3/30 GDT Sunday night baseball vs padres

zbhargrove said:
It's easy to forget that the Braves offense was pretty hot to start 2024 for the first month or so before falling off. I'm going to choose to believe it will be the opposite this year. Start off cold and then hot the rest of the year. Their have been a ton of hard hit balls that haven't found holes and the lineup as a whole have seen a ton of pitches. It will get better (I hope).
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Yes, people forget threy started off 2024 hot. Especially with the bats.
 
I don't know if I've ever seen this big of a freak out to start the first 4 games of a season before. The Braves will still win over 90 games and make the playoffs.
 
If we are below .500 on April 30th, maybe we can start to panic a bit, depending on what the rest of the NL is doing. But it is super unlikely that 7 NL teams win 89 games again. Hell, it's unlikely that 6 teams even win 86 games.
 
Chavez called up, Neris DFA.

From 7th inning in a one-run game to DFA over three days ... incredible stuff from the guy in the dugout.
 
CJ9 said:
Chavez called up, Neris DFA.

From 7th inning in a one-run game to DFA over three days ... incredible stuff from the guy in the dugout.
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I think AA realized Snit would keep using him in high leverage since he's a former closer rather than a middle relief guy.
 
CJ9 said:
Chavez called up, Neris DFA.

From 7th inning in a one-run game to DFA over three days ... incredible stuff from the guy in the dugout.
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you knew last night was his prove or lose it moment. and by the looks of that fastball, it was definitely lost. I can't believe they didn't have any data on him from spring and that one outing to know that his stuff was never going to play.
 
I'd rather see elder air it out in the pen and be long man than Chavez again. I've been wrong on Jesse like 5 times though
 
We obviously need all the good news we can get, so the combination of Jose Suarez looking useful + AA taking his medicine on Neris has me feeling a little better. Chavez should take over the role of pitching meaningless innings with Suarez moving up a notch on the leverage ladder.

Grant Holmes is looking absolutely pivotal for this team. I have little faith that guys like Chavez, Suarez, or Kimbrel will be long-term solutions in the pen (hope I'm wrong). We may have no choice but to shift Holmes into high-leverage relief once Strider is back and just take our chances with all sorts of guys making spot starts. I'm not expecting Holmes to show-out against LAD tonight, but would be good for him to at least hold his own.
 
dak said:
We obviously need all the good news we can get, so the combination of Jose Suarez looking useful + AA taking his medicine on Neris has me feeling a little better. Chavez should take over the role of pitching meaningless innings with Suarez moving up a notch on the leverage ladder.

Grant Holmes is looking absolutely pivotal for this team. I have little faith that guys like Chavez, Suarez, or Kimbrel will be long-term solutions in the pen (hope I'm wrong). We may have no choice but to shift Holmes into high-leverage relief once Strider is back and just take our chances with all sorts of guys making spot starts. I'm not expecting Holmes to show-out against LAD tonight, but would be good for him to at least hold his own.
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Holmes goes to the pen when Strider comes back. That should help the rotation and pen.
 
zbhargrove said:
It's easy to forget that the Braves offense was pretty hot to start 2024 for the first month or so before falling off. I'm going to choose to believe it will be the opposite this year. Start off cold and then hot the rest of the year. There is edgehave been a ton of hard hit balls that haven't found holes and the lineup as a whole have seen a ton of pitches. It will get better (I hope).
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This is where I’m at.

But last night was one of the most pathetic performances I’ve ever seen. And the day before wasn’t much better.
 
Like the Fairchild add. Better short-side platoon option (career wRC+ vs LHP of 107) as compared to Bryan De La Cruz (career wRC+ vs LHP of 91). Also, much better defender.
 
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