GDT #57, 6/3/14: Braves (Floyd) vs. Mariners (E. Ramirez); 7:10 EDT

[Julio3000]

SEA @ ATL
Gavin Floyd vs. Erasmo Ramirez @ Turner Field
7:10 EDT, TV: SPSO

The Braves
1. Heyward RF
2. BJ Upton CF
3. Freeman 1B
4. JUp LF
5. Gattis C
6. Johnson 3B
7. La Stella 2B
8. Simmons SS
9. Floyd P

The Seamen
1. Jones CF
2. Saunders RF
3. Cano 2B
4. Seager 3B
5. Smoak 1B
6. Ackley LF
7. Buck C
8. Milller SS
9. Ramirez P

Erasmo Ramirez. The second of his name, actually, since another Erasmo Ramirez pitched, with no great distinction, in the bigs this decade.

He'll have a great nickname—the Eraser—if he turns out to be any good. As it is, he's getting cuffed around pretty rudely—20 runs in 30 big-league innings this year.

So, three-hit shutout, yeah? That's what I would have said, in other years. This team, though? It has got the gravity and the veteran lairdership to do The Little Things That it Takes to Win Ballgames (TM Joe Simpson). So crack the top and remove the bottoms, and let's wipe Turner Field with the Seam—er, the Mariners.

[MadduxFanII]

Justin in the third spot, Freeman batting clean-up? OUTRAGE! I'm going to throw a trash can through the window of a house owned by some guy named Justin.

[Braves1976]

If we are going to bat Freeman 4th, then we should be batting La Stella second and not BJ IMO. I'd also drop CJ to 8th, at least till he hopefully starts coming around. He hit 8th a bit last year early on and did well in that spot. Maybe he could turn things around a bit there again.

[NinersSBChamps]

Lineup construction means nothing to very little.

-Zito

[nsacpi]

Expecting a huge game from Chris Johnson tonight.

[Julio3000]

Jesus. Sorry. I just read it that way.

One job to do . . .

[nsacpi]

I like tonight's lineup. We only have 3 lefty hitters, so it is not a bad idea to put 2 righty hitters between them the way Fredi has tonight.

[stpeteirish]

Strange move to flip JUp and FF. Precursor to moving TLS to 2 hole? No idea.

[Prikichi]

Julio are you sure that's the correct lineup? Because the one David O'Brien posted on twitter has Freeman third and JUp fourth.

[Julio3000]

Julio are you sure that's the correct lineup? Because the one David O'Brien posted on twitter has Freeman third and JUp fourth.

I'm sure it's not. Fixed now. I also could've sworn I fixed it a few minutes ago when I posted the above. Sorry, again.

[nsacpi]

The Gorn!

[Runnin]

The Bear is out of hibernation.

[Fredi Gonzalez]

Nice to see my pregame speech about crooked numbers paid off. I told them I am gonna start benching them if they hit solo homers or only score 1 run in an inning. Thats just laziness.

[CrimsonCowboy]

[nsacpi]

This team is too inconsistent. If they were consistently bad I could enjoy them more.

[parkvadawg]

This offense is turrible

[bravesnumberone]

They're really facing a difficult pitcher.

[Tapate50]

Single with an error?

I'll take him as a "singles" hitter !

[CyYoung31]

I find it hard to believe that there are still Chris Johnson defenders.

[50PoundHead]

I find it hard to believe that there are still Chris Johnson defenders.

Someone jumped on me a couple of weeks back for criticizing Wren for his decision to extend Johnson. It's early and all, but we are going to want less cowbell (the sound of the ball hitting Johnson's mitt) going forward. Terrible defender and totally average-driven hitter. Just because you have money doesn't mean you burn it in a barrel.