AA is just as much to blame here. He could set the policy of how Acuna needs to be handled. The fact he hasn't makes me think there are more considerations than dinosaur management.Originally Posted by Enscheff
AA is just as much to blame here. He could set the policy of how Acuna needs to be handled. The fact he hasn't makes me think there are more considerations than dinosaur management.
50PoundHead (03-02-2024), jpx7 (03-02-2024), Mrs. Meta (03-02-2024)
I got into it with a Braves' fan on another forum when I griped about the putrid nature of the bench. Bypassing someone like Grichuk sitting out there just seems ridiculous.
I saw Kike Hernandez signed with the Dodgers for $4 MM. Hernandez probably opted for a system in which he has some familiarity and where he has some trust as to how he will be used. Hernandez would have been a perfect fit on the Braves' bench, but it's likely he wants between 350 and 400 ABs and the most anyone on the Braves' bench outside of the d'Arnaud/Murphy tandem will get is probably in the low-100s.
Looking forward to getting eyes on Lopez in a starting role.
I was under the impression Lopez had more in the tank than 94-95.
He touched 96 to Turner, and seemed to throw a slider, curve and change/split. That’s definitely the arsenal of a legit SP, so maybe AA was onto something.
cajunrevenge (03-02-2024)
Better than Elder maybe ?
Vaughn Grissom injured. Likely to start season on the DL. Apparently the injury bug wasnt a part of the trade. Gotta be frustrating to trade an injury prone player only for the injury prone player to be healthy and the prospect to get injured immediately.
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It’s over."
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What other forums do you go to for Braves content? And why do you cheat on chop country?
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jpx7 (03-03-2024), Tapate50 (03-02-2024), The Chosen One (03-02-2024)
Is mlb gameday classifying Waldreps Splitter as a slider? I thought he was supposed to have a great splitter but I dont see it listed as being thrown.
"Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.
It’s over."
Little Thethe Nov 19, 2020.
I went out to shovel snow and missed Waldrep? Such a dummy move on my part.
With how old he is its probably a real life forum in the bingo hall he goes to.
Forever Fredi
I just went back and watched his outing. Whatever he was throwing at 87-88 appears to have cut action rather than the fade usually seen with splitters and changes. He is very over the top, so it’s likely his split goes straight down or maybe even cuts a bit as a result. That’s maybe why it was being called a slider.
It looks like a circle change grip though.
Umm…
The entire tone has changed in 24 hours.
If Acuna is really hurt, snit should be fired as soon as it's announced. He let our best player go out there stealing and running in run downs in a meaningless game
He's hurt. They lied about the mri, and it's gone from nothing to hope it's nothing.
Lots of speculation it is a meniscus tear... if so, it wouldn't be horrible news. Surgery would keep him out only around 4 weeks... upper bound probably 6 weeks.
Even if it is very minor - a grade one or two, my money is they go ahead and do the meniscus surgery right now and he’s playing April 1. His long term career and earning potential will obviously outweigh rushing back, but this is the most minor ortho issue in our dictionary. And his running around stealing bases has nothing to do with it - if that Meniscus was gonna partial tear, it was just as likely running down a fly ball in warmups- and would have happened sooner or later - so paradoxically, Snitker should get a lollipop that this happened now.
Ain’t much to meniscus surgery.
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