I’d have to say the Phillies and gNats are among the losers here as well. The Phillies did not address their pitching needs while the gNats picked up 3 very blah pieces for their pen....
Both teams tied in the WC hunt.
I’d have to say the Phillies and gNats are among the losers here as well. The Phillies did not address their pitching needs while the gNats picked up 3 very blah pieces for their pen....
Both teams tied in the WC hunt.
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Valid points, but we don't know what the price for such acquisitions were. I'm going to assume SP was incredibly expensive this deadline being that most of the best ones "available" didn't get traded.
I'm sure Folty factored into this decision as well. He could easily be that pitcher that shifts Fried to the pen, which would also eliminate the need for a lefty reliever also. And it apears that Riley isn't going anywhere at this point, so hopefully vs LHP we'll see more of the lineup we saw they other night with Riley, Duvall, and Acuna as the starting OF. Camrago could/should factor into that rotation as well.
jpx7 (08-01-2019)
Without getting a SP we pretty much punted this season. We should win the division and we will have a punchers chance but we might as well consider the NLDS to be the world series.
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bravesfanforlife88 (07-31-2019), jpx7 (08-01-2019)
If we get past the NLDS, I will consider that my world series victory. Anything else is just icing on cake.
I just wanna remember the feeling of seeing us play in a Best of 7 playoff series again. Last time it happened I was 11 years old.
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cajunrevenge (07-31-2019), jpx7 (08-01-2019), Mrs. Meta (08-01-2019)
I think after this trade deadline, we are pretty solid favorites to make it to the NLCS. If we can pull that off, we have a solid ~30% shot to knock off the Dodgers in 7 games. Given our budget, I think that is about as good as you could hope for from year to year. We also have a small chance that the wild card team can knock off the Dodgers in 5, which would greatly increase our odds of making the World Series.
This doesn't feel like a World Series team, but all we need is a little bit of luck and we can get there for sure.
I see the probabilities as follows:
70% to win division (per FG)
60% to win division round playoff series if we make it
40% to win NLCS if we make it
40% to win WS if we make it
Mind you this is extremely overly simplified but that puts you into that 6-10% likelihood range of winning a WS which is a fantastic situation to be in. (538 has us at 7%, FWIW)
Anytime you are a clear favorite to win your division, then you need to put yourself in a position to win a World Series. If anything, I would have preferred if AA was more aggressive and added both a starting pitcher and an outfielder. There’s no guarantee this team will be in this same position next year.
Braves1976 (08-02-2019), jpx7 (08-01-2019)