Last edited by msstate7; 06-09-2017 at 10:10 PM.
according to my math he has a .763 OPS since the end of April. ISO and Walk rates have improved every month. On pace for 16 homers
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Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
Terrible K- and BB-rates were not bad luck; moreover, he just looked lost in the bulk of his PA. I'm hoping he's turning it around—the numbers portend that way—and can salvage this season, considering his obvious room to grow. But if anything was "premature", it was the Braves installing him not just as Long-Term SS, but as Face of Franchise, before he'd even had a chance to prove himself at AAA.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Are we at a sufficient sample size yet to evaluate the Braves offensively?
Natural Immunity Croc
Southcack77 (06-09-2017), Tapate50 (06-10-2017), thethe (06-10-2017)
I'd say so, but at 16th in runs scored we are middle of the pack, which is pretty much where most people predicted anyway. Kemp will likely slow down a little more offensively and wind up in the mid to high .800 OPS range for the year, but I think/hope that Dansby will continue to be solid the rest of the way and make up that difference. We've had one of the weakest schedules in baseball in general, and in particular it's been weak in terms of the pitching we've faced (we had faced the third easiest schedule overall and in terms of pitching faced at the end of May), so with a tougher schedule in the second half we might drop off a bit, but I imagine the return of Freddie will keep us around the middle of the pack in runs scored overall even with a tougher schedule.
Braves numbers fairly stabile since the last time we had this discussion -- AVG/OBP/BABIP amongst leagues best. Still One of the teams that strikes out the least, but also walks the least. I think some of the numbers like Rs, WRC, WAR, etc have been improved slightly as they are sitting dead center of MLB in most of those offensive categories now.
Braves ranks in nl:
Avg - 3rd
Obp - 2nd
Slugging - 8th
Ops - 7th
I don't remember anyone saying league's worst offense, and barely anyone saying we would be below average offensively. The reason most people including Enscheff thought we would be at least a mid to high 70 win team was because we thought we'd be an average offense and average pitching team. If people thought we were going to suck offensively the realist contingent such as myself would have been predicting a win total closer to 70ish. Everyone knew we'd be below average defensively due to poor corner OF defense and crap 3B defense, so we were counting on decent offense to hit that win total.
GovClintonTyree (06-10-2017)
2016 June 10th Attendence (Friday) vs. Cubs 30,547
2017 June 9th Attendance (Friday) vs. Mets 36,791
% increase 20.4
Have to think that hte Cubs are a much bigger draw than the Mets as well. I'd say attendance is starting to trend towards exactly what the Braves have hoped and potentially even better. Team needs to stay competitive though. If the team can find a way to stay a few games below 500 when Freeman comes back then I would expect to come close to that sweet spot of 2.5 - 2.7 M fans. Potentially 2018 is an actual contention year and that moves closer to 3M in the future.
Average increase in fans for 2017 over 2016 - 4,417
% increase in fans for 2017 over 2016 - 17.7%
Total percentage increase is without the bump they are going to get for the summer months. Everything is falling into place!
Natural Immunity Croc
Indeed. I assumed bottom 3rd in the NL in offense. They seem to be squarely average and barring a major collapse will likely finish the season that way.
So instead of a poor lineup an average pitching we got an average lineup and poor pitching. Braves are on pace for 74 wins still. Hard to say if that's inflated a little due to the entire division being **** besides Washington.
Last edited by thewupk; 06-10-2017 at 07:53 AM.
jpx7 (06-10-2017)