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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    It's feared that Shelby Miller may need Tommy John surgery.
    That would suck for Arizona and Shelby if so, hopefully not the case as I still like Shelby and Arizona has been through enough over the trade.

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    BTW, I was watching Houston a bit recently to see Mac and Gattis back together again. I noted that Houston isn't striking out at the high rate they have in the past, thanks early on mostly to Mac (9 BB's and only 5 SO's), Gattis (7 BB's and only 4 SO's) and Aoki (4 BB's and only 4 SO's). Gurriel has also only struck out 7 times, but isn't walking (1 BB thus far). Further, why it doesn't seem like much I do believe adding Mac and Aoki have given Houston's line-up more balance and along with Gattis so far they've solved Houston's past issue of striking out way too much. It's a much better balanced line-up now and it's showing in the numbers.

    Houston may win that division this year if they figure out how to beat Texas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunrevenge View Post
    Harper 78 PA.393/.526/.836 7 homers 0 SB 250 RC+


    Freeman 73 PA .400/.507/.850 7 homers 2 SB 251 RC+
    Freddie gives us everything Bryce would, plus speed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Braves1976 View Post
    BTW, I was watching Houston a bit recently to see Mac and Gattis back together again. I noted that Houston isn't striking out at the high rate they have in the past, thanks early on mostly to Mac (9 BB's and only 5 SO's), Gattis (7 BB's and only 4 SO's) and Aoki (4 BB's and only 4 SO's). Gurriel has also only struck out 7 times, but isn't walking (1 BB thus far). Further, why it doesn't seem like much I do believe adding Mac and Aoki have given Houston's line-up more balance and along with Gattis so far they've solved Houston's past issue of striking out way too much. It's a much better balanced line-up now and it's showing in the numbers.

    Houston may win that division this year if they figure out how to beat Texas.
    It seems the best teams in the league (Dodgers, Rockies, Astros, Cubs, Red Sox, Nats) all have an abundance of positional players

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    It seems the best teams in the league (Dodgers, Rockies, Astros, Cubs, Red Sox, Nats) all have an abundance of positional players
    To be fair, it seems like those teams have an abundance of players, period.

    Depth is underrated.

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    Conforto was 3-3 against scherzer coming into 4th AB. Scherzer strikes him out and Jessica Mendoza says I think that was the best sequence of pitches vs conforto all night. Great observation, Jessica. Espn should add chip and just let her and chip have the premier MLB broadcast of the week

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    It seems the best teams in the league (Dodgers, Rockies, Astros, Cubs, Red Sox, Nats) all have an abundance of positional players
    Yea, Houston has had Gattis to PH hit late and tie some games off the bench already. While we have Boni getting the most PH AB's from his weakest side (a side he's always sucked from too), lol. It's crazy our bench is so bad and so badly used with Boni on it that our AAA options look better than MLB options.

    Gattis had PH hit sac-fly with one out in the 9th today too, tied that game at 4-4 and Houston won it in the tenth on Mac's RBI base hit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    Conforto was 3-3 against scherzer coming into 4th AB. Scherzer strikes him out and Jessica Mendoza says I think that was the best sequence of pitches vs conforto all night. Great observation, Jessica. Espn should add chip and just let her and chip have the premier MLB broadcast of the week
    Add Fredi to the booth and you'd have an all star announcing team that compares to no one.

    Chip (screaming as if it could win game 7 of the World Series: "SWUNG ON AND BELTED....DEEP FLY BALL...Pop up to second" (mind you it was the second inning...of a spring training game)

    Mendoza:" If that ball was as long as it was high that would have been a homer and won the game, probably."

    Fredi: "That's baseball. The pitcher pitches, the hitter hits, and the defensive player defends. Give credit to the second baseman for making a play. As a hitter you just tip your cap and go get them next time. As a pitcher next time you throw something up there and see what they got."

    Joe: "Give him credit for making contact in that situation and not striking out but it still was an unproductive at bat. I thought he should have bunted even though there were two outs."

    Chip: "Great points everyone. WHAT A GAME!"

    Fredi: "As a hitter it's tough, you're the only one up there and it's you against 9 other guys."

    Mendoza: "Yeah I know. In any other sport it's one on one."
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    Jose Peraza in 74 AB's this year: 216/256/257 triple slash line. Pretty ugly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYCBrave View Post
    Jose Peraza in 74 AB's this year: 216/256/257 triple slash line. Pretty ugly.
    Atleast his slugging is still higher than his obp

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    Heyward with another homer tonight. Up to 16 RBI on the year. Some players just know how to produce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    Heyward with another homer tonight. Up to 16 RBI on the year. Some players just know how to produce.
    I only want Heyward to be successful, I loved having the guy, but his issue has been producing... it has been since he had 27 homers, 82 RBI's and a whopping 97 runs in 2012.

    Great start for him, though.

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    According to Statcast™, the exit velocity was 105 mph. His other two homers this season registered at 106.8 mph and 104.6 mph. All three were harder hit than any of the seven home runs Heyward hit in 2016. The maximum last year was 102.9 mph.

    His avg exit velocity this year is 91.8 so far. Last year he averaged 87.4

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    It seems the best teams in the league (Dodgers, Rockies, Astros, Cubs, Red Sox, Nats) all have an abundance of positional players
    We are well positioned to beat them with our surplus of pitchers. No one has the kind of surplus we have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    We are well positioned to beat them with our surplus of pitchers. No one has the kind of surplus we have.
    So you are now promoted to GM.. what would you do from here on out. This might be a better as a new thread. I am not being snarky. I am wondering what direction people would take at this point. We can't go back and undo anything.. only going forward.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    It seems the best teams in the league (Dodgers, Rockies, Astros, Cubs, Red Sox, Nats) all have an abundance of positional players
    That's weird.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    So you are now promoted to GM.. what would you do from here on out. This might be a better as a new thread. I am not being snarky. I am wondering what direction people would take at this point. We can't go back and undo anything.. only going forward.
    Good topic for another thread. But I think I've already offered a thought or two in various places.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    According to Statcast™, the exit velocity was 105 mph. His other two homers this season registered at 106.8 mph and 104.6 mph. All three were harder hit than any of the seven home runs Heyward hit in 2016. The maximum last year was 102.9 mph.

    His avg exit velocity this year is 91.8 so far. Last year he averaged 87.4
    Good info. I saw him in ST and was worried he was still going out and around. Is this broadly available or are they still kind of dripping it out?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GovClintonTyree View Post
    Good info. I saw him in ST and was worried he was still going out and around. Is this broadly available or are they still kind of dripping it out?
    https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_leaderboard

    Has a searchable db.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYCBrave View Post
    Jose Peraza in 74 AB's this year: 216/256/257 triple slash line. Pretty ugly.
    But he hit .324 in the majors last year!!!!!1!

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