Braves Claimed Kyle Lohse

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BravesBlock said:
Any rumblings that the Giants are going to attempt to extend him? He would definitely be a boost for this team. A few days remain in August so hopefully Wren can pull off some type of impact move. With the major injuries we have suffered this year we need something big to give this team a boost.
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How is Lincecum really an upgrade over anything? Sure he might be slightly better than Maholm, but he's just too erratic to be trusted in the playoffs. I know this stat is not the end all, be all, but Lincecum has 11 quality starts out of 26 starts. That's just an example of how erratic he is. He's also in the top 10 in the league in walks.
 
NYCBrave said:
How is Lincecum really an upgrade over anything? Sure he might be slightly better than Maholm, but he's just too erratic to be trusted in the playoffs. I know this stat is not the end all, be all, but Lincecum has 11 quality starts out of 26 starts. That's just an example of how erratic he is. He's also in the top 10 in the league in walks.
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He also has playoff experience and had shown that he is capable of dominating an opposing team's lineup. It also helps that he is playing for a contract and wouldn't be a long term financial commitment. In my opinion it is worth the risk to give him the opportunity to start in the playoffs.
 
Unless Uggla comes back hitting well and one or two of Schafer/BJ/Gattis/Terd gives us a big boost, we're going to be in bigger need of hitting than pitching. I'm assuming Pence didn't clear waivers? I wouldn't necessarily mind Lincecum though provided what the deal was.
 
A reliever is more needed then a starting pitcher at this point. I hope they don't think Garcia is that guy.

But I am glad Wren and Company claimed Lohse.

I would like to add a good OFer but I doubt it happens.
 
BravesBlock said:
He also has playoff experience and had shown that he is capable of dominating an opposing team's lineup. It also helps that he is playing for a contract and wouldn't be a long term financial commitment. In my opinion it is worth the risk to give him the opportunity to start in the playoffs.
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He's also been playing for a contract this whole season and look at the results. We just need to face the fact he's not the same pitcher he was. Sure he's capable of dominating a team, but he's also more likely to flame out against a good lineup. I'd rather just roll with what we've got, and in a short series that would be Minor, Teheran and Medlen.
 
We just got partially exposed in St Louis. I know we were coming off some bad happening but the team should have rallied and played better in St Louis. They looked like they just limped in. Not good with the playoffs coming.

This team reminds me somewhat of the 2003 team. They murder mediocre pitching. They cannot manufacture runs at all and against top starters the power even disappears somewhat. We won't see mediocre pitching in the playoffs. St Louis is team I don't want to face in the first round. We need the best record. That would definitely help. Maybe we can get it going but the Indians Marlins are no pushover and we're gonna see Wheeler and Harvey after that. We have no shut down starter. Minor is getting close and maybe he can do it. Maybe we should have signed ZG instead of BJ.
 
VOLracious said:
We just got partially exposed in St Louis. I know we were coming off some bad happening but the team should have rallied and played better in St Louis. They looked like they just limped in. Not good with the playoffs coming.

This team reminds me somewhat of the 2003 team. They murder mediocre pitching. They cannot manufacture runs at all and against top starters the power even disappears somewhat. We won't see mediocre pitching in the playoffs. St Louis is team I don't want to face in the first round. We need the best record. That would definitely help. Maybe we can get it going but the Indians Marlins are no pushover and we're gonna see Wheeler and Harvey after that. We have no shut down starter. Minor is getting close and maybe he can do it. Maybe we should have signed ZG instead of BJ.
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What you said about the Braves offense goes for all teams. You think the top teams in the NL all beat up the top pitchers in the league? If the Cardinals are so good, then what's their problem since they don't have a better record than us?
 
Still 32 games for the Braves to figure out who they are w/o Heyward. I think they will figure it out. If and when Heyward rejoins the team, they will be even better, having had to learn some new ways to score runs.
 
VOLracious said:
This team reminds me somewhat of the 2003 team. They murder mediocre pitching. They cannot manufacture runs at all and against top starters the power even disappears somewhat.
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This is actually not true. Unfortunately, I am not able to find a screenshot of the image, but during a Braves broadcast (maybe 2-3 weeks ago), they showed the Braves runs scored and record against the top 10 pitchers in 1) Wins, 2) K's, and 3) ERA. The Braves were above .500 in each of those categories with pretty respectable Runs/game. (Does anyone else remember this statistic or have a screenshot of it)? I'm sure it's outdated by now, but my point is that although it may *seem* that other teams' top starters beat us, the numbers say otherwise.
 
tomahawkchop said:
This is actually not true. Unfortunately, I am not able to find a screenshot of the image, but during a Braves broadcast (maybe 2-3 weeks ago), they showed the Braves runs scored and record against the top 10 pitchers in 1) Wins, 2) K's, and 3) ERA. The Braves were above .500 in each of those categories with pretty respectable Runs/game. (Does anyone else remember this statistic or have a screenshot of it)? I'm sure it's outdated by now, but my point is that although it may *seem* that other teams' top starters beat us, the numbers say otherwise.
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Yup. One of the encouraging things about this team is that it has done well against top pitching and against the teams likely to make the playoffs.
 
I do not think we can count on Heyward being in game shape offensively IF he is ready for the playoffs. However, his defense and just being in the lineup could be a big boost. But I think expecting anything out of him offensively is just not realistic.
 
Bottom line is it would help big time if Heyward came back for the playoffs, but no matter what, the hottest team always wins the title.

Im hoping we are clicking come October.
 
Enscheff said:
The team goes 18-2, and then drops 3 games in STL and suddenly Wren needs to make huge additions?
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I think it has more to do with the fact we lost Heyward for the rest of the year as well as Beachy potentially to another major injury.
 
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