GDT: 05/07 O's @ Braves: Return of Ar-See-Ya

[Tapate50]

Sean Murphy article on FG

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sean-mur...d-a-new-level/

[bravesfanMatt]

Even in the beginning of the season, he did take a few walks while doing nothing else besidefs hitting like 1-2 hrs. Then he completely was nosediving off a cliff. Weak contact mixed in with some exit velo, tons of strikeouts and looking lost like Ozzie, and no walks.

yes, when he was getting boo'd, wasn't the fact that he just sucked, even if unlucky, he was just going up there and clobbering catchers while looking completely fooled on every pitch. Now he seems to be seeing the ball or guessing right or whatever.

I mean this series he was only 1 for 10 with 3 walks I think.. but he had some good AB's imo even if they didn't produce any hits.

[msstate7]

Ozuna's walk and k rates in line with 2019-20. His xwoba is .349, and babip is .109.

He's swinging it well imo, and a great evidence of that was moving the runner up yesterday in extras. Ozuna hitting the grounder to the right side was great to see... I feel like he'd have tried to pull a couple weeks ago

[Tapate50]

TDA could be activated as early as Tuesday.

[Hulavol]

Was told Braves targeting 5/16 for Soroka. Wonder how true that is….

[bravesfanMatt]

TDA could be activated as early as Tuesday.

With Nozuna starting to feel like a MLB player.. still not holding my breath for him.. but I wonder how they navigate playing time now. You can't have Murphy playing only 50% of the time. TDA 2 DH, 1 catching a week. Twit will have his work cut out trying to get our guys all some AB's.

[bravesfanMatt]

Was told Braves targeting 5/16 for Soroka. Wonder how true that is….

Honey baked ham rumor or Cy rumor?

[Hulavol]

[QUOTE=bravesfanMatt;951222]Honey baked ham rumor or Cy rumor?[/QUOTE

Put it this way - came from a friend of mine in Boulder, CO - you know, as close to the situation as one can possibly be.

[Hulavol]

With Nozuna starting to feel like a MLB player.. still not holding my breath for him.. but I wonder how they navigate playing time now. You can't have Murphy playing only 50% of the time. TDA 2 DH, 1 catching a week. Twit will have his work cut out trying to get our guys all some AB's.

I just posted the same thing and took it down because you said it better than me-
Is Ozunas defense so bad you can’t platoon him righty/lefty with Rosario ? Frankly, I’d rather Ozuna be LF full time if his D isn’t atrocious

[msstate7]

I just posted the same thing and took it down because you said it better than me-
Is Ozunas defense so bad you can’t platoon him righty/lefty with Rosario ? Frankly, I’d rather Ozuna be LF full time if his D isn’t atrocious

Pillar is playing well also

[The Chosen One]

D'Arnaud reactivated.

[bravesfanMatt]

yeah, I think the team wants Pilar/Rosey platoon at this point. Hilliard will be for baserunning and occasional Lefty bat off bench.. maybe spell Ronnie some. Ozuna/TDA are going to be the primary DH going forward at this point. Shew probably gets a spot start here and there. all though, is it right to let shew sit on bench like this. Maybe Ehire comes back when his vacation is done... that way Shew can go back down and get regular ABs.

[msstate7]

D'Arnaud reactivated.

Adrianza, shewmake, or tromp?

[The Chosen One]

Adrianza, shewmake, or tromp?

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/ba...-injured-list/

didn't say

[The Chosen One]

Would be nice if D'Arnaud or Murphy could play 1B to give Olson an occasional break.

But we know Snit is deadset on Olson playing every single game.

[bravesfanMatt]

Got to be Tromp. I like the idea of Murph or TDA trying 1B to give Olson a break from keeping all the fans cooled off.

[PawPawMaxwell]

As much as anyone else I want to see the best team available on the field for every game but I wonder if the best situation for TDA would be medical retirement. One more concussion may be too many for him.

[UNCBlue012]

I’m so glad to see Travis back but this better not push Sean back into being a platoon player lol so stupid

[DirkPiggler]

Got to be Tromp. I like the idea of Murph or TDA trying 1B to give Olson a break from keeping all the fans cooled off.

d'Arnaud played 21 games at 1B for the Rays in 2019. It wouldn't hurt to play him over there a game or two to spell Olson.

[zbhargrove]

I would think and hope TDA will primarily play DH now with all the concussions. He just may spell Murphy 1-2 days a week depending. Those days I hope Murphy is DHing…