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[buck75]

4 of the 5 yah. he also gave up a solo jack earlier

The official box score has all five runs as earned runs. Bummer.

[Julio3000]

I can't say I'd have figured Oz for 20 HR at the break, but anyone who saw him hit in the minors had to believe that he had elite bat-to-ball skills and the ability to generate a ton of pop. Just watching him in a couple of weekend series in low-a had me convinced. Still, I thought he'd top out at 20. What he's done thus far is just crazy.

[CyYoung31]

Yeah Snit wanted Sam to get some work in over the break so he asked if Sam could throw in the derby

Nice.

[CyYoung31]

Wait, freeman is going to be in the home run derby? Interesting.

Why not Albies though?

[USMA76]

Why not Albies though?

It's a ratings show and, as good as Albies has been, he doesn't carry the same cachet as someone like .213 BA Bryce Harper.

[sturg33]

Hope Acuna starts hitting soon

[USMA76]

Hope Acuna starts hitting soon

He ripped a double to the left center field gap tonight but, other than that, he's looked pretty lost lately.

[CyYoung31]

Hope Acuna starts hitting soon

He has a really long swing.

[USMA76]

He has a really long swing.

Seems like he struggles a bit with pitch recognition too.

[thewupk]

A couple things stand out about the
homerun derby. Only 1 AL player. No Judge or Stanton which is lame. Freddie vs harper in the first round.

[nsacpi]

I would send Acuna down to Rome for the rest of the season.

[msstate7]

Huge win last night. Need to win dback series now

[Tapate50]

Folty really dicked over the scoring differential last night.

[Diesel]

Albies and Acuna really struggle with pitch selection. It's evident that they have very little plan other than to hit everything they can reach. Albies just hasnt' been missing his pitch as much as Acuna has lately. Id rather have Culberson in left at the moment to tell the truth, but with Acuna's ability, I don't mind him learning on the job and fighting his way out of this funk a the MLB level. It's like I always tell my hitters, " you're only as good as the pitch that you swing at".

[50PoundHead]

So, the ball hit to Dansby was considered an infield hit not an error? Is that why all of Folty’s runs considered to be earned?

Yes and I was kind of surprised it was ruled a hit. I'm way old, but that was an error in a different era.

[Jaw]

Yeah Snit wanted Sam to get some work in over the break so he asked if Sam could throw in the derby

My favorite post in a long, long time.

[nsacpi]

Albies and Acuna really struggle with pitch selection. It's evident that they have very little plan other than to hit everything they can reach. Albies just hasnt' been missing his pitch as much as Acuna has lately. Id rather have Culberson in left at the moment to tell the truth, but with Acuna's ability, I don't mind him learning on the job and fighting his way out of this funk a the MLB level. It's like I always tell my hitters, " you're only as good as the pitch that you swing at".

what would you project Culberson to hit in the second half?

[thewupk]

Braves tied with Philly and 5.5 ahead of the Nats. For awhile I was concerned we would be 3-4 back at the all-star break.

[nsacpi]

I can't say I'd have figured Oz for 20 HR at the break, but anyone who saw him hit in the minors had to believe that he had elite bat-to-ball skills and the ability to generate a ton of pop. Just watching him in a couple of weekend series in low-a had me convinced. Still, I thought he'd top out at 20. What he's done thus far is just crazy.

Power is very unpredictable in prospects. The hit tool on the other hand seems to translate well as a prospect moves up the various levels. Moral of the story: look for prospects with good hit tools. Don't worry about the power. It will do whatever it is meant to do and its pretty much a waste of time trying to project it.

[GeorgiaGirl]

Albies and Acuna really struggle with pitch selection. It's evident that they have very little plan other than to hit everything they can reach. Albies just hasnt' been missing his pitch as much as Acuna has lately. Id rather have Culberson in left at the moment to tell the truth, but with Acuna's ability, I don't mind him learning on the job and fighting his way out of this funk a the MLB level. It's like I always tell my hitters, " you're only as good as the pitch that you swing at".

Albies to his credit can...outside apparently up and in on interestingly both sides. Stroman was throwing him 91 4-seamers up and in on the left side on Tuesday and he didn't touch it...which went unseen since he went 3-5 anyway.

Acuna can but he seems to need to know what the pitch is. He's guessing at the plate and if he's wrong, he sometimes just leaves the bat on his shoulder which has led to him taking a lot of fat breaking balls for strike 3 (before he got hurt) and aggravating a lot of people.