GDT 9/16 Nationals vs Braves; Quest for No. 1 pick resumes!

[rico43]

WASHINGTON

CF Trea Turner (R)
LF Jayson Werth (R)
2B Daniel Murphy (L)
RF Bryce Harper (L)
3B Anthony Rendon (R)
C Wilson Ramos (R)
1B Ryan Zimmerman (R)
SS Stephen Drew (L)
P Max Scherzer (R)

ATLANTA


1. Ender Inciarte (L) CF
2. Adonis Garcia (R) 3B
3. Nick Markakis (L) RF
4. Matt Kemp (R) LF
5. Tyler Flowers (R) C
6. Jace Peterson (L) 2B
7. Dansby Swanson (R) SS
8. Blake Lalli (L) 1B
9. John Gant (R) P

Freeman gets papa leave

Flowers gets to be embarrassed again. Over/under on National SBs tonight: 3.5

[Oklahomabrave]

Jace has had a really quietly good offensive year.

[clvclv]

Ugh...Turner again!!!



(Same thing Braves' opponents will be saying about Swanson and Albies soon enough BTW.)

[clvclv]

And congrats to Freddie too.

[nsacpi]

Expecting a yuge game from Matt Kemp.

[USMA76]

Braves down two before the end of the national anthem.

[GovClintonTyree]

Braves down two before the end of the national anthem.

Attaboy!

[msstate7]

Our AAA/young MLB pitchers have been beyond disappointing this year

[USMA76]

Ugh...Turner again!!!



(Same thing Braves' opponents will be saying about Swanson and Albies soon enough BTW.)

If Swanson or Albies are half as good as Turner is against us, watch out.

[USMA76]

Our AAA/young MLB pitchers have been beyond disappointing this year

You're right and it really dampens a lot of my optimism for the next year or two.

[chop2chip]

I really like Weber as a long man out of the pen. His stuff is so weird that I could see him being effective in that role.

[The Chosen One]

Not really sure what most people saw in Gant or wanted out of him.

[UNCBlue012]

Jose Ramirez should have saved the dirty pitch for Trea Turner. Lord this kid is a nuisance.

[zbhargrove]

Our AAA/young MLB pitchers have been beyond disappointing this year

Gant was doing pretty well before the DL... Sucks

[zbhargrove]

Not really sure what most people saw in Gant or wanted out of him.

Well he was absolutely dominant before his injury in the minors and did pretty well in the majors. Don't know what's changed but it's obvious something has

[cajunrevenge]

WTF was that at 1B.