Acuna
Freeman
Ozuna
Albies
Swanson
Riley
Contreras
Heredia
Davidson
The fact Swanson is hitting in front of Riley and Contreras tells me Snit has thrown in the towel on trying to be tactically sound.
Hopefully he doesn’t leave Davidson in too long.
Hopefully he doesn’t punt another 1-2 PAs in a close game.
Hopefully the Braves don’t lose a close game while their best BP arms sit idle on the bench.
Swanson needs to leadoff to fix him. He probably would like leading off and hit way better.
Coppy
Did Snit ever say why Swanson is hitting in front of Riley? I may have missed it. Motivational tactic? Confusing the enemy? The Lockhart files? Can someone dummy it down for me?
Not sure you can justify Swanson above contreas either
It’s hard to justify Swanson above Heredia too.
Don’t worry about Dansby. My reverse jinx should be in effect.
Dansby goes yard tonight.
I'm predicting a big night by ozuna, like huge (3 extra base hits). It could be 4 Ks though... my magic 8 ball is unsure
If you are like me and think xwOBA is the best publicly available stat for revealing true talent and predicting future performance (.320 is roughly MLB average):
Acuña Jr., Ronald .460
Sandoval, Pablo .430
Contreras, William .421
Freeman, Freddie .406
Albies, Ozzie .375
Heredia, Guillermo .353
Riley, Austin .347
Ozuna, Marcell .339
Swanson, Dansby .319
d'Arnaud, Travis .314
Adrianza, Ehire .282
Pache, Cristian .196
The sample size for guys like Panda, Heredia and Contreras are too small to be meaningful (I set the minimum PAs low enough to include Conterera), but this is a pretty clear offensive ranking of the true talent on the roster.
First note should that the Braves are a very good offensive club with no regulars much worse than MLB average (though CF will likely be a problem).
Swanson should be batting 7th or 9th (with the pitcher batting 8th).
Ozuna is on the upswing, so I'm hesitant to call Riley better than him yet.
Pache was unfathomably bad and shouldn't see another MLB PA this year.
Last edited by Enscheff; 05-18-2021 at 04:34 PM.
salmagundy (05-18-2021), TURBO (05-18-2021)
Braves and leaving your best BP arms in the pen late. Name a more iconic duo.Originally Posted by Enscheff
I'd like to see 14 pages of ceaseless bitching about how terrible the team is inexplicably followed by a picture of a bouncing elephant. And then look at box score to find the Braves won 5-1.
Garmel (05-18-2021)
All the team has to do is give up a run in the 1st and score 5 in the 8th to get your wish.
Signature moves. Austin had the Stone Cold Stunner, Sheik the Camel Clutch, Nature Boy had the Figure-4 leg lock. Fredi had the Carpenter Crush and Snit’s got the Leverage Lariat.
No David Carpenter slander. Not in here.
Besides that terrible throw to 1st base on the 2nd out Davidson had a very nice first inning.
For some reason, I can't pick up the Braves broadcast. That normally only happens during a local blackout when we're playing one of the Texas teams or St. Louis .
Anyone else having this issue? In the meantime, I'll have to listen to the Mets feed which isn't a bad consolation.
Last edited by USMA76; 05-18-2021 at 06:33 PM.
This dude is filthy.
I just have no confidence in this offense
This dude is throwing 99 on the black with wicked movement. I wouldn’t have confidence in any offense.
I didn't catch the pregame. Have we faced Castro before? If we have, I sure don't remember.
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