GDT: 4/7/'15 - Atlanta Braves (Wood) @ Miami Marlins (Latos) 7:35PM EST

[bravesnumberone]

Yeah, the coaches probably never thought to suggest hustling in previous years.

Sure didn't see a lot of it minus a couple guys.

[Julio3000]

True, but I think it also helped facing a lefty for him and Latos just didn't have anything. I like him vs lefties, I just don't think he'll ever hit a lot vs righties unless he stops chasing the low and outside breaking pitches, etc.

I agree the he has a loooong way to go. Every AB he doesn't look lost is a tiny win.

[thethe]

Yesterday in the entire game we saw 112 pitches...

A day later thethe is telling us that we are experts at identifying balls and strikes and working deep counts.

Live in the moment

Never said tgat.

[sturg33]

Never said tgat.

But, I believe the correct way to build a offense is around contact guys who can distinguish between balls and strikes. That is where the Braves are going

Ask about pitch counts in a single AB or maybe full counts.

^

[thethe]

Ok...so how does that translate to the Braves are experts at it after tonight?

[Braves1976]

I know Peterson had no hits tonight but I enjoyed watching him again tonight. Two walks and taking third on Stanton was certainly fun to watch. Hopefully he gets more hits to fall tomorrow.

[AerchAngel]

Never said tgat.

112 pitches we struck out 7 times

191 pitches we struck out 5 times

Think about that.

[Dalyn]

Hey. We won 12-2!

[thethe]

Hey. We won 12-2!

Sorry it's just infuriating when people just blatantly make **** up. I just ask for intellectual honesty on these boards.

[ChapelHillMatt]

Let's not go crazy. I don't want Jace and EY and Maybin and Nick the Stick swinging for the fences. But if this team had a Justin Upton or Evan Gattis in the middle of the order, you're damn right I want that sumbitch swinging for the fences.

Honestly I wouldn't. Those guys are talented enough to hit homers without trying to. You develop bad habits by trying to yank everything. Every great hitter will tell you the homers will come without you trying to hit them, if you muscle up and try to hit a homer you can get yourself into a slump.

[Dalyn]

[AerchAngel]

Honestly I wouldn't. Those guys are talented enough to hit homers without trying to. You develop bad habits by trying to yank everything. Every great hitter will tell you the homers will come without you trying to hit them, if you muscle up and try to hit a homer you can get yourself into a slump.

I rather see them slap it to opposite field than do a 180 after swing and missing. Seriously, the Royals spoiled me last year. Making it difficult for pitchers every game. Yeah I like the home run, but if you are striking out 12 times before hitting one is like pathetic.

[AerchAngel]

I rather see an Emily Blunt one if you have one.

[sturg33]

Sorry it's just infuriating when people just blatantly make **** up. I just ask for intellectual honesty on these boards.

Are you kidding me? You post every 10 min about "people being upset about hey ward" when nobody even brings him up (except you guys).

I quoted what you said. I'm clearly exaggerating which I thought was obvious to anyone smarter than a 5 year old

[Braves1976]

Honestly I wouldn't. Those guys are talented enough to hit homers without trying to. You develop bad habits by trying to yank everything. Every great hitter will tell you the homers will come without you trying to hit them, if you muscle up and try to hit a homer you can get yourself into a slump.

Julio knows that. He probably said it the way he did for effect to add some entertainment to his point.

[Dalyn]

I rather see an Emily Blunt one if you have one.

[cajunrevenge]

Nats now 1.5 games back..... WHATS THE MAGIC NUMBER!

[50PoundHead]

Let's not go crazy. I don't want Jace and EY and Maybin and Nick the Stick swinging for the fences. But if this team had a Justin Upton or Evan Gattis in the middle of the order, you're damn right I want that sumbitch swinging for the fences.

We might squeak one out here and there that we ordinarily wouldn't have with the new approach, but the long run pretty much always rewards power and outside of Freeman, I can't see a lock for double figures in HRs in the line-up. And one would really look good in the middle of the line-up. I don't think it would make us magically into a contender, but to make the next step, we are going to need some middle-of-the-lineup help.

And you're right, if you got a power guy, you don't really care about his contact rate (unless it really stinks). The problem we had last year is that we had a ton of swing-and-miss guys (I think our swing-and-miss rate for pitches in the strike zone was the worst in baseball) and some of those guys weren't true power guys. We couldn't handle the bat that well, so that cut down on the ability to play hit-and-run and we didn't steal a ton of bases. That means we had to dent the fences to win and we didn't do that often enough.

[thethe]

Are you kidding me? You post every 10 min about "people being upset about hey ward" when nobody even brings him up (except you guys).

I quoted what you said. I'm clearly exaggerating which I thought was obvious to anyone smarter than a 5 year old

So much so that you went out of your way to post multiple quotes.....yup

[NinersSBChamps]

Take it easy on the personal attacks.