CrimsonCowboy
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I would not mind if Profar could be traded in the offseason
you'll see the Braves spend big on someone like Kyle Tucker before there's even a remote chance of Strider being moved into the closer role.Strider should be our closer next season. His starting days are over
Outside of two miracles, shows that their history is rather meh253 seems like a low number for the all time franchise HR leader. Only the Padres and Diamondbacks have lower numbers. Padres have a shocking number of 169 HR for their all time leader, and it's Machado.
His overall stuff has actually looked a lot better over the last three or four appearances, he's just having issues hitting his spots.If Strider doesn't learn to pitch with what he has now, rather than what he used to be, then he is done.
I agree they won't start him in the pen. He'll just have to be moved after a month of getting destroyedyou'll see the Braves spend big on someone like Kyle Tucker before there's even a remote chance of Strider being moved into the closer role.
You're also completely wasting his value by doing that. He's coming back from major surgery and having bumps, it's totally normal. In the end, he's been valuable in his limited work this year.
He has to learn how to pitch. Might be wrong but his ability to overpower may be gone for good.His overall stuff has actually looked a lot better over the last three or four appearances, he's just having issues hitting his spots.