Originally Posted by
NYCBrave
While I am a firm believer that you not only need a couple of dominant aces to succeed in the playoffs (preferably power pitchers, no surprise Smoltz was our best SP), I know it was our hitting that failed us time and time again in the playoffs. It's almost like our hitters never showed up. Especially in recent years and especially our stars.
2003: Castilla 4-16, Fick 0-11, Furcal 4-19, Andruw 1-17, Chipper 3-18, Sheffield 2-14
2004: JD Drew 4-20, Giles 3-24, Chipper 4-20, LaRocha 4-17,
2005: Francoeur 4-17, Furcal 3-20, Giles 4-20, Chipper 3-17, McCann 3-16
2010: 4 games, .175 BA, .477 OPS as a team!!! (Heyward 2-16, Ankiel 2-12, Conrad 1-11, Diaz 1-10, Alex Gonzalez 3-15, Infante 4-18, D. Lee 2-16 , McCann 6-14)
2013: 4 games, .214 BA, .564 OPS as a team!!! (Freeman 5-16, Gattis 5-14, Heyward 3-18, C. Johnson 7-16, Elliot Johnson 1-14, McCann 0-13, Simmons 3-12, Upton 2-14)
It also didn't help that we had key errors in every single series! 2010 Conrad, 2012 WC Chipper blew that double play, 2013 Gattis adventures in LF