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A lot of commentators shat on the Murphy pick, and it was very trendy to prefer JR Ritchie. I’ve long been a fan of Murphy, however, because—despite being undersized and not throwing as hard as Ritchie—the spin characteristics of his pitches are reportedly very good. Time will tell goes he...

Love the sentiment, but what series are you talking about, exactly? Don’t see that team on the Braves’ schedule (or in MLB at all?).

Tremendous start for Elder. Picking up just where he left off in 2023.

I think this is a non-trivial element of the recent further uptick we’ve seen in TJs.

We’re all still grieving Strider. Some of us grow quiet; some lash out like the chuckleheads in this thread.

This is very sad. Hoping for the best-case scenario of regenerative treatment working and getting to see Strider pitch again this season.

More grounders from Acuña.

Recent reports are that Alvarez has become an excellent defensive SS after moving up the spectrum from 3B.

Especially given DH isn’t an option for him down the line …

Agreed. Anthopoulos can just skip the QO folks and focus on either resigning Fried or replacing him with someone like Montgomery or Snell.

I do think Giles will be added to the roster at some point, and contribute.

Meanwhile, Anthopoulos is well set-up with FA options next year that won’t have QOs attached, thanks to all these Boras Specials being signed this spring.

I don’t even think the journey is that confusing: the Braves, under Anthopoulos, simply don’t like telegraphing their hand until they have to. So they were happy to give Kelenic (a specific player they targeted) all the PAs in LF until a better option came along. And then, when Duvall (another...

What if, with Duvall in tow, they actually rest our OFs a game or two a month? That’d be huge. Then we’d just need an infield version of Duvall to get those guys rested. (Pipe-dream, I know.)

The biggest reason to criticize the Duvall signing is he’s somewhat miscast as a short-side platoon bat—not really mashing lefties and having been better against righties in recent seasons—and the team has indicated that’s how he’ll be used. On the flipside, he’s a much better option than...

How often does Anthopoulos discuss the collective clubhouse personality and team chemistry and player “fit” into that nebulous framework? It’s just very likely Duvall, for those reasons, was always “their guy” for the fourth OF role, and they were going to want him out or go with Jordan Luplow...

I think that’s the biggest issue: you put all of your eggs in one basket, people are going to look pretty close at that basket. Now, the team has made itself a nice buffer by being great at almost every other offensive position (besides SS), Kelenic has a low bar to replace Rosario, and...

I'd think they'd want to keep giving Smith-Shawver as many innings as possible to refine and build up, given the precious few innings he's pitched professionally still (and even overall). I think Lee's probably the best bet/choice, since he can work multiple innings but is also accustomed to...

Surprised the former happened so early, and that the latter happened at all, given recent performance.

Giles looking a little shakier today, but still spinning that slider. Waddell made a great play on defense to bail him out. Has seemed like his SS defense is legit since I saw him in the AFL a couple years ago.