BP gives us a 7.9% chance of winning the WS, and FG gives us a 7.0% chance. Seems about right.
BP gives us a 7.9% chance of winning the WS, and FG gives us a 7.0% chance. Seems about right.
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The offense? Yes.
The pitching? No.
Assuming everything stays the same in the standings, I'm not sure the Braves stack up well against the Dodgers, but there is a chance that we can get past the Cubs, and the Dodgers get beat by whoever survives the wild card. A team like the Nats stack up better against the Dodgers because they have that starting staff. I think we've all learned being Braves fans is that you just have to make it in, and everything from there is either going to work or it's not.
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Another aspect of getting one more SP is that we could potentially go from an 8 man to a 7 man bullpen. Having guys like Folty and Teheran not make it past the 5th inning frequently has caused us to tax the bullpen a lot. Imagine how much we could further solidify the bench if we simply called up Duvall? Or, I guess, Ender. *sigh*
Simple answer no.
"Acuna is getting lucky, just like CJ did when he batted .321 and won a batting title. He is unlikely to get lucky at the MLB level over an extended period of time. He will settle in around .300-.320 just like everyone else, and when he does, he won't be within shouting distance of the 1.000 OPS he is posting in AAA...more like low .700s in 2018." -Enscheff 8/25/17
On some nights, yes.
Of course, that applies to lots of teams.
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Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Realistically, the Braves aren't going to be able to make acquisitions that would match up to the Dodgers top three in perception and likely not in reality. This is your rose colored comparison using 2018 stars for Folty and Keuchel as a best case.
Ryu .266
Buehler .278
Kershaw .304
Folty .275 (2018)
Soroka .285
Keuchel .295 (2018)
When you survey the available pitching on the market it looks something like this:
Syndegard .272
Greinke .284
Stroman .290
Minor .291
Boyd .292
Wood .293 (2018)
Wheeler .303
Means .307
Bundy .313
Roark .315
Bauer .315
Ray .318
Kluber .329
Bumgarner .332
Leake .348
Cashner .350
Sanchez .361
A lot of these names are actually not yet on the market and a lot of them are unrealistic for Atlanta or probably too expensive in terms of prospects. Maybe there are more names that this, but this is most of them I would think.
I wouldn't spend a lot of time fretting over matching up with the Dodgers top 3. That's simply going to come down to who pitches well during that series, if that is even who the Braves end up facing.
JohnAdcox (07-02-2019)
Just get there and roll the dice. For all intents and purposes every team has the same odds in a short series. Hell, put the Marlins or Orioles in there, and even they could still win a short series at least 30% of the time.