GDT: 4/10 vs CARDINALS as Worst Week Ever continues

[rico43]

Soon, the Braves might be known as The Cure (to what ails you) if many more teams reverse their crummy starts the way the Cardinals have.

ATLANTA (0-fer)

1. Erick Aybar (S) SS
2. Nick Markakis (L) RF
3. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
4. Adonis Garcia (R) 3B
5. Hector Olivera (R) LF
6. Tyler Flowers (R) C
7. Jace Peterson (L) 2B
8. Drew Stubbs (R) CF
9. Williams Perez (R) P

ST. LOUIS

1. Matt Carpenter (L) 3B
2. Jeremy Hazelbaker (L) CF
3. Stephen Piscotty (R) RF
4. Brandon Moss (L) LF
5. Matt Adams (L) 1B
6. Yadier Molina (R) C
7. Kolten Wong (L) 2B
8. Greg Garcia (L) SS
9. Adam Wainwright (R) P

Cardinals will keep throwing shortstops out there until someone gets it right.

[rico43]

ROSTER MOVE:

Gant demoted to Gwinnett (certainly to move to rotation)

David Withrow called up from Gwinnett.

This tells me that someone else will be moved for Chacin on Tuesday.

[Dalyn]

Bright spots?

Offense - Even though he has cooled a little, Adios is still the only good thing about the offense.

Pitching - Johnson, Winkler, and Vizcaino all look good out of the bullpen. Norris also looked better than I expected. Hopefully Johnson and Norris can keep it up long enough to get a decent trade return.

Defense - Ender. Also end of.

[nsacpi]

Baby Harang gonna be huge

[Dalyn]

Baby Harang gonna be huge

[Julio3000]

We saved the best for last. Well, certainly the biggest.

[nsacpi]

ROSTER MOVE:

Gant demoted to Gwinnett (certainly to move to rotation)

David Withrow called up from Gwinnett.

This tells me that someone else will be moved for Chacin on Tuesday.

A little puzzling to me. I assume they don't promote Withrow just to demote him when Chacin is activated. So someone else will be demoted. Jose Ramirez perhaps?

Still leaves us with the issue of having just one lefty. I'd actually rather have Krol than Withrow if that is the choice.

[bravesfanforlife88]

[sturg33]

The one bright spot is that we were leading 3 of the games in the 7th inning

[Hudson2]

Put this in the minor league thread. But on Braves Live they just said Mallex Smith has been removed from the Gwinnett lineup.

[mqt]

Mallex time this week!

[pfiggy]

per Bowman: Ender to DL Smith called up

[bravesfanforlife88]

thats the most exciting thing that has happened this year! hopefully they let the kid play. will probably meet the team on the road after the game.

[The Chosen One]

I hope Mallex is gonna kick ass up here and force Olivera to the bench and Markakis to a trade.

[weso1]

Braves will find themselves in a bit of a conundrum if Mallex plays well these next 2 weeks.

[The Chosen One]

I see the Ender-Mallex thing as a Lorenzo Cain-Dyson situation.

[The Chosen One]

Wilper is much more efficient than Teheran. He also attacks the strike zone better than Jules.

[The Chosen One]

A 1-2-3 inning?

Perez is gonna take this challenge to duel the Card's ace and eat it up.

[The Chosen One]

Markakis maximum power to centerfield!

[nsacpi]

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