8/21/14 Braves @ Reds 7:10 ET

BremanFan88 said:
He probably is a good bench player but his playing time shouldn't come at the expense of someone that was doing well. You mention BJ but CJ could definitely use some days off against RHP too.
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Pena should be in there for CJ about once a week.
 
No way around it. There's no reason TLS should have lost his starting job. Guys on this team have slumped a lot longer and performed much worse and kept their spots.
 
Just saw that Hamilton has been caught stealing almost 20 times. With his low OBP he might want to pick his spots a little better than that.
 
nsacpi said:
Gosselin has played some third, but coming up in the minors he was a second baseman. I suspect second is his best defensive position.
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I'm surprised that in this day of specialization guys like Gosselin aren't identified as potential utility players and given more in-game experience at different positions to maximize value. It's the most important bench spot so you'd think UTL would become a position.
 
I think at this point we should hope the Nats finish with the best record and we get one of the wild card spots win the play in game and we get the Nats in the first round. Nats are scared to death of that scenario.
 
cajunrevenge said:
I think at this point we should hope the Nats finish with the best record and we get one of the wild card spots win the play in game and we get the Nats in the first round. Nats are scared to death of that scenario.
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That would be pretty awesome. Nats are peaking too soon imo. They have played as poorly as anybody else at times this year.
 
Great catch by JUp. IMO he'd have caught that ball last night if not for having to worry about BJ streaking in from his left. I guess we'll never know but I blame that play as much on the older Upton as I do the younger one.
 
cajunrevenge said:
I think at this point we should hope the Nats finish with the best record and we get one of the wild card spots win the play in game and we get the Nats in the first round. Nats are scared to death of that scenario.
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I dont know about scared but we do seem to have decent success vs them.

One game at a time though.

Or they get the Cards who are battle-tested as it gets.
 
thewupk said:
That would be pretty awesome. Nats are peaking too soon imo. They have played as poorly as anybody else at times this year.
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Five walk-off wins isn't peaking. It's putting the division in a vise grip. This sucker's over except for the wild -- which is fine.
 
Sigh...niners somehow defending CJ again huh..Let's look at the numbers...again....

Among NL 3rd baseman:
2nd to last in WAR
Last in wRC+
Last in BB%
Last in K%
Last in OBP
Last in OPS
9th out of 12 in ISO
2nd worst defender
He has 131 Ks and 15 BB...that's for real.
I don't know how you can argue that he hasn't been terrible. He happens to be hitting well with men on, but that doesn't last. He should not be playing vs. righties at all.
 
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