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    Quote Originally Posted by SJ24 View Post
    Mets and Phillies both lost.

    3.5 games out.

    We need at least 1 more good bat.

    TDA and Huascar will be back.

    We can ride a Fried-Morton-Smyly-Muller-Touki/Huascar rotation into the postseason.
    I would imagine would be trade partners might be wanting Touki back. Every day that we play without that extra bat and improved bullpen is a wasted opportunity. We need the upgrades in place before the nine-game, eight-day stretch against the Phillies and Mets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hudson2 View Post
    True. I can’t believe as banged up as we are that we will probably be only 3.5 games out of first tonight. I don’t see anybody running away with the division to be honest.
    I was trying to tell people that when Acuña got injured. Still don’t think it’s our year though. Baseball gods have made that pretty clear up to this point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    I was trying to tell people that when Acuña got injured. Still don’t think it’s our year though. Baseball gods have made that pretty clear up to this point.
    They just love drama.

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    Acuña will make a triumphant return August 31st right before rosters are set for October.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Chosen One View Post
    Acuña will make a triumphant return August 31st right before rosters are set for October.
    Along with Fredi.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    FF over .900 ops
    Dude has been mashing. I'm having dreams of a Chipperesque run to where we beat down the Mets to take the East and he gets MVP again. At this point I think it's Tatis' to lose though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrimsonCowboy View Post
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    Yeah...did you catch him waving to Charlie while he was in the on deck circle?

    Hopefully Charlie doesn't try to persuade Freddie to join the Padres next year.

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    Freddie's career numbers: 294/383/509 - 139 WRC+

    Freddie's 2021 numbers: 284/387/516 - 138 WRC+

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    Yeah...did you catch him waving to Charlie while he was in the on deck circle?

    Hopefully Charlie doesn't try to persuade Freddie to join the Padres next year.
    I did see that. Pretty awesome

    I am still optimistic Freddie returns
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    I love Touki. Personality is amazing.
    Love how we acquired him.

    I still think he's a RP. I don't think he can be consistent. But I'd love to be wrong. And I'd love him to be a Brave for a long time. Seems to be a great guy with great talent.

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    FIP likes our 3 relief pitchers last night.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Russ2dollas View Post
    I love Touki. Personality is amazing.
    Love how we acquired him.

    I still think he's a RP. I don't think he can be consistent. But I'd love to be wrong. And I'd love him to be a Brave for a long time. Seems to be a great guy with great talent.
    This.

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    Touki used his SI about 2x as often as his FA last night. That was wise given the fact the SI is a much better pitch than the FA, but the FA should probably be scrapped altogether since it has such poor rise it is effectively a SI. Problem is, he was down to an average velocity of 92.5 mph, which is below MLB average these days. Why the Braves allow pitchers to continue using fastball variants with poor shapes is beyond me...they certainly have access to this data, and someone in the organization certainly knows these things.

    The excellent downer CU is still there, and is still his best pitch. It has lost some movement, so isn't the cartoon pitch it used to be, but it's still plus-plus.

    As has been the case since his debut, the Splitter acting as a CH is the key to him turning the lineup over multiple times. Well, that and his control/execution, obviously.

    Like all pitchers, Touki is in a race between "learning how to pitch" and his stuff deteriorating. His velocity/movement numbers show the stuff is losing its edge as he ages, so hopefully the learning is taking place to counteract that.

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