GDT #33: May 7, 2014, Cardinals (Wainwright) @ Braves (Minor) 7:10 PM EST

[The Chosen One]

Lol you really wanna lose

Bossman has encouraged me this year...

[jsebe10]

What Gattis just did there, in a nutshell, is what's wrong with this team right now. We've gotten some good swings tonight, but still can't put together a big inning.

No. Simmons' AB is what's wrong with this team...inability to consistently get the big hit. Plain and simple.

[The Chosen One]

[jpack1]

When this team gets to 3-1 they swing every time. Dumb

[jsebe10]

Bossman has encouraged me this year...

So have my balls...but they shouldn't be hitting cleanup. Lol

[bravesnumberone]

No. Simmons' AB is what's wrong with this team...inability to consistently get the big hit. Plain and simple.

They go hand-in-hand. I'm amazed at how many bad swings we take in hitters' counts.

[The Chosen One]

No. Simmons' AB is what's wrong with this team...inability to consistently get the big hit. Plain and simple.

If Gattis moves the runner over, CJ singles in Freddie.

Evan wants to make me pull out my hair as much as Simmons.

If Uggla is the three true outcomes, then Evan is 4. Homer-K-Popup-Flyout.

[gilesfan]

Bossman has encouraged me this year...

Easily amused?

[The Chosen One]

So have my balls...but they shouldn't be hitting cleanup. Lol

What value does Gattis bring if he doesn't walk and he only homers every once in a while?

At least BJ is walking, spraying the ball around and has speed to beat out a grounder.

Gattis should be 5 or 6.

[The Chosen One]

Easily amused?

Nothing can be worse than last year, he's actually had some hard hit balls this year compared to last year they're just not falling in. The bottom of the 6th was a perfect example.

It's easy for me to root for Bossman, since he plays for the Braves. There's no uncertainty about which CF on which team to root for on different teams.

[jsebe10]

What value does Gattis bring if he doesn't walk and he only homers every once in a while?

At least BJ is walking, spraying the ball around and has speed to beat out a grounder.

Gattis should be 5 or 6.

Because traditionally your cleanup hitter is a guy who can provide instant offense with power. BJ has literally hit every where in this lineup and proved that he cannot do that.

[The Chosen One]

Which reminds me gf, how many good hitters do the Nationals have?

[gilesfan]

Which reminds me gf, how many good hitters do the Nationals have?

8

[The Chosen One]

Because traditionally your cleanup hitter is a guy who can provide instant offense with power. BJ has literally hit every where in this lineup and proved that he cannot do that.

We've been trotting out CJ in cleanup, the top 3 are set right now unless LaStella or Pastor breaks in.

BJ has hit much much better this year, including the last few weeks. Might as well give it a run and see what he can do at cleanup because everyone else is failing.

Actually hitting cleanup this year, Gattis has a .500 OPS with 0 HR. Granted it's a smaller sample size but maybe him hitting clean up puts more pressure on him to perform.

[The Chosen One]

8

[jsebe10]

Lol Poor Schafer. Never had a chance.

[bravesnumberone]

What value does Gattis bring if he doesn't walk and he only homers every once in a while?

At least BJ is walking, spraying the ball around and has speed to beat out a grounder.

Gattis should be 5 or 6.

If we had a second baseman who could hit second and BJ continued to improve, it'd be easier.

Heyward
2B
Freeman
Justin
BJ
Gattis
CJ
Simmons

[The Chosen One]

Lol Poor Schafer. Never had a chance.

That AB was pretty sad. Actually more sad than Justin's caught looking K's of recent note. Schafer knew it from the first pitch he was overmatched.

[jsebe10]

That AB was pretty sad. Actually more sad than Justin's caught looking K's of recent note. Schafer knew it from the first pitch he was overmatched.

Lol nah he knew it when he saw this game on the schedule in the offseason.

[The Chosen One]

These intimate questions Chip is asking Tommy are pretty borderline dreamy.