Austin Riley

bravesfanMatt said:
He quit on his team the last game by not helping them break the record. No thank you
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As did Acuna the inning before him. And, when Uzuna broke the record....do you know who the only Brave who wasn't in the dugout to congratulate him was?? Guess.
 
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Glad to see another clown show poster has emerged.

Acuna’s sprint speed is certainly odd, along with his poor defensive range. While his sprint speed has declined to barely above average, he has the most bolts on the team…which are sprints of 30+ ft/s over a 1 second interval.

So I’m going to hypothesize that Acuna still has grade 70 or better top end speed, but he dials it back a lot more often than most players. Since this metric encapsulates roughly 2/3 of all “competitive plays”, it stands to reason Acuna would not rate as well in this metric as a guy going full speed more often.

Should we care? Nope, for the same reason we shouldn’t care about SBs. Acuna main focus should be staying healthy and punishing baseballs. Everything else is just noise compared to the rest of his offensive value.
 
Enscheff said:
Glad to see another clown show poster has emerged.

Acuna’s sprint speed is certainly odd, along with his poor defensive range. While his sprint speed has declined to barely above average, he has the most bolts on the team…which are sprints of 30+ ft/s over a 1 second interval.

So I’m going to hypothesize that Acuna still has grade 70 or better top end speed, but he dials it back a lot more often than most players. Since this metric encapsulates roughly 2/3 of all “competitive plays”, it stands to reason Acuna would not rate as well in this metric as a guy going full speed more often.

Should we care? Nope, for the same reason we shouldn’t care about SBs. Acuna main focus should be staying healthy and punishing baseballs. Everything else is just noise compared to the rest of his offensive value.
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Finally, someone helped explain this to me. recognize his offense minus the SB and his somewhat lack of excellence in the outfield. I think his lack of range in the outfield is two things...sometimes it's a lack of hustle and other times just not really able to make the play.
 
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What old-timers like to call "hustle" is in many cases just wasted energy. If you want to play every game, like Acuna does, you can't go 100% on every single play. If him loafing on hopeless plays means he can stay fresher and avoid nagging injuries, I'm perfectly find with that. If it costs him a couple of infield hits, or a few balls drop in the outfield he may have been able to get to with an all-out play, so be it.
 
Strike3urout said:
What old-timers like to call "hustle" is in many cases just wasted energy. If you want to play every game, like Acuna does, you can't go 100% on every single play. If him loafing on hopeless plays means he can stay fresher and avoid nagging injuries, I'm perfectly find with that. If it costs him a couple of infield hits, or a few balls drop in the outfield he may have been able to get to with an all-out play, so be it.
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I remember many years ago Henry Aaron was asked why he didn't sprint to first after a walk like Pete Rose. His response was "I use necessary hustle".
 
Acuna's lack of "hustle" is likely mandated from the front office. When it's needed on the bases he shows you he's still a top end guy. We don't want him to end up like Griffey in his 30s
 
BabyElle said:
We would not have won the division without Riley and Olson or the rest of the team. But you would have thought that Acuna won it single handedly . The best thing this team could do for their future would be to trade Acuna for a 'Nolan Ryan' and a 'Mariano Rivera' although Acuna doesn't have enough trade power for two pitchers of that caliber. Doesn't really matter those kind of pitchers don't exist anymore.....The Braves have enough offense without him and pitching wins championships.....not offense
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Okay now I know you're trolling.
 
Strike3urout said:
What old-timers like to call "hustle" is in many cases just wasted energy. If you want to play every game, like Acuna does, you can't go 100% on every single play. If him loafing on hopeless plays means he can stay fresher and avoid nagging injuries, I'm perfectly find with that. If it costs him a couple of infield hits, or a few balls drop in the outfield he may have been able to get to with an all-out play, so be it.
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Thie "hustle guys" like David Eckstein are generally the type that have below average natural talent, so they have to try harder than everyone else to make up for it. Chipper rarely hustled down to 1st. McCann too. I saw Freeman lollygag down to first plenty of times on a soft grounder to first.
 
Carp said:
Thie "hustle guys" like David Eckstein are generally the type that have below average natural talent, so they have to try harder than everyone else to make up for it. Chipper rarely hustled down to 1st. McCann too. I saw Freeman lollygag down to first plenty of times on a soft grounder to first.
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It's called being smart. Pick the spots where the hustle has a good chance to be rewarded. If all you're likely to get is cheers from the crowd, save the ATP for later.
 
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