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    Game Thread - Taking it in Stride

    Starts in 20 and no thread so I’m popping my cherry

    Acuña Jr - RF
    Albies - 2B
    Riley - 3B
    d’Arnaud - C
    Olson - 1B
    Ozuna - DH
    Arcia - SS
    Pillar- LF
    Harris II - CF

    Strider on the mound

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    Marsh gets so insanely lucky against the Braves

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    Take him out.

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    Strider’s hanging a few too many pitches but his velocity looks good. He also threw two strikes that weren’t called against Harper

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    Now that was classic Strider.

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    He’s hanging a few too many pitches, but Strider’s velocity is a consistent 98, which is a great sign.

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    Garbage ump forcing Pillar to expand to his trash strike zone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UNCBlue012 View Post
    He’s hanging a few too many pitches, but Strider’s velocity is a consistent 98, which is a great sign.
    Control and velocity are better. A sign his mechanics are getting to where they should be.

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    An absolute banger

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    Squeezes Strider but not Suarez. Makes no sense

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    Strider is back?

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    Roger's kid is going to annoy us like Bohm and Marsh, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Garmel View Post
    Control and velocity are better. A sign his mechanics are getting to where they should be.
    Definitely better .

    Still too much middle middle. Especially the fastball.

    But more stuff toward the sides of the zone.

    I think the velocity dip was him taking some off to try and know where it was going

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    He’s throwing low-velo middle-middle. Come on, guys

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    Pretty sure this is the only LHP the braves can't hit

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    The lefties are killing him.

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    Strider bringing the heat that inning

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    He just threw one 100 and got Castellanos swinging on a beautiful slider

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    First inning there was swing and miss on the fastball….good sign

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    I wish the TV would do a better job of showing us the defensive alignments. I would like to see how defenses are set up.

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