GDT #26: Braves (Harang) @ Marlins (Eovaldi) 4/30/'14, 5:10 PM MST

It's impossible for me to grump about these past two games. We all knew the bad starts were inevitable. If you told me at the beginning of April we'd finish with this record I'd be very happy. We've got Minor and Floyd coming back and at will at least have Hale for depth. We're off to a good start this season.
 
weso1 said:
It's impossible for me to grump about these past two games. We all knew the bad starts were inevitable. If you told me at the beginning of April we'd finish with this record I'd be very happy. We've got Minor and Floyd coming back and at will at least have Hale for depth. We're off to a good start this season.
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I agree. But the offense is very troubling. We'll likely be 17-9, and that's entirely because our starting pitching balled out.
 
bravesnumberone said:
I agree. But the offense is very troubling. We'll likely be 17-9, and that's entirely because our starting pitching balled out.
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Well, I think Heyward will eventually hit and CJ will get to about .280 or so. Who knows what BJ will do, but at least we have options to replace Uggla if he doesn't get it going.

BJ's the only guy in the lineup that I'm truly concerned will just be a black hole of nothingness.
 
weso1 said:
It's impossible for me to grump about these past two games. We all knew the bad starts were inevitable. If you told me at the beginning of April we'd finish with this record I'd be very happy. We've got Minor and Floyd coming back and at will at least have Hale for depth. We're off to a good start this season.
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Yup. We were vulnerable at the start of the year due to the pitching injuries. We should consider ourselves fortunate to have gotten what we did out of Harang and to a lesser extent Hale.

As for Teheran, Santana and Wood, I think they can all sustain something close to what they have given us so far. Maybe a little regression as a group but not much. The return of Minor and Floyd should give us a very solid group of starters. Hopefully they all stay healthy.
 
Lets hops even with the terrible series, Jason gets his stuff going and has a hot May. He's gotten more doubles in the last 2 days than all the rest of APril.
 
bravesnumberone said:
I agree. But the offense is very troubling. We'll likely be 17-9, and that's entirely because our starting pitching balled out.
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We still have 2 guys in the lineup who might now be .600 OPS hitters. That's hard to carry. The strong pitching and hot starts from Freeman, Upton and Gattis have masked that. But I'm not optimistic based on what I've seen from Uggla and BJ. A mid-May shakeup might be in order.
 
Well, for one thing, it's time to end BJ hitting second. It just is. Simmons has struck out three times, and he's hitting eighth. Uggla is sixth. We can not have two piles of crap hitting in the first six spots. Eventually, this offense should go on a tear, if we can get Jason, Justin, Freddie and Gattis all bashing at once.
 
weso1 said:
Well, I think Heyward will eventually hit and CJ will get to about .280 or so. Who knows what BJ will do, but at least we have options to replace Uggla if he doesn't get it going.

BJ's the only guy in the lineup that I'm truly concerned will just be a hole of nothingness.
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nsacpi said:
Hale's a solid pitcher.
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That's what I've been telling y'all. If he'd started tonight this game wouldn't be over, IMO.

Harang reminds me of Lowe his year in Cleveland, Lowe started great that year but it was clearly smoke and mirrors. I see the same as the case for Harang but fear what is to come if he stays in the rotation much longer. However, I am very thankful for his great start to the season coming into tonight. I just expect a lot more games like tonight in his future than what we saw before hand.
 
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