5/14 GDT vs Cards

[Slippyjms]

Acuna
Swanson
Freeman
Donaldson
Markakis
Albies
McCann
Inciarte
Folty

[msstate7]

Really need folty to be last year's folty

[thewupk]

Really need folty to be last year's folty

won't happen with his declining velocity

[The Chosen One]

won't happen with his declining velocity

TJ surgery incoming.

Foltz will be just like Smoltz.

[The Chosen One]

Expecting a big game from Albies.

[Freshmaker]

[UNCBlue012]

I mean, this seems to be a pretty good move to me. I'm not in love with Biddle or Parsons, but they're better than a stagnant Wright and Blevins. lol

[nsacpi]

expecting a yuge game from Markakis

[nsacpi]

Pen currently consists of:

Righties: Jackson, Webb, Winkler, Parsons, Tomlin

Lefties: Newk, Venters, Biddle

This Cards lineup is strongly right handed. With the significant exception of Matt Carpenter. He is hitting lefties better this year but that's misleading. He has pretty pronounced conventional splits for his career. Their other lefty is Kolten Wong, who has pronounced conventional splits. Dexter Fowler is a switch hitter who for his career hits lefties slightly better. The best matchup against a switch hitter is a pitcher with reverse splits. Biddle would be our man.

[Enscheff]

Braves batters xwOBA vs RHP in 2019 (min 50 PAs):

Brian McCann 0.403
Nick Markakis 0.396
Freddie Freeman 0.395
Ronald Acuna Jr. 0.385
Tyler Flowers 0.377
Josh Donaldson 0.377
Dansby Swanson 0.359
Ozzie Albies 0.325
Johan Camargo 0.272
Ender Inciarte 0.259

We are at the point in the season where this data should be informing the lineup.

Markakis batting 5th vs a RHP is a bad move, as is Albies hitting in front of Mac.

The lineup vs RHP should be:

Markakis
Acuna
Freeman
Donaldson
Mac
Swanson
Albies
Ender

[Hulavol]

To be fair.... if we are winning, don’t mess with it!

[bravesfanMatt]

To be fair.... if we are winning, don’t mess with it!

We swept Miami so why did we mess with that lineup

[Enscheff]

To be fair.... if we are winning, don’t mess with it!

Please be sure to let us all know when "we aren't winning"...preferably before it becomes another 1-5 stretch.

OK?

[nsacpi]

To be fair.... if we are winning, don’t mess with it!

the Constanza Way

[zbhargrove]

Hmmm doesn’t Blevins DFA mean an open roster spot? Something coming trade wise? Riley being called up soon?

[msstate7]

Hopefully wright has shown up in 2019...
3.0 ip 0 h 0 er 0 bb 4 k

[CyYoung31]

[UNCBlue012]

Folty freaking sucks.

[msstate7]

So Wright or who gonna replace folty?

[UNCBlue012]

So Wright or who gonna replace folty?

someone. Just send him down.