8/2 GDT @Mets

[salmagundy]

Lol, care to look up who leads the team in chances?

There are 4 other Braves with more chances than Swanson(2 are the catchers), Ozzie has more chances(+103) and assists(+24), Swanson is ranked 8th of 11 in NL SS, with 10 having more chances, and 10 having more assists and only 2 have more errors.

[Super]

There are 4 other Braves with more chances than Swanson(2 are the catchers), Ozzie has more chances(+103) and assists(+24), Swanson is ranked 8th of 11 in NL SS, with 10 having more chances, and 10 having more assists and only 2 have more errors.

i don't think teams use errors to judge defense anymore.

[Super]

I am from miss, so perhaps this is the problem lol. My reasoning is I don't want the nats gaining ground right now. Right now they are 5 games out of first and 4.5 out of 2nd. Right now they 4.5 out of WC, but 4 teams ahead of them. The more teams they have to catch, the harder it is on them. We can pass philly just be winning the rainout games. We also play them 7 more times. Plenty of time and opportunity to catch philly. The nats need to start making up ground. If they can't make up ground on either team in the east, I think frustration could set in or that clubhouse just blows up. My whole premise though is that we're better than philly and will pass them... just a matter of time

but...the nats won't gain ground on us if philly loses.

[Super]

Also...what a joke of a home run there. I hate Citizens Bank Park.

beautiful park tho

[msstate7]

i don't think teams use errors to judge defense anymore.

They should. A quick look at the error count tells me that markakis and kemp have the same number of errors the last 2 seasons combined as jhey has this year... both are clearly twice as good as jhey defensively

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

Duvall looks like he is taking a dump when he gets into his defensive positioning, he can't hit either.

[jpx7]

Duvall looks like he is taking a dump when he gets into his defensive positioning, he can't hit either.

Little trigger-quick, huh?

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

Little trigger-quick, huh?

I hope he's not. I just thought it was an odd stance. I'll give him a little more time even though his ABs will be sporadic. He runs fast.

[jpx7]

I hope he's not. I just thought it was an odd stance. I'll give him a little more time even though his ABs will be sporadic. He runs fast.

I meant you and your too-soon dismissive assessment of Duvall, actually—but looks like you’re backing off that in favor of more data.

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

I meant you and your too-soon dismissive assessment of Duvall, actually—but looks like you’re backing off that in favor of more data.

Yep. Hopefully Matz goes Sunday and that new lefty for Walgreens goes in that series. I'm thinking we will miss Gio but they have a day off so they could skip another pitcher.

[Heyward]

Yep. Hopefully Matz goes Sunday and that new lefty for Walgreens goes in that series. I'm thinking we will miss Gio but they have a day off so they could skip another pitcher.

Right now it's looking like they're throwing Milone, Scherzer, Gio and TBD on the last spot, we're throwing Fried, Folty, Newk, and Sanchez.