GDT - 9.29: Game 1, Nats at Braves - last regular-season series of 2023

[UNCBlue012]

Acuna RF
Albies 2B
Riley 3B
Olson 1B
Ozuna DH
Rosario LF
d'Arnaud C
Lopez SS
Wall CF
Winans P

[msstate7]

No steals, snit

[chop2chip]

No steals, snit

I don’t think Acuna has listened to Snit a single time his whole career, so you are probably asking the wrong person.

[bravesfanMatt]

No steals, snit

probably be a few steals with TDA behind the dish.

[CyYoung31]

TDA starting back to back games. So much for the rest theory.

[MadduxFanII]

No steals, snit

Counterpoint: Acuna should try to steal 10 bases this weekend.

[msstate7]

Murphy and TDA are absolutely horrible since the break. I'd ask fried and strider who they want games 1 and 2

[mfree80]

Well, two in a row for Murphy, now two in a row for d. The pattern is changing 😀

[AJonesATL]

To me we already butchered this so badly. Murphy is the better player and if the better player is slumping, there is no reason we shouldn't have just done what we did for Ozuna and rosario - give him AB's to bust out. Don't get me wrong, Murphy has been bad and that's on him, but it would have been nice the past month if he got a reasonable chance to just start 7 of 10 games over a 30 day period to break-out of this. Now we are left with the most bizarre platoon and playing rotation I've seen us have in a while and frankly zero confidence in either one of them right now.

That said, at least Murphy has been good this year. TD is literally hitting 224 with a 685 ops.

Frankly this is where basic use of the DH would be nice. We clinched and these are meaningless games and Murphy / TD are both struggling majorly. Why not start Murphy at DH (or TD) and give them both a chance to get going... instead we've just let Murphy rot too much on the bench and he's stuck in this limbo slump.

[Heyward]

To me we already butchered this so badly. Murphy is the better player and if the better player is slumping, there is no reason we shouldn't have just done what we did for Ozuna and rosario - give him AB's to bust out. Don't get me wrong, Murphy has been bad and that's on him, but it would have been nice the past month if he got a reasonable chance to just start 7 of 10 games over a 30 day period to break-out of this. Now we are left with the most bizarre platoon and playing rotation I've seen us have in a while and frankly zero confidence in either one of them right now.

That said, at least Murphy has been good this year. TD is literally hitting 224 with a 685 ops.

Frankly this is where basic use of the DH would be nice. We clinched and these are meaningless games and Murphy / TD are both struggling majorly. Why not start Murphy at DH (or TD) and give them both a chance to get going... instead we've just let Murphy rot too much on the bench and he's stuck in this limbo slump.

It would make a little sense if TDA has actually been good but he's been worse than Murphy. It's just a very very weird situation and one that may bite us in in the ass in the playoffs.

[msstate7]

It would make a little sense if TDA has actually been good but he's been worse than Murphy. It's just a very very weird situation and one that may bite us in in the ass in the playoffs.

Anyone got ERA for each catcher?

[SJ24]

Great start for Winans. 6 pitches.

[SJ24]

There goes that man! Number 71.

[Slippyjms]

It would make a little sense if TDA has actually been good but he's been worse than Murphy. It's just a very very weird situation and one that may bite us in in the ass in the playoffs.

We are literally playing for nothing tonight and C is the most demanding position on the field. Seems like the perfect time to use the backup.

[thewupk]

Acuna going for Nixons record

[thewupk]

Acuna needs 4 more hits to tie the Atlanta single season hit record

[buck75]

Riley has come a long way at 3B

[thewupk]

Riley has come a long way at 3B

Best 3b in the NL

[SJ24]

Frenchy spoke that hit for Travis into existence.

[SJ24]

72!!!!!!!