I am not ready to rule out Wright for playoffs yet, he has looked good minus one game and too many walks. I want him to get some games to decide for sure.
I am not ready to rule out Wright for playoffs yet, he has looked good minus one game and too many walks. I want him to get some games to decide for sure.
jpx7 (09-22-2018)
jpx7 (09-22-2018)
I am leaning towards an 8-man pen including Viz, Venters, Minter, Brach, Carle, Sobotka, and two of Touki, Biddle, Winkler, Wright, Freeman or Fried. Even Fried still has a shot as a lefty for me, just depends on how they all look rest of the way. Freeman has a 0.00 ERA in Sept. but still has 4 BB's in only 5.1 inning and batters hitting .286 so he is another question mark for me too.
Viz, Venters, Minter, Brach, Carle and Sobotka are my top 6 right now. But how they finish could change that too.
jpx7 (09-22-2018)
50PoundHead (09-22-2018), jpx7 (09-22-2018), Tapate50 (09-23-2018)
AA will want to carry Adams to PR in playoffs, so if we go with shorter bench Duvall would be left off most likely. Snit has seemingly gave up on him so that might happen anyway. If snit doesn't give him enough ab's this coming week that will be telling that he isn't going to even give him a chance. Which is funny since he says the opposite.
jpx7 (09-22-2018)
We need to take the opportunity and really use guys like Wright, Wilson, Touki, even Allard a lot over the next week of games. Don't shut guys down, but let the young guys take on a bigger role. Further evaluate them and rest the important dudes. Win-win
Braves1976 (09-22-2018), jpx7 (09-22-2018)
jpx7 (09-22-2018)
clinching early will give us a chance to sort things out...the Dodgers have a lot of depth and position sharing...I think the best counter is to have a nine man pen...this will allow us to burn through a lot of relievers which is what you have to do to get the platoon advantage against a team like the Dodgers...we dont have a great pen but we have a lot of options
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
I'm going to go out on a limb and say none of those guys will make the post season roster...nor will Newk
our pen will be this: Viz, Brach, Winkler, Carle, Sobotka, Biddle, Minter, Venters, Freeman
the return of Viz could be yuge...in part because it allows us to deploy Minter more flexibly
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
jpx7 (09-22-2018)
I wouldn't mind Colorado and Dodgers finishing tied and having to play an extra game. That could help us no matter who we face.
Colorado swept us last time around, but they were crapping horseshoes the whole series and the bullpen coughed away two games late. They have a nice set of hitters, but with Story a question mark for the post-season (if they get that far) they are far less ominous.
Bring inn a Colorado AND LA... we can take em both on at the same time
Ivermectin Man
nsacpi (09-23-2018)
Tapate50 (09-23-2018)