HUGE problem here. You're talking about the Mutts having two injury-prone starters in one breath, then mentioning a healthy Soroka in the same sentence. There's an argument to be made that Soroka never throws another pitch in the majors again, so any discussion about him making a contribution - of any sort - is an absolute pipe-dream.
It would be a great story if Soroka made it back far enough to even be a #4/#5 SP for even a year or two, but there's much more chance the Mutts get more significant contributions from Scherzer and deGrom - regardless of how injury-prone they may or may not be.
We're all pulling like crazy for Mike, but he was far from a frontline SP before he tore the tendon the first time - expecting him to be anything like he was prior to that is a bit nuts.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
A Jack Morris paraphrase: " A 10-9 win counts just as much as a 1-0 win." Unfortunately for the Braves so far this year you can apply the same logic that a 1-0 loss counts just as much as a 7-6 loss. Maybe even more when they occur on back to back days.
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Scherzer has an oblique injury.
Unfortunately I have to agree.
I'm thinking the most I can expect from Soroka is that he can come in and do the Strider role this year. He hasn't thrown and I don't know how stretched out he can get. Maybe he can be that multi inning guy and you can put Strider into the rotation.
I think the best realistic situation for Soroka is you hope he can be healthy and pitch this year. Be healthy through the offseason. Hopefully be a factor next year.
And Soroka was a front line starter before his injury. Not established, but his pedigree along with success at MLB level is clear frontline guy. His MLB era is bloated due to small sample size with a few bad games before his shoulder went out. And sub 3 is bloated. Lol. Soroka is just injury prone and not reliable in the least bit.
Coppy
Scherzer out 6-8 weeks
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
I don’t agree we’ve had bad luck.
Duvall and some of the others are just bad now.
Advanced stats show this.
I believe we will get it together and be in the mix for a playoff spot but as of right now we are just a mediocre team and our advanced stats and run differential bare that out.
“Bad luck” tells us some of these guys aren’t as awful as their results suggest. It doesn’t mean they are actually amazing players though….just not awful.
The Braves needed help in the OF, and AA failed at adding that help. Anyone who thought guys acquired for free would somehow be the solution for a full season was high on WS glory. I said as much while it was happening.
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