nd then played BACK to .500 baseball on July 7, even without Freddie. And anyways, isn't that typically what. 500 baseball teams do is play right around that mark? All signs pointed to .500ish team. Which isn't fantastic obviously, but again, if we were .500 right now, we'd be about 3-4 games back of the Mets. But somehow you're telling me that isn't competitive?
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nd then played BACK to .500 baseball on July 7, even without Freddie. And anyways, isn't that typically what. 500 baseball teams do is play right around that mark? All signs pointed to .500ish team. Which isn't fantastic obviously, but again, if we were .500 right now, we'd be about 3-4 games back of the Mets. But somehow you're telling me that isn't competitive?
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/alex-wood-is-finding-his-strikeouts-again/
Interesting article.
And it’s possible that the systemic issue goes by the name A.J. Pierzynzki. The Braves signed the veteran catcher as a free agent this winter after catcher-of-the-future Christian Betancourt flopped in his debut last summer, and while Pierzynski has been excellent as a hitter for the Braves — putting up a .300 average with some power in regular playing time — his work behind the plate leaves a lot more to be desired. Especially when it comes to helping his pitchers get marginal calls.
Among catchers who have been behind the plate for at least 4,000 pitches this year, Pierzynski ranks as the game’s fourth-worst pitch framer, according to the calculations from StatCorner. 15% of the pitches that he’s received in the strike zone have been called balls, four or five percentage points higher than the guys who rate well by the framing metrics. No one is ever going to be able to get every call to go their way, but Pierzynski gets fewer than most, and this may be having a particularly negative impact on Alex Wood.
Interesting article.
And it’s possible that the systemic issue goes by the name A.J. Pierzynzki. The Braves signed the veteran catcher as a free agent this winter after catcher-of-the-future Christian Betancourt flopped in his debut last summer, and while Pierzynski has been excellent as a hitter for the Braves — putting up a .300 average with some power in regular playing time — his work behind the plate leaves a lot more to be desired. Especially when it comes to helping his pitchers get marginal calls.
Among catchers who have been behind the plate for at least 4,000 pitches this year, Pierzynski ranks as the game’s fourth-worst pitch framer, according to the calculations from StatCorner. 15% of the pitches that he’s received in the strike zone have been called balls, four or five percentage points higher than the guys who rate well by the framing metrics. No one is ever going to be able to get every call to go their way, but Pierzynski gets fewer than most, and this may be having a particularly negative impact on Alex Wood.
It's ex bravitis jn the other direction yeezus
Tapate50
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I found this one more interesting. The one you referenced, is nothing more than things we already new regurgitated into some new format.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-can-the-nationals-do/
Nats not getting anything from half the lineup, and Fister crapping the bed is killing them. Hope the Mutts slam the door on em.
Yeah, that was a good article. Should be an interesting race down the stretch.
So the games count when we are winning without Freddie, but not when we are losing without Freddie? Interesting logic. Fact of the matter is we have a losing record with and without Freddie this season, and with and without Uribe and KJ. You can spin that however you want, but no, all signs did not point to a .500 team.
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
Nah, I have been saying the same all season about AJ costing Wood and other Braves pitchers due to being such a bad catcher. You just don't care with Wood now an ex-Brave and your opinion of Wood in the first place.
Heyward
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so its AJ's fault he cant go deep into the games, tell me more.
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
Honestly, I have no desire to tell you anything since it seems you're too ignorant and childish to process the information correctly.
I've been saying the same thing about wood for over a year. When healthy he will be really good.
.500 record for the first 84 games of the season. But according to you, the last 28 games are more meaningful. This despite the fact that we missed our best hitter for much of the last 28 games and have traded off several other pieces during that time as well.....
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jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Love that it was a triple that made Harper look like even more of a douche in the process.
46-61 in their last 107 games. Or better yet. 41-58 against everyone but the Marlins. In the end our record is what it is. Excuses are pointless.
It's like you didn't read any I posted.
These are the facts: This team was .500 on July 7. In the 28 games since, we are 9-19. During this time, our best hitter has played all of 10 games. And all those 10 games were played all without our (arguably) 2nd and 3rd best hitters Uribe and KJ.
So tell me, what exactly is the difference in the last 28 games compared to the first 84? The schedule? Hardly. We've played half of those 28 games against MIL, CO, BAL, MIA, and PHI. It seems the only difference is missing our best players for a good portion of that time period
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Our record is also 3 games above our pythagorean. Which suggests we're been more lucky than not, and that Fredi has done a splendid job getting this many wins out of this crew.
Btw I don't think this team has been especially unlucky in terms of injuries/major regression.
Consider the 2013 that won 96 games. It did so in spite of Heyward's broken jaw, Hudson's broken ankle, McCann missing over a month, Uggla and Melvin hitting under .200, injuries to Beachy, Venters and O'Flaherty. Every team has injuries.