Inciarte
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
The Chosen One (04-20-2018)
Absolutely ridiculous for Camargo not to get a start here.
Natural Immunity Croc
It's a little confusing. I totally get pegging Camargo as a reserve infielder / super-utility guy; but you'd still think they'd want him to gain as many PAs as possible while the Braves are, at best, fringe wild-card contenders, and while there's an absence of any clearly better options at 3B. It's useful both for their evaluation and his growth curve.
Is there an angle with Flaherty that nobody's mentioned? Or is this just banal "hot hand" logic?
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
By "angle with Flaherty" I meant: Is there any reason, heretofore unnoticed or unnoted, to believe Flaherty's early success might be at all sustainable, or otherwise the mark of some "real" improvement? But I suppose even a "smart" administration that realizes Flaherty's more likely than not to plummet from his current (.429-babip-fueled) productivity is nevertheless going to be loathe to bench a guy with a .352 AVG (even if it's only through 64 PA).
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
I expect no Camargo is Snit's move as he likes to go with the hot hand. I doubt AA added him thinking he'd sit a while. If he doesn't start tomorrow Snit and AA might need to have a conversation.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Right now the whole infield is hitting well and except for some careless mistakes by Albies fielding well. But eventually someone will get hurt or slump. Camargo will get plenty of playing time. In a month or so, I think he will be the starting third baseman and Flaherty will be the utility guy. It is not a bad thing to be in a position to rest your starting infielders once a week or once every other week. Albies, Swanson and Camargo are all better against lefty pitching. So Flaherty is a nice guy to be able to bring in against certain righties.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Are the Dodgers using Kemp like the Braves are Tucker? I haven't followed them much since the first week. I just noted Kemp actually has a 1 DRS in 87 innings so far in LF. Tucker has a -1 DRS with us in just over a 100 or so innings. Whatever the case, Kemp has had a good start on offense for them. But so has Preston Tucker here leading the NL in RBI's.
Even as a small sample helped out batting 8th and getting free passes, RF had never hit above .224 in a season all his years with Baltimore. So he is certainly doing better than he ever has with the bat in MLB. He's turned out to be a solid pick-up by AA.
It's nice to see Georgia boy Swanson leading the NL in batting today after last year. He is tied with RF in batting average now.
Last edited by Braves1976; 04-20-2018 at 06:17 PM.