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    Quote Originally Posted by Tapate50 View Post
    I think there is a zero percent chance Bae sits for Hech.
    Its not a zero percent chance or else Bowman wouldn't have posted a quote that looks like this:

    Let’s just say this is a very important week for Swanson. Braves manager Brian Snitker put Swanson at the top of Sunday’s lineup and he plans to get the shortstop as many plate appearances as possible with the hope the conclusion of his regular season is as promising as the beginning was.

    Swanson has produced a MLB-worst .457 OPS dating to Aug. 26, which is when he returned from the injured list. His extended offensive woes might have influenced the two errors committed in Sunday’s loss to the Giants.

    The Braves are at their best with Swanson in the lineup. But with Swanson far from his own best, the club may have no choice but to turn to Hechavarria, who has proven to be more than “all glove” while producing a unexpected .892 in 63 plate appearances.
    That does everything but straight up say that Swanson must produce this week or he will get benched for the NLDS even if everything suggests he should get out of this (and it does give me Elliot Johnson twitches, although in this case, they can't flat out leave the guy in question off the roster because of injuries). Now sometimes, Bowman has had bad sources, but he's also looked great in other cases, so based off this, it looks like a real story.

    So, considering Soroka getting pushed to game 3 and the Swanson situation, the Braves are most certainly ignoring reason to some.
    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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    Folks still put stock into Bowman's idiotic musings?

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    Well, Soroka getting pushed to game 3 is official (he's not starting on short rest October 4th), so that part can be discussed (and it has brought mixed feelings). And I didn't say that Bowman has been always correct, its just that there's been times where he's looked very good. So, we can't dismiss the possibility that they bench Dansby.

    I'd say it's 50/50 right now.
    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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    Bowman is basing this off 60 PAs for both guys...

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgiaGirl View Post
    Well, Soroka getting pushed to game 3 is official (he's not starting on short rest October 4th), so that part can be discussed (and it has brought mixed feelings). And I didn't say that Bowman has been always correct, its just that there's been times where he's looked very good. So, we can't dismiss the possibility that they bench Dansby.

    I'd say it's 50/50 right now.
    Game 2 is on Friday, Soroka is scheduled to go Sunday on a limited pitch count 50-70 or so. He'd still be on normal rest for Game 2 and Game 5. It does seem like he's going Game 3 though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgiaGirl View Post
    its just that there's been times where he's looked very good.
    I guess we all have different tastes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Heyward View Post
    Game 2 is on Friday, Soroka is scheduled to go Sunday on a limited pitch count 50-70 or so. He'd still be on normal rest for Game 2 and Game 5. It does seem like he's going Game 3 though.
    edit: ignore me, I'm dumb and thought the 30th was Sunday.
    Last edited by GeorgiaGirl; 09-25-2019 at 04:02 PM.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgiaGirl View Post
    There are not 31 days in this month, it would be 3 days rest.

    50-70 pitches maybe makes it more likely that they'd consider him for game 2, but this far of a pushback I think confirms game 3 for him.
    Sunday to Friday is normal rest for a starter

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgiaGirl View Post
    There are not 31 days in this month, it would be 3 days rest.

    50-70 pitches maybe makes it more likely that they'd consider him for game 2, but this far of a pushback I think confirms game 3 for him.
    What?

    Sunday to Friday is normal rest for starters. But i do agree, it seems he's going Game 3, but nothings set in stone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heyward View Post
    What?

    Sunday to Friday is normal rest for starters. But i do agree, it seems he's going Game 3, but nothings set in stone.
    had a dumb moment, I apologize for that. Thought he was pitching the 30th.

    However I still don't think you'd push to Sunday if you weren't pulling a move like that. Think that pushback all but confirms it.
    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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    Cardinals are the most boring team to make the playoffs in a long time. They aren’t good either. Should be an easy series win for the Braves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NinersSBChamps View Post
    Cardinals are the most boring team to make the playoffs in a long time. They aren’t good either. Should be an easy series win for the Braves.
    lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Mark Lemke and Francisco Cabrera say hi. So does Lonnie Smith.
    Herbek don't body slam him for a cheap out?

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    FG just released their preview:

    https://blogs.fangraphs.com/postseas...tlanta-braves/

    Very interesting tidbit at the end...

    The gap between what St. Louis can do with four-seamers and everything else is the biggest in baseball. If you include two-seamers, against which the Cardinals are average, the disparity looks even worse due to poor numbers against the slider and change. While the league seems to be moving to the four-seamer, the Braves are one of the top sinker-throwing teams in the game. In the second half, their sinker usage is first in baseball with only the Cubs, Mets, and Mariners throwing fewer four-seamers. Of the Braves starters, Fried and Teheran feature four-seamers, but Soroka, Keuchel, and Foltynewicz all throw their sinkers as their primary fastball.

    This might be some insight into why the Braves chose the SPs they did to face the Cards. It should probably inform Fried to use his flat FA sparingly and go with the new SI more often, or the Cards may bomb away on him.

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    Wow - Tomlin will be on the NLDS roster. Teheran will not. The Braves will instead go with a 6-man bench.

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    #Braves’ Freeman on simulated game Tuesday: “I didn’t feel my elbow at all. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow because I think I’m gonna be 100 percent.”
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    Ortega made the roster per Bowman. Ugh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88 View Post
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    #Braves’ Freeman on simulated game Tuesday: “I didn’t feel my elbow at all. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow because I think I’m gonna be 100 percent.”
    I first that not feeling his elbow at all was a bad thing. lmao

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    Quote Originally Posted by seanyates View Post
    Ortega made the roster per Bowman. Ugh.
    The results were bad but he did show a 322 xwOBA against righties. That seems more useful than an extra arm in a short series.

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    I thought Teheran would be the long man in the bp but him not on the roster Is surprising

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