5/3/15 Reds @ Braves 1:35 PM

Fredi = Ramsay.
Avilan = Reek

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Nice win to split the series, but the best news has to be the improved performance from Teheran. Who knows if his troubles were related to the knee or just something mental . . . but maybe today is the start of a good stretch for him.
 
dak said:
Nice win to split the series, but the best news has to be the improved performance from Teheran. Who knows if his troubles were related to the knee or just something mental . . . but maybe today is the start of a good stretch for him.
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Once Teheran starts pitching like we all know he can then all of a sudden the Braves look a bunch better. The hitting is just working this year. It could just be a one year fluke thing but who cares...the lineup is producing.
 
thethe said:
Once Teheran starts pitching like we all know he can then all of a sudden the Braves look a bunch better. The hitting is just working this year. It could just be a one year fluke thing but who cares...the lineup is producing.
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Certain people certainly are. KJ and AJ come to mind instantly. Seitzer effect.
 
As others have stated, I hope this game is a springboard for JT for the rest of the year. As our #1 starter, he's obviously going to draw assignments against other teams' best pitchers. Not to belabor the obvious but in past years our 4/5 pitchers usually were better than their opposing counterparts. This year, with Stults, Folty/Cahill, that's no longer the case. If we don't want to be a 90 loss team, JT's going to have to step up.
 
Nice to see Teheran back on track. If Wood can get going the same way this team will be a factor. The hitting is there. One factor is not having the star guys that have to be in the lineup every day, so we can mix and match at pretty much every position except SS, 1B, and RF. Sure having those star hitters is good, but the ability to have guys in and out of the lineup allows flexibility and makes up for it.
 
Nerfherders said:
Nice to see Teheran back on track. If Wood can get going the same way this team will be a factor. The hitting is there. One factor is not having the star guys that have to be in the lineup every day, so we can mix and match at pretty much every position except SS, 1B, and RF. Sure having those star hitters is good, but the ability to have guys in and out of the lineup allows flexibility and makes up for it.
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While I normally prefer a lineup that's fairly constant, I guess one good thing about the current approach is that it keeps everyone on the team engaged knowing that they're going to get a share of playing time and nobody's going to languish on the bench.
 
@gondeee · 7h 7 hours ago
Braves are 6-4 when Beth starts, 5-8 when Pier starts. SSS warning, but it seems like good defense is trumping catching offense.

@gondeee · 7h 7 hours ago
Team ERA w/ Pierzynski catching: 5.04.
Team ERA w/ Bethancourt catching: 3.68.
 
Braves1976 said:
@gondeee · 7h 7 hours ago
Braves are 6-4 when Beth starts, 5-8 when Pier starts. SSS warning, but it seems like good defense is trumping catching offense.

@gondeee · 7h 7 hours ago
Team ERA w/ Pierzynski catching: 5.04.
Team ERA w/ Bethancourt catching: 3.68.
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AJ's been alot better hitting the ball.

Baseball is a weird game though.
 
Last year we had a much better record with Uggla in the lineup than without him. Too bad we can't have both Uggla and Bethancourt in the lineup together.

Two years ago the issue was our record on Mondays.
 
AJ is hitting a ton but he's a terrible catcher, so bad that it seems he cannot hit enough to make up for it. AJ had a -11 DRS last year in a bit over 700 innings and is already -4 DRS this year with us in 123 innings. Also, Bethancourt came into today with a 2 DRS in 88 innings.
 
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