bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
And Giles is still lurking in AAA. Imagine him replacing Bummer or whoever.
GDT 4/7/24: Braves vs D-Backs - Feeling Sweepy
- Thread starter Slippyjms
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mossy
<B>Hysterical Girlfriend<BR>That Storms Out and</B
How’s he doing down there? I haven’t had a chance to look in on it.
CyYoung31
Shift Leader
The thing I took away from this series is that the DBacks aren’t very good…like at all. I was at these last two games. Their lineup consists of, like, 2-3 decent hitters and a lot of nothing burgers. They have two really good starting pitchers which curves the rotation grade on the whole. Their bullpen is mid, and their defense is absolutely fckn atrocious.
Not taking anything away from the Braves, because even without Strider they’re still the class of the league IMO.
Not taking anything away from the Braves, because even without Strider they’re still the class of the league IMO.
bravesnumberone
Well-known member
I think they're decent, but the pen is a weakness. If they get a good year out of Montgomery and if EROD comes back from his injury okay, they'll have a solid rotation.
CyYoung31
Shift Leader
I forgot about Montgomery and ERod (though he probably won’t be a factor).
Yeah- I was wondering about that - Slippy doesn’t get credit for the win until the Elephant, Emma, and where applicable - the broom are posted.
drewdat
Well-known member
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
Don’t follow minors much anymore. But 3 inning in 3 games. 3K no walks and no runs. But what I saw in spring he looks like he could be valuable when he gets some reps.
CyYoung31
Shift Leader
Took me a minute, I guess we haven't swept in a while
You had one job.
You would think a stretch of 13 straight games would be the perfect opportunity to rest a few guys...but probably not. Snit will just run them into the ground until someone tweaks a hamstring and is forced to miss 10 days. Then the dino-apologists will claim there was no way to possibly avoid those injuries.
Certainly seems like a trademark clown show move.
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
They just had 2 straight days off and we are one week into the season. They don't need a rest.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
One of your biggest contributions to this forum is comments cemented around facts. you know I completely align with you regarding twit and resting players, but it seems odd to attack him for potential injuries when I don't think there has been any studies correlating playing time with injuries. sure the more you play the more risk because of increased opportunities for injury..but does more rest decrease actual cases of tweaked hamstrings??
now do I THINK regular rest improves performance.. yes. That is why runners and weight lifters rest.. let muscles 'rest'.. I think baseball players don't really exert themselves quite like that, but rest can't be a bad thing. If nothing else a mental break... personally I would give a guy a complete day off, don't even show up to the park type day off or at worst, you will watch entire game on bench in uniform, but you will not play barring 5 injuries.
I think you caught TDS (twitner derangement syndrome) and like me, it can make you go crazy.
Yes, I have spiraled into blaming Snit for injuries that haven't happened due to moves he hasn't made in games that haven't been played yet. It's supposed to be a bit tongue in cheek though.
Modern load management studies have already shown the benefits of resting guys. It's why boomers complain about the current NBA rest patterns.
zbhargrove
Well-known member
Well to be fair, what the NBA has turned into is an absolute joke
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
it is what MLB is turning into. NBA rest guys not only because it helps come playoff time, but because over half the league makes the playoffs. MLB is almost the same, just the Braves somehow haven't figured out that busting it to win 105 games only gets you a participation medal and no real benefit to playoff style of play.