GDT: 10/6 Braves vs Marlins Game 1 NLDS

[Enscheff]

Game 4 we thinking Tomlin then Matzek then Greene?

Ynoa wasn't on the WC roster and seems to have been added to the NLDS roster specifically to start Game 4.

[Enscheff]

They'll probably end up blasting fried today, but boy, our lineup looks much, much stronger

That's because the Braves are a much, much better team. Any team can have a bad week, but the Braves are leaps and bounds better than the Marlins.

The Braves have higher projected odds of winning their series than any other team.

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/...?&series=ALDS1

[PawPawMaxwell]

Culberson and no Hechevaria. Whats up?

[Dalyn]

Culberson and no Hechevaria. Whats up?

Hech was already not hitting, and then he started not fielding. Now he is not playing. They figured if they were going to have someone on the team not playing, might as well be someone who spent the whole season practicing for such a role.

[Dalyn]

I will, unfortunately, miss this one live, same as all the others, but I look forward to seeing postseason Emma later.

[NinersSBChamps]

Hech was due for a big series! Revenge factor looms larger than Pablo Sandoval.

[CyYoung31]

That's because the Braves are a much, much better team. Any team can have a bad week, but the Braves are leaps and bounds better than the Marlins.

The Braves have higher projected odds of winning their series than any other team.

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/...?&series=ALDS1

This is why I’m actually confident heading into a playoff series for the first time in the better part of the last two decades. This the first time in a LONG time the Braves are the clear favorite heading into a playoff series. We were a better team than the Reds, but that was only a 3-game series, AND the Reds were stacked on the front end of the rotation. Every playoff matchup we’ve had in the last 15 or so years has been pretty evenly matched, or we were big underdogs (2018).

Now, of course, that doesn’t mean the Braves are definitely going to win this series. A 5 game series is only slightly less random than a 1-game playoff, and if the Braves play like ****, then they can absolutely lose. But I’m not worried to death like I have been in the past. Obviously, that can all change pending the outcome of game 1.

[Dalyn]

This is why I’m actually confident heading into a playoff series for the first time in the better part of the last two decades. This the first time in a LONG time the Braves are the clear favorite heading into a playoff series. We were a better team than the Reds, but that was only a 3-game series, AND the Reds were stacked on the front end of the rotation. Every playoff matchup we’ve had in the last 15 or so years has been pretty evenly matched, or we were big underdogs (2018).

Now, of course, that doesn’t mean the Braves are definitely going to win this series. A 5 game series is only slightly less random than a 1-game playoff, and if the Braves play like ****, then they can absolutely lose. But I’m not worried to death like I have been in the past. Obviously, that can all change pending the outcome of game 1.

I feel the same. As for playing like ****, obviously the offense needs to start clicking again, but other than that our series against the Reds was as close to flawless as you can really hope to get. The closest thing we had to a mistake on defense was hesitation from Riley on a throw that cost us the double-play, and a very slight bobble from an incredibly nervous Swanson that he still managed to control and get the out at first. I feel pretty good about our chances this series (definitely more than with the Reds), which has not at all been the case for the past 20 years or so.

[MadduxFanII]

I wonder if Pierzynski is as annoying in the broadcast booth as he was in the locker room. Does he periodically nut punch the guys he calls games with?

[NinersSBChamps]

Both the Reds and Marlins wouldn’t make the playoffs over the course of a full season. I wasn’t concerned about the Reds and I am not at all worried about the Marlins. I could see them winning a game (game 3) and then the Braves wrap it up on Thursday.

[UNCBlue012]

I would like a blow out Braves win, please.

[NinersSBChamps]

If the Braves hit a home run does that train go off in the outfield since we are the home team.

[striker42]

I would like a blow out Braves win, please.

Seriously. A nice, easy, low stress win.

[Dalyn]

Seriously. A nice, easy, low stress win.

Plllllleeeeeeaaaaassssseeeeeeeeee

[NinersSBChamps]

That high school team with Fried, Flaherty, and Giolito is effing absurd.

[Buzzworm]

Come on Max.
Be the ace you are!

[UNCBlue012]

Lmao. Max is getting a huge zone

[MadduxFanII]

OH MY GOD MAX FRIED'S HEAD JUST SNAPPED OFF AND FLEW INTO THE STANDS!

#DalynCatchesUpLater

[UNCBlue012]

Dammit, Riley.

[thewupk]

Riley...