Official Spring Training Thread

[Enscheff]

Does anyone think Tromp makes the team? If the last person on the bench isn't gonna play anyway we may as well leverage them to allow our better players to get more ABs. If we signed Duvall we'd have

Murphy/TDA
Duvall
Guillorme
Tromp

The bench options outside TDA are all so terrible it doesn’t really matter who ends up on it.

[Slippyjms]

The bench options outside TDA are all so terrible it doesn’t really matter who ends up on it.

But again we're managing Snit. If he has a 3rd C he may be more willing to use TDA/Murphy to PH in appropriate spots.

[bravesfanMatt]

But again we're managing Snit. If he has a 3rd C he may be more willing to use TDA/Murphy to PH in appropriate spots.

Who would they hit for. Kelenic. Arcia. Really only two that would ever get pulled offensively.

[mfree80]

I think Fletcher and Wall are good enough to be playable a couple of times a week, but they will probably be in Gwinnett. I doubt the other options would be playable.

[Enscheff]

Man the radio dinosaurs are brutal to listen to. They are still moaning about umps enforcing the timers.

[cajunrevenge]

I think Fletcher and Wall are good enough to be playable a couple of times a week, but they will probably be in Gwinnett. I doubt the other options would be playable.

If Wall and Fletcher are starting once a week much less multiple times a week I will be a sad panda. They arent good enough to start multiple times a week on the Mets, and there are the freaking Mets.

[Enscheff]

If Wall and Fletcher are starting once a week much less multiple times a week I will be a sad panda. They arent good enough to start multiple times a week on the Mets, and there are the freaking Mets.

Agreed. If the Braves can’t get quality bench players because snit can’t competently use bench players, and then he starts playing terrible bench players often enough to warrant having good bench players…he should be shot.

[zbhargrove]

Harris stays red hot... Kelenic gets a great swing on a fastball, hard hit single... Murphy clears the bases with a double.

[zbhargrove]

Wall with another RBI hit

[Heyward]

Wall with another RBI hit

Wall > Kelenic? I'm kidding, kinda.

[Enscheff]

TV gun said AJ was 97-98. All the pieces are there, but the 4 seamer was down and the slider was up. Needless to say that’s the exact opposite of what he should be trying to do.

The finishing touches for AJ are execution of that stuff, but it’s all there to make a very valuable SP.

[Nerfherders]

I was looking forward to the first ST game on Bally yesterday... and it was the YES broadcast. Do they not travel to spring anymore?

[Carp]

Given the way he hit from June to the end of last season, I think it's time to get real excited about MHII. If he stays healthy and can maintain that sort of offensive production over a full season with his typical great defense, we are looking at a 6-7 WAR type of CFer, and a guy that could rival Acuna as the best overall player in the league.

[Mad Dog Murph]

I was looking forward to the first ST game on Bally yesterday... and it was the YES broadcast. Do they not travel to spring anymore?

Ballys are only producing 8 ST home games plus 4 other home games produced by other networks they will simulcast. Most Away games are done by there networks and likely not on Ballys. I watch through the mlb app so I don’t have the full schedule for Ballys.

[UNCBlue012]

Oh, boy... Gerrit Cole is having an MRI on his pitching elbow, Aaron Boone told reporters in Clearwater.​

[zbhargrove]

Oh, boy... Gerrit Cole is having an MRI on his pitching elbow, Aaron Boone told reporters in Clearwater.​

ruh row

[Garmel]

Given the way he hit from June to the end of last season, I think it's time to get real excited about MHII. If he stays healthy and can maintain that sort of offensive production over a full season with his typical great defense, we are looking at a 6-7 WAR type of CFer, and a guy that could rival Acuna as the best overall player in the league.

The only issue is if he can consistently get the ball in the air instead of on the ground.

[Enscheff]

Still no Acuna.

[msstate7]

Still no Acuna.

I thought they said he was done with ST, but will be ready for opening day

[thewupk]

Given the way he hit from June to the end of last season, I think it's time to get real excited about MHII. If he stays healthy and can maintain that sort of offensive production over a full season with his typical great defense, we are looking at a 6-7 WAR type of CFer, and a guy that could rival Acuna as the best overall player in the league.

I think your late to the party. Everyone has been excited about him for some time now.