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    If Acuna isn't brought up by next Monday, its because they want him to get at bats from the long layoff from ST.

    I doubt that analytically minded Anthopolous gives a whomp about 19 at bats in a league Acuna already dominated once before.

    Nothing burger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chop2chip View Post
    If Acuna isn't brought up by next Monday, its because they want him to get at bats from the long layoff from ST.

    I doubt that analytically minded Anthopolous gives a whomp about 19 at bats in a league Acuna already dominated once before.

    Nothing burger.
    Well, we do have our answer on Acuna for now. Doesn't look like he's coming up anytime soon.

    https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/st...45722895863809

    It may not really even be the stint. It may be AA wants to make an example of I don't want to rush guys.

    Now I'm not sure he's up for a long while. :s
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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgiaGirl View Post
    Well, we do have our answer on Acuna for now. Doesn't look like he's coming up anytime soon.

    https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/st...45722895863809

    It may not really even be the stint. It may be AA wants to make an example of I don't want to rush guys.

    Now I'm not sure he's up for a long while. :s
    That's not what that tweet said at all. Said Atlanta will wait on Acuna. Wait can mean 3 days. It can mean a few weeks. I still say next tuesday. Only other date that could make sense is next Thursday. Gwinnett is at home so he will be close but if they want him to he could finish out his series in Gwinnett before coming up to Atlanta.
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    We've already been told when Acuna will be up, and where he will play.

    This guy is never wrong:

    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Acuna will come up the first day eligible after they gain the additional year of control.

    Bourjos will be cut and Acuna will play 95% of the games moving forward between RF/CF.
    I mean, sure, I said Acuna will be up later than that, and will be playing LF, but I don't have as high an IQ as tehteh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    I mean, sure, I said Acuna will be up later than that, and will be playing LF, but I don't have as high an IQ as tehteh.
    Well Acuna playing LF is a moronic move by Braves management as I'm pretty sure Acuna could start every pitch with his back to home and still be a better defender than Markakis.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zitothebrave View Post
    Well Acuna playing LF is a moronic move by Braves management as I'm pretty sure Acuna could start every pitch with his back to home and still be a better defender than Markakis.
    The idea is that LF is larger in Suntrust than RF. Covering area is more important than arm.

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    Acuna should be up today, but I understand why they want him to make his debut at home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SJ24 View Post
    Acuna should be up today, but I understand why they want him to make his debut at home.
    they may not even play today. storms expected this afternoon. weather is gonna suck all weekend.

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    The longer Acuna stays in AAA, the more impressive his 30/30 season is going to be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    The idea is that LF is larger in Suntrust than RF. Covering area is more important than arm.
    I was gonna respond to this last night, but I was playing overwatch instead.

    Size of field is irrelevant. Someone made a similar argument for I believe it was Camden Yards. It has to do with frequency of hits. This year 2102 balls were hit to LF, 2454 balls were hit to RF. Basically a right fielder will have about 15% more balls hit towards his section of the field. Of those balls, 122 were homers to LF and 88 were homers to RF.

    Of course this is just one season and there's some variation I'm sure, looking at a larger sample in last season you see 28,898 to LF and 30,993 to RF, year before was 27,290 to LF 34,329 to RF. So some yearly variation exists. I'm sure if I did more research the general trends would continue. Players hit the ball more to RF than left field.

    And even at that, the LF dimensions aren't hugely different. It's 335 in LF corner, 375 in Left center 400 dead on 375 right center 325 RF Corner. But it's worth noting while shorter in RF the wall is much taller so I'm guessing there's not much of a power difference. If anything I'd say you're more likely to have a ball play off the wall in RF where range and arm are gonna be in play more often.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SJ24 View Post
    Acuna should be up today, but I understand why they want him to make his debut at home.
    1. He'll play this weekend in Gwinnett
    2. He won't have to fly to Chicago then fly back to Atlanta a few days later.

    That's of course not even factoring in the hoopla of calling him up and what that could do to ticket sales.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zitothebrave View Post
    I was gonna respond to this last night, but I was playing overwatch instead.

    Size of field is irrelevant. Someone made a similar argument for I believe it was Camden Yards. It has to do with frequency of hits. This year 2102 balls were hit to LF, 2454 balls were hit to RF. Basically a right fielder will have about 15% more balls hit towards his section of the field. Of those balls, 122 were homers to LF and 88 were homers to RF.

    Of course this is just one season and there's some variation I'm sure, looking at a larger sample in last season you see 28,898 to LF and 30,993 to RF, year before was 27,290 to LF 34,329 to RF. So some yearly variation exists. I'm sure if I did more research the general trends would continue. Players hit the ball more to RF than left field.

    And even at that, the LF dimensions aren't hugely different. It's 335 in LF corner, 375 in Left center 400 dead on 375 right center 325 RF Corner. But it's worth noting while shorter in RF the wall is much taller so I'm guessing there's not much of a power difference. If anything I'd say you're more likely to have a ball play off the wall in RF where range and arm are gonna be in play more often.
    I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. You may very well be right.

    Just going by what I've read and the fact I think they let Markakis stay in RF.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. You may very well be right.

    Just going by what I've read and the fact I think they let Markakis stay in RF.
    Moving a veteran in his last half of season to play a rookie in RF isn’t likely gonna happen. Markakis may well be a better RF than he would be a LF just from familiarity.

    There are bigger things to worry about.

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    I don’t think he’ll be better than tucker at the plate

    To be fair I don’t think tucker will be this good either

    But it wouldn’t shock me if 26 yo tucker has a better ops than 21 yo acuna

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    Hate to say it, but you can argue whatever you want - replacing Tucker with Acuna right now would be one of the most idiotic things AA would have done in his career.
    Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...

    Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?

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    Quote Originally Posted by clvclv View Post
    Hate to say it, but you can argue whatever you want - replacing Tucker with Acuna right now would be one of the most idiotic things AA would have done in his career.
    I dunno about that...Acuna is the better player...since when was playing the better player idiotic
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    Quote Originally Posted by clvclv View Post
    Hate to say it, but you can argue whatever you want - replacing Tucker with Acuna right now would be one of the most idiotic things AA would have done in his career.
    I'm not a huge fan of when enscheff rails on you for the things you say... but when you say **** like this it's impossible not to mock you. Acuna is the #1 prospect in baseball and the best outfielder in the entire organization. Saying that Preston Tucker should keep him in the minors is honestly the stupidest thing I've ever read.

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    Acuna should determine when Acuna gets here. Not what Tucker, or honestly, even Markakis does. If the scouts are right, it's not even a case of where he needs to "adjust to an adjustment". He's gotten out of good habits with his swing to try to force his way up. As soon as he gets himself back into good habits, you bring him up, even if Tucker is hitting .500.

    The Braves have been playing well but a number of things simply aren't sustainable, and that includes Tucker hitting .300 and OPS'ing .900. A lot of potentially sustaining the good start to an extent, is going to have to come on the guys that haven't really played yet for the ML team, including Acuna.
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    Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.

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    Continue to play tucker 70% of the time. Call up Acuna and let Markakis ride the pine. He can still get 2 starts a week with Acuna subbing Tucker.

    Acuna needs to up now. We are a WC team. Need his production immediately.

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