GDT 6-2 Smyly and Smith behind the dish

Welp..... positives - we fought like hell and we're gonna get red hot at some point. And you know damn well help is on the way.
Negatives - we suck ass and here comes LA
 
msstate7 said:
Well I have to admit, the optics would be horrible. Only the hardcores would understand why it was the correct move
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Snitker only needs to be fired if he’s refusing to make the correct moves despite access to the necessary information. If he’s not being informed of the optimal moves, then that falls on AA and the front office.
 
CyYoung31 said:
Snitker only needs to be fired if he’s refusing to make the correct moves despite access to the necessary information. If he’s not being informed of the optimal moves, then that falls on AA and the front office.
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But at what point is it acceptable to have your manager force fed instructions from his boss? Has the bar been lowered this much to say “as long as AA acquires all the players and tells Snit exactly how and when to use them...” If this is how we’re going to run our team then save the money and let AA be the GM and manager.
 
msstate7 said:
Well I have to admit, the optics would be horrible. Only the hardcores would understand why it was the correct move
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I think the correct move for AA is stay the course with Snit. Even if Snit was let go whose gonna replace him. I wouldn’t expect much better judgment from anyone on the Braves staff. And if the team goes on a tear we’re right back where we were at the beginning with Snit. If we stay the course Snit will hang himself and he can moved on from in the offseason when there are better candidates available.

Either that or we somehow make the playoffs in which case everyone is happy about how things worked out.
 
As usual, the manager gets all the blame, and when we are mad we lose we call for the managers head?

It's tired.

Fire Cox, Fire Fredi, Fire Snit.

Bla Bla Bla.
 
mossy said:
As usual, the manager gets all the blame, and when we are mad we lose we call for the managers head?

It's tired.

Fire Cox, Fire Fredi, Fire Snit.

Bla Bla Bla.
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I mean Fredi and Snit are both Cox disciples. None of the 3 was particularly adept at properly managing in game situations.
 
Braves now have a 6.62 ERA when allowing the starters face a lineup the third time through. 5th worst in baseball.
 
Tapate50 said:
Seems like Smyly may have benefitted pretty well monetarily from some goop on his glove in SF.
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If the Braves signed him based off an increase in velocity and spin rate, and didn’t know he was using a foreign substance, then they are truly inept.
 
Drew Smyly has an impressive 8.68 ERA and .417 WOBA against the 3rd time through the order. But that guy feeling ya know...
 
thewupk said:
Drew Smyly has an impressive 8.68 ERA and .417 WOBA against the 3rd time through the order. But that guy feeling ya know...
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Clearly he is now a 4-inning guy, but do you shell out that kind of dough for a 4-inning guy? We're going to simply start piggy-backing him with a multi-inning guy or the bullpen will be shot by the All-Star break.

I'm not going to defend Snitker's inability to recognize when the guy is done for the night and I've always subscribed to pitch counts over how many times a guy goes through the order (although an elevated pitch count and third-time-through do coincide). When it comes to Smyly, it was a measure of ineptitude to sign him at the amount signed and continued ineptitude on his subsequent use.
 
50PoundHead said:
Clearly he is now a 4-inning guy, but do you shell out that kind of dough for a 4-inning guy? We're going to simply start piggy-backing him with a multi-inning guy or the bullpen will be shot by the All-Star break.

I'm not going to defend Snitker's inability to recognize when the guy is done for the night and I've always subscribed to pitch counts over how many times a guy goes through the order (although an elevated pitch count and third-time-through do coincide). When it comes to Smyly, it was a measure of ineptitude to sign him at the amount signed and continued ineptitude on his subsequent use.
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If he’s a 4 inning guy then he needs to go to the bullpen...
 
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