Originally Posted by Slippyjms
That really sunk in for a lot of people here who wanted him gone when Riley had his hot streak. Once those K's started racking up and Riley went from hitting a homer every other night to every few weeks it got quiet fast.
Forever Fredi
I dunno if I'd go that far - he was beyond awful in the first half, posting an OPS+ of 68 in the 40 pre-ASB games he played in. He was great when he returned, but who knows if that's the guy that we get back
Ender and Neck are.
He's always a second half player tbh, offensively speaking.
Forever Fredi
True - that's his MO. Hopefully he starts off hot when he returns
I’ll admit to being one of those people but I will say my concern at that time was Ender’s back and how effective he would be going forward. Worst case I figured Pache could take over.
Bowman now saying that Neck will play in some simulated games next week, and might be activated next weekend
Did we ever get that update on Donaldson’s suspension?
The Chosen One (09-07-2019)
He’ll serve his suspension in the playoffs.
The Chosen One (09-07-2019)
Do you mean Neckst weekend?
Genius move by Snit. We all know playoff stats don’t count.
He wasn't healthy then. It was clear looking at his batting profile and sprint speed numbers. Something was off. He's still a ~3 WAR player and the 2nd best OF on the team.
That said we can hope that at least one of Neck/Ender are healthy enough to start in the playoffs. Either one with Joyce and Acuna in the OF makes the lineup a lot better with a righty on the mound.
Braves1976 (09-07-2019)
I meant figuratively, not literally.
As I demonstrated right before he hit the DL, Ender was most likely playing hurt almost the entire first half. I showed how poor his sprint speed and exit velocity numbers were, which strongly suggested injury.
Healthy Ender is the 2nd best OFer in the organization, even if he should have his PAs vs LHP limited.
I have no idea why Riley is in vs a RHP, but maybe the hope is he figures something out now that the division is all but sealed up
Last edited by Enscheff; 09-07-2019 at 05:57 PM.
nsacpi (09-07-2019)
Yes, the less informed fans were once again fooled by an unsustainable performance and weren’t paying attention when I proved Ender was paying hurt and predicted he would rebound nicely once healthy.
Stuff that Turner. Great move to 1st by Julio
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And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;......
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
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Sure, he could've been. If he was for the majority of the first half though, that's either on him for not being forthright with the coaching staff, or on the coaching staff for continuing to play him even while knowing he was hurt, In terms of simple OPS he wasn't very far off from career norms - he's a career .660 OPSer in the first half and was at .631 this year. In reality he's not nearly as good at the plate as he showed when he returned - he has a great .801 OPS post-ASB in his career, but was an otherworldly .931 in the 3 weeks after he came back. Regardless, I'll gladly take an .800 OPS Ender for the playoffs - that would be wonderful.
And yeah, Riley is just getting an opportunity to prove he belongs on the postseason roster since we have a playoff spot all but locked up at this point. His defensive versatility would be nice since he can play 3 spots reasonably well. He just needs to prove he can hit more than down the middle fastballs
Baseball logic dictates that the Braves will get shut down by Voth tonight.
Lol
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