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My 4 game in observations This team is going to mash Our pen is loaded Snit still has no idea how to deploy our group of LF / DH / Catchers I can't believe we gave up our best trading chips to get a guy that is going to play like 90 games Offense and pen may cover up some gaps, but we...

Way overdue but still great to see. His 10 year peak was unbelievable WAR of 3.9, 7.1, 6.8, 8.0, 4.7, 6.3, 4.6, 2.9, 6.5, 5.4, and 2.8.

This guy is not going to miss many bats. Doesn't mean he can't be successful but it doesn't help either

Will say though, excited for an eventual rotation of Fried, Strider, Wright, Morton, Soroka. That rotation will f*ck

He might very well be good, and rant aside, how is our scouting department in 2020 drafting in the first round a pitcher that tops out at 91 with average secondary's? Just seems fairly obvious a guy that won't strike out people and does not throw the ball fast or with good movement would not be...

Fried injury a killer until Wright is back. 3 out of every 5 nights is literally rookie, rookie, rookie (if Elder is still a rookie). And all low-upside rookies.

Pull him

He may very well pitch a gem, but we really gotta get the rotation healthy. We are way underestimating the impact of currently having 3/5th of our rotation being rookies or Elder and the 4th Charlie Morton who we have no idea what version will get. That is no bueno. Also spring training means...

Love the line-up. Things I immediately appreciate --Right off the bat making clear TD and Murphy can both play. We have two good catchers, the old "can't play both in case one gets hurt" dictating the approach for an entire season vs just dealing with an emergency the one time it happens and...

I guess TD is our starting catcher and we traded for Murphy to be a back-up?

Between him and Correa they've basically lost ~7-10 WAR overnight from what they thought they had

On the bright side - great news Mets lost him. Sure they can spend elsewhere, but not like there are other Correa's just lying around in free agency. Per 162 that's basically a 6-7 WAR player they just lost. That could very well be the difference in winning and losing division. About as big of a...

Obviously two teams having a physical worry is concerning, but I will admit, there is a big part of me that feels like we should have swooped in and done this deal. Feels like a reasonable value, 6 years is a livable contract, surely we can afford it, and he is the exact missing piece we need.

I know this might be contra to certain advanced stats on WAR, etc. but i do wonder if there is some under-valuing going on of truly elite hitters vs. positional adjusted contracts. We are in an unprecedented era of $200mm-$300mm contracts having gone out to guys (mostly short-stops) viewed as...

Always appreciate what Swanson did but this is the right move. Just not a fan of dishing out almost $200mm bucks to a hitter of his capability. Lets not forget, even when we won the WS, Swanson obviously had the bombs in Game 4 and 6 that are forever in our good graces, but makes you forget for...

Disappointing offseason as of now - and not entirely our fault given the market but still frustrating We came in with gaps in left field, and shortstop and debatably DH but overall ok with Contreras getting big DH ABs. We've now created a hole at DH (you can't assume you get by with just...

As I said I'm not a huge fan of the trade given existing holes, but the one point I'm probably not giving enough thought to is that TD is not getting any younger and has been injury prone. If the view is simply Contreras is not a guy we see as an every day catcher, I can at least understand that...

Don't like this trade at all. I'm ok to reserve judgment until we see how we fill our final roster spots - but in the inte --At least based on last year Contreras objectively a better hitter than Murphy. Given we don't have a DH right now and Contreras generally slotted into that role, we are...

Braves still own the East. F Philly. Glad they didn’t steal their way into a title. Poorly run organization, trash fans. #5 NL East divisions in a row #2021WSChamps

https://www.batterypower.com/2022/10/31/23430902/ronald-acuna-offensive-drop-off-atlanta-braves Interesting read - biggest mover for Braves ironically is not free agency / trades but Acuna. If he is the Acuna that hits at a 40-50 bomb pace, it just changes entire offensive dynamic. Acuna, Riley...