GDT 4/5/25: Braves vs Marlins - The Turn Around Continues

[Slippyjms]

Harris ll CF
Albies 2B
Ozuna DH
Olson 1B
Riley 3B
De La Cruz LF
Baldwin C
Allen SS
Kelenic RF

Smith-Shawver P

 

[CrimsonCowboy]

Allen again at SS.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Just play white and quit with the Kelenic crap.

 

[mfree80]

Allen has earned a shot. As long as he is performing, he should be playing. He may not be the answer long term, but he wouldn’t be the first guy to take a couple of years to figure it out and become a solid regular.

I suspect Arcia will also get another shot, but his leash will be getting shorter with each opportunity.

 

[CrimsonCowboy]

Just play white and quit with the Kelenic crap.

I agree. Kelenic has looked bad. Eli White can’t be any worse

 

[mfree80]

I suspect JK has until Verdugo is ready to turn it around.

Not looking good for Kelenic.

 

[Slippyjms]

I suspect JK has until Verdugo is ready to turn it around.

Not looking good for Kelenic.

Verdugo is gonna end up getting a lot more playing time than anyone anticipated this year

 

[zbhargrove]

Verdugo is gonna end up getting a lot more playing time than anyone anticipated this year

That's such a sad statement, lol... well, let's hope he puts up a career year.

 

[Enscheff]

AJSS is giving me Wright vibes. The stuff is there for a solid #3, but the execution is holding him back. It all clicked for Wright just before he got hurt, and it would be awesome to see a similar trajectory for AJSS with some better injury luck.

 

[The Tariff King]

AJSS is giving me Wright vibes. The stuff is there for a solid #3, but the execution is holding him back. It all clicked for Wright just before he got hurt, and it would be awesome to see a similar trajectory for AJSS with some better injury luck.

I don't recall since it was 2022, but were you liking Wright's stuff and data before he got injured and figured it out or did it look like a smokescreen to you.

 

[Enscheff]

I don't recall since it was 2022, but were you liking Wright's stuff and data before he got injured and figured it out or did it look like a smokescreen to you.

Go find the post where I broke down his stuff. The ingredients were always there, even though the early metrics looked a bit strange.

 

[Enscheff]

Guys like Fried, Touki, Newk, and Strider always had ingredients you never wanted to give up on.

Guys like Soroka, Wright, Schwelly, and now AJSS had the ingredients that could make them quality SPs.

Schwelly somehow took a significant step forward with the ingredients, and is now approaching that first group.

Guys like Waldrep, Allard, and all the other guys I’ve pegged as nothing special never had the ingredients of a MLB SP.

 

[Enscheff]

Let’s see how long AJ can maintain 96+ on the heater, and if he can execute these pitches.

 

[zbhargrove]

De La Cruz makes up for the dumb dive play... still what the hell was the runner thinking?

 

[CyYoung31]

AJSS getting kilt, but the Marlins are dumb.

 

[Enscheff]

That slider is still being used and not controlled for shit.

 

[Enscheff]

94 middle/middle isn’t going to work.

 

[CyYoung31]

He isn’t ready.

 

[zbhargrove]

Damnit AJ... you had a gift with 2 outs on 2 pitches... was really hoping to see a step forward tonight

 

[msstate7]

He isn’t ready.

He will never be ready