7/5 GDT: Houston Astros (57-27) vs. Atlanta Braves (40-42); Dansby's Day Off Edition

[WaitingFor2017]

Houston Astros Lineup (57-27):

Springer RF

Altuve 2B

Reddick LF

Gattis C

Gonzalez SS

Gurriel 1B

Bregman 3B

Marisnick CF

Musgrove P

Atlanta Braves Lineup (40-42):

Inciarte CF

Phillips 2B

FREEMAN 3B

Kemp LF

Markakis RF

Adams 1B

Flowers C

Camargo SS

Garcia P

I like giving Dansby a day off with a heavy ground ball pitcher like Garcia pitching. I still would flip Adams and Flowers in the lineup to get a true L/R switch.

 

[Enscheff]

My lord, the Astros sit their MPV candidate SS and replace him in the lineup with a RHed hitting CFer sporting an .853 OPS. Then they swap their LHed hitting catcher for a RHed hitting catcher with a career OPS vs LHers of .813.

Things could get very ugly for Garcia tonight. The Astros are absolutely stacked with position player talent.

 

[nsacpi]

Expecting a yuge game from Camargo.

 

[seanyates]

Does anyone else hate Markakis batting 5th?

 

[Enscheff]

Does anyone else hate Markakis batting 5th?

Me.

He should be batting 1 or 2.

 

[msstate7]

Me.

He should be batting 1 or 2.

Inciarte

Markakis

FF

Kemp

Adams

Flowers

Phillips

Swanson

You think it'd make us too suceptible to matchups at the end?

 

[WaitingFor2017]

Having Albies will help soon.

Markakis

Albies

Freeman

Kemp

Adams

Flowers

Inciarte

Swanson

Pitcher

I still wish we would trade Adams and give Kemp away. Markakis is a good 2018 Bridge, so Acuna can come up in April 2019.

 

[Enscheff]

Inciarte

Markakis

FF

Kemp

Adams

Flowers

Phillips

Swanson

You think it'd make us too suceptible to matchups at the end?

Yes. I would avoid 3 LHers in a row and probably go

Inciarte

Markakis

Kemp

Freeman

Flowers

Adams

Phillips

Swanson

Perfect world has Markakis and Freeman 1-2, followed by Kemp and Adams, but this is the Braves we are talking about so a "speedy" Guy has to be hitting leaf off.

 

[sturg33]

I'm getting mad at the fact that we have to pay Kemp a ton of money for another 2 years

 

[jpx7]

Hoping some shifting leaves Freeman playing some SS tonight.

 

[Enscheff]

Any word on start time?

 

[WaitingFor2017]

Any word on start time?

8

 

[CJ9]

This Nick Markakis interview they've played in the rain delay is the single most boring interview I've ever watched in my life.

 

[Enscheff]

2 hits to start the game. The blowout is underway of Garcia doesn't figure it out quick.

 

[Managuarantano's Volunteers]

So how did people beat the Astros again?

 

[thethe]

I'm done with BP. Ready to see Albies.

 

[WaitingFor2017]

Must be nice to have a manager and an organization that studies and relies on advanced statistics.

 

[Enscheff]

So how did people beat the Astros again?

They don't very often haha

 

[msstate7]

Man, I would love for Jamie to go 7 and only give up 2. If he could pull that off vs this team, his stock should go up

 

[sturg33]

Chip: "I heard something today that made my eyebrow curl"