Incredible night for Fried.
Incredible night for Fried.
Fried last 2 mlb starts...
11.2 ip 8 h 1 er 7 bb 17 k
He needs to be on the bump vs brewers
Lol. Wisler is the mop up guy for Fried
If I had a say in it, Fried stays in the rotation and McCarthy goes to the pen.
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
I agree that we should wait until the end of the year to make any sort of judgement on Nick, but outside of last year he hasn't really shown himself to be a much better first half hitter. He actually had a .762 OPS on average in the second half versus .728 in the first from 2015-2017.
If he can keep this up the entire year I wouldn't mind signing him to a one year deal just due to the lack of FA OF options.
nice to be able to rest the pen
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Given what happened this past offseason teams seem to be getting smart and not offering long deals to older players, wouldn't surprise if he would be willing to do a 1 year deal with an option given the current climate. Though obviously someone could get enamored with his career year and give him a 3 year deal.
Which one of you clowns was it that said Freeman never slumps a couple of weeks ago? I blame you.
Also, Albies was robbed of another hit lol
Flaherty playing first? Bile.
Maybe I was looking at just the first two months, but my main point is he isn't an .870-.880 OPS player like we are seeing so far this year. Great start, but I am expecting him to be around a .728 or so OPS player again in the second half given his age. As far as re-signing him to a one year deal, sure if he helps us make the playoffs and will take a fair deal.
I understand this all generally works itself out... I really do.
But am starting to see quite a logjam here with near-mlb ready pitchers:
You've got the locks:
Newcomb
Folty
Soroka
Then you've got the high upside arms who appear to be near ready if not ready:
Gohara
Fried
Allard
Wright
You have someone like Touki who could be knocking on the door by 2020.
Plus you have Teheran under contract. And I contend Wisler would be a very servicable #5.
That's 9 guys there. I'd love to be able to dump Julio, and you can always count on an injury or two and a flameout... but it is a bit of embarrassment of riches.
Of course, this could all be solved with a couple trades, but I'm having a hard time seeing the natural path to regular big league innings for the deserving kids
If we add a third baseman it will probably take away from Swanson's AB's more than Camargo's since Camargo is hitting better and has shown he can handle short without costing you runs. Swanson would still play pretty regularly either way with his improved defense.