4/16/17 Happy Bartolo Day - GDT

[Hawk]

i should have sent him to Ron

[thethe]

So you would say our offense to date has been below average and not good?

After the first three games against absolute stud pitchers we've been very good. Cumulatively we haven't been good and that's only because those three games are a high percentage of our total games still.

[goldfly]

he obviously never listened to Biggie and the 10 crack commandments

"never get high on your own supply"

[thewupk]

After the first three games against absolute stud pitchers we've been very good. Cumulatively we haven't been good and that's only because those three games are a high percentage of our total games still.

Would you say going against 3 studs is balanced by facing Chacin, Richard, and Cahill of the Padres?

[bravesfanMatt]

Do you expect the hitters that have started off hot this year to continue that way? I mean if you want to go full thethe then that's your prerogative but I try to take the homer glasses off when talking about what I think is going to happen and not what I want to happen. .

I don't know what it will do. My comment wasn't for you.

[thethe]

Would you say going against 3 studs is balanced by facing Chacin, Richard, and Cahill of the Padres?

Richard has been good recently and we didn't have Kemp so no it doesn't balance it out.

[thewupk]

Richard has been good recently and we didn't have Kemp so no it doesn't balance it out.

Okay, just trying to get on the same page here.

[thethe]

Okay, just trying to get on the same page here.

Ok...I'm done talking about this. You obviously think the braves offense is bad and I think it's good. The season will play out and at various times you'll be right and I'll be right.

[Southcack77]

Well only team WRC+ says the team is good on offense. Actual runs scored has the team as being poor. I think we have to go off of actual runs scored and not WRC+ which is just hypothetical.

The correct answer is that the team has only played 11 games and there is no real conclusion to draw yet if you want to get all technical about it.

My prediction is that the Braves offense will be ok. I don't think it will be below average, but that's not intended to suggest that they are going to be one of the best offenses in the game. I think Flowers is outperforming and I don't expect this much power out of Inciarte, but the rest of the performances don't seem that far off baseline to me. And you would expect ups and downs over the course of a season. I think you can expect some of the downs to be set off by hopefully Swanson and someone at 3B playing a bit better and Kemp returning as someone who can hit the ball a little bit.

[Southcack77]

After the first three games against absolute stud pitchers we've been very good. Cumulatively we haven't been good and that's only because those three games are a high percentage of our total games still.

The season does consist of games against both good and bad pitchers. So the first three games do count. As do the last three.

On balance, I am predicting the offense will be fine. The place where this team is bad is in the pitching, I'm afraid.

[Dalyn]

Markakis 147 OPS+, last 3 years 104
Phillips 137 OPS+, last 3 years 94
Ender 113 OPS+, last 2 years 99
Freeman 195 OPS+ last 4 years 145

Even if you want to say that last year is the new Freeman(which I would tend to agree with) he still had a 157 OPS+.

All of these guys are over performing. I would say that Ender is the only one you could expect to sustain and that's if you feel he's starting to hit for more power (which 2 weeks in is still way to early to tell).


Braves team WRC+ is like 5th best in the NL. The offense to date has been good.

I agree with you about Ender. He's my favorite, and I think he'll end up right there with Freeman as the team MVP for a few years to come. I also think we will be able to count on Phillips for the first half more than his recent average. Hopefully we'll unload him at that point for something beneficial to the rebuild. I wish we would've already done that with Markakis, but...