3/21 GDT: ATLANTA vs PITTSBURGH, 1:10

[rico43]

Atlanta 103 300 000 -- 7 14 1
Pittsburgh (ss) 001 000 200 -- 3 10 1

ATLANTA (5-15-2)

Bonifacio CF 1-6, 3 K
Aybar SS 1-4, R, 2B
Landoni 2B 0-1
Garcia 3B 2-4, 2 R, 2B
Swisher 1B 2-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 2B
Francoeur RF 2-3, 2 R, RBI, BB
Astudillo PH 1-1
Olivera LF 2-5, 3 RBI
Flowers C 0-4, BB, 2 K
Peterson 3B 1-3, RBI
Brignac 2B 0-2
Lien RF-CF 2-2

Chacin RHP (W) 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Krol 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
C.. Torres 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Johnson 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
A. Torres 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Cunniff 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Texeira 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K


vs

Liriano

[nsacpi]

Expecting a yuge game from Francoeur

[UNCBlue012]

RBI-double from Swisher.

[nsacpi]

RBI-double from Swisher.

Make that 2 RBI doubles for the Swish

[UNCBlue012]

And an RBI-single from Hector too!

[UNCBlue012]

And an RBI-single from Jace.

He's heating up, fellas.

[mossy]

Olivera with another RBI knock. Hit hit hit.

[UNCBlue012]

I was just about to say, Hector at it again.

It's spring, so I'm trying to contain any excitement, but holy crap he killing it right now.

And just as I want to strangle Swisher, he's looking solid too.

[striker42]

Hector's had a great spring so far. My only complaint with him has been a lack of power. He's racked up the singles and does have 4 doubles but that's it. No triples, no HRs. One of the things Seitzer talked about this Spring was that Hector is still doing things in his swing that are robbing him of power. I'd like to see him start driving the ball.

[clvclv]

Hector's had a great spring so far. My only complaint with him has been a lack of power. He's racked up the singles and does have 4 doubles but that's it. No triples, no HRs. One of the things Seitzer talked about this Spring was that Hector is still doing things in his swing that are robbing him of power. I'd like to see him start driving the ball.

There was a lot to fix to take the swing he'd used for 20+ years to where it is now. Seitzer's been right about everything else with him so far - the contact was the main concern, and that's been absolutely awesome. I see little reason to doubt him when he says the power will come as he becomes more and more comfortable with the changes.

For the Olivera-haters, no one has mentioned the first word about "game-changing" power - they've "fixed" the most important part thus far, and if they still think there's 20 HRs a year in there I'm a believer until they're proven wrong.

[striker42]

There was a lot to fix to take the swing he'd used for 20+ years to where it is now. Seitzer's been right about everything else with him so far - the contact was the main concern, and that's been absolutely awesome. I see little reason to doubt him when he says the power will come as he becomes more and more comfortable with the changes.

For the Olivera-haters, no one has mentioned the first word about "game-changing" power - they've "fixed" the most important part thus far, and if they still think there's 20 HRs a year in there I'm a believer until they're proven wrong.

Whoa there Seabiscuit. It's still a bit too early to declare things fixed. The early returns this year have been positive but it's still spring training. Uggla put up a .941 OPS in ST in 2014 and was released later that year.

[mossy]

Olivera is blistering the ball. Spring training or not, it SOMETHING positive to focus on.

[bravesfanMatt]

Whoa there Seabiscuit. It's still a bit too early to declare things fixed. The early returns this year have been positive but it's still spring training. Uggla put up a .941 OPS in ST in 2014 and was released later that year.

and the Phils have one of the best records this spring.. so yes.. I am excited about his progress, but lets prove it in real games.. and I am an HO supporter..

[nsacpi]

Yuge game from Francouer. Gotta help his chances although Swisher also had a yuge game. The Swisher-Francouer battle is heating up. Any chance both make the team? Seems unlikely.

[clvclv]

Whoa there Seabiscuit. It's still a bit too early to declare things fixed. The early returns this year have been positive but it's still spring training. Uggla put up a .941 OPS in ST in 2014 and was released later that year.

Hence the quotation marks surrounding "fixed".

The early returns are nothing but positive. If the players looked at every glass as 3/4 empty like many posters here, NO ONE would ever improve.

[50PoundHead]

It appears Levi Hyams is now in possession of the polaroids.

It's the Francoeur v. Swisher fight for the 25th slot. I think Francoeur should pull out the PR machine with this comparison.



Francisco Franco



Francisco Francoeur

[GovClintonTyree]

Yuge game from Francouer. Gotta help his chances although Swisher also had a yuge game. The Swisher-Francouer battle is heating up. Any chance both make the team? Seems unlikely.

Swish plays 1B and switch hits, and we've got some injury concern there.

Plus I understand from Fredi that Francoeur is a CF, so maybe Bourn is the odd man out.

[50PoundHead]

Hence the quotation marks surrounding "fixed".

The early returns are nothing but positive. If the players looked at every glass as 3/4 empty like many posters here, NO ONE would ever improve.

There are three types of people in the world. One says "The glass is half full." Another says "The glass is half empty." The third says "How did all that water get on the floor?"

[sturg33]

I'd rather see players do well in spring training than not... but it really is quite meaningless

[clvclv]

There are three types of people in the world. One says "The glass is half full." Another says "The glass is half empty." The third says "How did all that water get on the floor?"

You left out the fourth type (that includes me) that says...

"Hey - bring me another beer/drink while you're up."