7/19 - GDT: D-Bags at Braves
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CrimsonCowboy
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The Braves are a machine, but it’s leaking a little oil right now. Every team goes through a dip like this. Just hope it gets turned back around in quick fashion
striker42
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On 11 singles, 3 errors, and a blown call confirmed by replay.
msstate7
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I'm fine with some struggles now. I much prefer them now than September and October.
lmao Braves have lost 0 games in the standings while losing 4 in a row. Get out of here clown.
Same. Once the Braves got going last year they didn't hit a skid until the final series of the year after sweeping the Mets and it carried into the playoffs.
No doubt.
CyYoung31
Shift Leader
They actually gained a game.
jsebe10
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You MFers think this a "skid" with talented players running out of the pen and rotation...Our bullpen is depleted and inconsistent...We can't fckn out slug everyone every night...You've been watching baseball long enough to know that we have a serious pitching problem...clown
GovClintonTyree
<B>Vencer a Los Doyers</B>
I think saying everything is fine and things will take care of themselves is whistling past the graveyard. We've got some pitching problems. Not only do we need depth on the starter and reliever sides, even our best are erratic.
Fried, Lee and Chavez will all help, but I think the staff overperformed in May/June/early July and while they're not as bad as the results the last week would indicate, we're having some issues that are not going away. We just promoted Dereck Rodriguez and Seth Elledge. Nick Anderson is gone. We've shuttled the number 4-5 spots among guys who should be in Gwinnett (Shuster, Dodd, Allard, Soroka, Smith-Shawver).
Even our best are erratic - Morton, Strider, Elder. Yes, I understand we look good in fWAR pitching, and I understand our defense hasn't helped for the last week, but the pitching is not championship caliber, hasn't been all year despite surprising success and I think we need help.
Fried, Lee and Chavez will all help, but I think the staff overperformed in May/June/early July and while they're not as bad as the results the last week would indicate, we're having some issues that are not going away. We just promoted Dereck Rodriguez and Seth Elledge. Nick Anderson is gone. We've shuttled the number 4-5 spots among guys who should be in Gwinnett (Shuster, Dodd, Allard, Soroka, Smith-Shawver).
Even our best are erratic - Morton, Strider, Elder. Yes, I understand we look good in fWAR pitching, and I understand our defense hasn't helped for the last week, but the pitching is not championship caliber, hasn't been all year despite surprising success and I think we need help.
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lmao
Our rotation is fine. The pen is getting a little thin with the injuries but we'll get people back and make some additions at the deadline.
GovClintonTyree
<B>Vencer a Los Doyers</B>
I don't know, thewupk. Shuster, Dodd, Allard, Soroka, Smith-Shawver? And Morton, Elder and Strider have spasms of badness. Who knows when Wright will be back. I'll feel a lot better if/when Fried comes back 100%.
Bullpen has a bunch of reclamation projects at this point.
I think we're threadbare.
I'm only concerned about the playoffs to be honest. And I'm assuming Fried is going to be 100% for that. He's looked good in his rehab starts so far. Fried/Strider/Morton is a really strong playoff trio.
You're not wrong about the pen. It's getting thin with the injuries that have cropped up.
msstate7
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Braves have one of the best staff's in baseball, and that's been mostly without fried and wright. Now sure we could give the last 4 games more weight than the previous 90 if y'all want, but it seems silly to me
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
It's always interesting reading the pre-trade deadline national takes and more than a couple think the Braves will try to land a starting pitcher (maybe not one in the top tier). Have to remember that Anthopoulos added Odorizzi last year and that was when Fried and Wright were both healthy. Anthopoulos is usually good for a surprise and is an adept bargain hunter, so if he can find another starter (especially someone who could swing into a relief role in the post-season) at a reasonable price, he may well go that way. I think the bullpen is the bigger issue right now and I fully expect the Braves to be in that market. Maybe a back-up IF, but given the Iron Man approach they've taken, either Grissom or Shewmake could assume that role in the post-season.
Question for the Braves is what do they have to offer in a deal. Smith-Shawver and Grissom are the only two guys (at least in my estimation) that likely quicken the pulse of prospective suitors. Anthopoulos has been able to prey on the stupid in the past, but there aren't a lot of bullets in the gun to swing something big.