GDT 8/22/21: Braves @ Orioles - Contreras in the lineup

[CyYoung31]

He’s toast, guys.

[thewupk]

He hangs his breaking pitch 80% of the time.

yup. that one too. its wild. when he gets it down its virtually unhittable. the stuff is great. but he hangs that **** a ton these days.

[atl717]

Smith is so bad. He throws the fattest pitches.

[CrimsonCowboy]

[TURBO]

[thewupk]

See. Slider down = nasty.

O's are very bad. good lord

[UNCBlue012]

Praise God... if he closes against the Yanks, we will absolutely lose. 150%

[CyYoung31]

[thewupk]

9 wins in a row. Yes it was the Nats, Marlins, and O's. But the Braves beat up on the teams they should have and put themselves in great position.

[CyYoung31]

yup. that one too. its wild. when he gets it down its virtually unhittable. the stuff is great. but he hangs that **** a ton these days.

That, and his fastball sucks.

He’s been doing it for the better part of two years now. It has to be a mechanical thing, and I can’t believe it hasn’t been addressed.

[USMA76]

We've proven we can destroy bad teams; now let's see if we can go .500 against the elite ones. Obviously, if we can do that, I really like our long term chances.

[Slippyjms]

31-14

[WaitingFor2017]

And, in an odd scheduling quirk, the Braves last 5 road series of the year are the 5 NL West teams.

[jpx7]

I have a feeling the team won't pick up his club option for 2023

Was just thinking that when revisiting his contract details a couple minutes ago.

[The Chosen One]

And, in an odd scheduling quirk, the Braves last 5 road series of the year are the 5 NL West teams.

i would think it was scheduled that way in the event the season might get cut short due to Covid?

[jpx7]

Toussaint showing a lot of promise as a solid back-of-rotation option going forward.

[jsebe10]

Toussaint showing a lot of promise as a solid back-of-rotation option going forward.

I fortunately with Ian coming back soon that means someone has go slide…I think it should be Smyly…but he makes too much for that

[msstate7]

Smith makes me nervous as hell, but he pulls them out for the most part. Hopefully this HR tear is just a bad stretch

[jpx7]

I fortunately with Ian coming back soon that means someone has go slide…I think it should be Smyly…but he makes too much for that

I’m more thinking about 2022. And it’s nice to know he’s an option, irrespective of how the last six weeks’ rotation shakes out. They could also go with a six-man group, though, so who knows.

[Buzzworm]

I’m more thinking about 2022. And it’s nice to know he’s an option, irrespective of how the last six weeks’ rotation shakes out. They could also go with a six-man group, though, so who knows.

Ya I really want to see Touki given a chance at the 5 spot next season.
He was great for us this season and really helped save us when injuries hit.
Hopefully the Smyly experience is over after the year and we let Touki take his spot