GDT 7-29 a time to Smyly.

[thewupk]

Snit is a dumb mother****er

[thethe]

Smyly will end up justifying his contract but he has been meh really.

[50PoundHead]

Riley was the player I found most interesting to follow this season, and he has been nothing short of amazing.

I don't think folks fully appreciate the improvements he made, and how unlikely that progress was.

I didn't see this coming. Walk rate is way up. I haven't looked at the spray charts or deeper stats, but he just seems to do a better job down in the count than he did in previous years. I could be wrong, but he just looks like he has a better approach at the plate.

[thethe]

I did a breakdown of FG's packages for most available players. They pretty much nailed the prospect value it took to get Gallo, and the rest also seem fairly reasonable.

http://www.chopcountry.com/forums/sh...l=1#post793572

Yikes - No to Kimbrel for sure.

[GovClintonTyree]

I can't believe it. Smyly was cruising.

[50PoundHead]

Do we send Smyly out for the 5th inning? I'm not a diehard adherent to the third-time-through approach, but he's thrown over 80 pitches and there have been a lot of baserunners.

I rarely quote myself, but I just had to.

[UNCBlue012]

And of course Mets get a lucky homer from Alonso.

[50PoundHead]

I can't believe it. Smyly was cruising.

Yeah, cruising through rocks.

[Enscheff]

This seems like an odd time to pull Smyly...

Why would his result against a dangerous RHH affect the decision with Dom on deck?

[thewupk]

That makes the Acuña and Ozuna situations extra frustrating. With them and a real CF, this lineup would be unstoppable again.

Yeah. At the start of the season we had Albies, Ozuna, Freeman, and TDA all not performing offensively with low BABIP and luck being a huge part of it. That caused the team to lose a few games. Now Albies and Freeman have corrected course as expected. But Ozuna, Acuna, and TDA are out. Just frustrating from an offensive standpoint.

[thewupk]

And of course Mets get a lucky homer from Alonso.

Lucky how?

[CyYoung31]

This seems like an odd time to pull Smyly...

Why would his result against a dangerous RHH affect the decision with Dom on deck?

Lol

[Enscheff]

I rarely quote myself, but I just had to.

Snit's thought process is baffling. He allowed Smyly to face a monster RHH a 3rd time, then pulled him before he could face the LHH a 3rd time.

[UNCBlue012]

The bullpen now has to go five. yikes

[Garmel]

The bullpen now has to go five. yikes

We need more runs.

[zbhargrove]

His streaks are probably something we are going to have to get used to.

Yeah, but at least he's not awful in his cold streaks anymore... he's just average... so I think he will continue to be a pretty good one

[thewupk]

The bullpen now has to go five. yikes

Better than Smyly trying to go 5

[GovClintonTyree]

The bullpen now has to go five. yikes

Dig deep and show you've got some seeds. It's go time

[drewdat]

[bravesnumberone]

Not a chance in hell this bullpen holds a two-run lead for four more innings. Better tack on a few.