GDT 7/23/13: Braves (Medlen) @ Mets (Torres) 7:10 PM

zitothebrave said:
It is largely Medlen's fault. Braves score 4.34 runs per game on the average. if you put the team in a position where they cannot win scoring under the average numbers of runs, you're putting yourself at a disadvantage. Not to mention the Mets still have 3.2 potential innings for the BP to give up a run. The braves allowing 1 run on the pen would fit perfectly into their Reliever ERA. Meaning the Braevs would essentially need to given the likely scenarios that would happen after Medlen leaving the game score 6 runs to win the game. Which would be well above their season average. Hardly impossible. But you cannot count on your offense to bail you out when you let up 4 runs in under 6 innings. Sure it can happen, just cannot count on it.
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Get out of here.

The offense takes swings when the score is 0-0 as if they're down 4-1 already. Homerun cuts and lots of swinging K's to go around for everyone. You mentioned when someone asked howcome McCann and everyone doesn't take the approach regulary like they did last night in the 9th. When McCann didn't swing for the fences and hit a laser up the middle to beat the shift. Imagine what would happen if all of our guys did that regularly instead of trying to hit Peach Clobbers all the time?

Doesn't matter if it's the 9th inning. If you do it in the 2nd 3rd or 6th inning, you won't have to rely on that approach in the 9th.
 
Grayson Dawg said:
Thats what is wrong with this team.....all about the home runs. Check out how many times he has failed with runners on base in crucial situations.
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Taking away the home run isnt gonna make them play small ball effectively. It's no coincidence the least knowledgable posters on this board all have "dawn" in their sn. If you can't properly spell "dog", your opinion on run scoring means nothing to me.
 
chopdrew said:
Taking away the home run isnt gonna make them play small ball effectively. It's no coincidence the least knowledgable posters on this board all have "dawn" in their sn. If you can't properly spell "dog", your opinion on run scoring means nothing to me.
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Let's not get OT and get personal into favorite colleges.

The real issue here is this team can't manufacture runs. Period.
 
I don't understand why people are thinking this team is gonna be anything other than what they are. Pulling guys with high hr titles with lower ba's doesn't do anything for this team but take a way of scoring that they're actually good at. This team wasn't built for that, and they've done what they're supposed to do to this point. Trying to makeover this team midseason is a terrible idea. It's like asking for four cards from the dealer while playing five card draw...
 
So!!!
chopdrew said:
Taking away the home run isnt gonna make them play small ball effectively. It's no coincidence the least knowledgable posters on this board all have "dawn" in their sn. If you can't properly spell "dog", your opinion on run scoring means nothing to me.
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BravesFanInSAV said:
How in the world can anyone think Alex Wood is ready to be a starter over Medlen?

He didn't even pitch that dominantly in his bullpen outings...?!

Are some of you just that biased because he went to UGA?
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Nope. I'm just tired of not even trying to watch 2/5 of our rotation when I feel like they're going to be losses. How in this backwards season do I have more confidence in a rookie like Teheran than Medlen or Maholm?
 
BravesFanInSAV said:
Who knows.

THe last time we won a playoff series, our regular season record was 88-74 in 2001 and that team wasn't even as all-around talented as this one. We had Lopez with bad knees, Caminit and Julio alternating 1st base, Rey Sanchez, BJ Surhoff/Bernard Gilkey and Brian Jordan hitting cleanup.

Maybe we're one of those teams that isn't dominant in regular season then gets really hot in the playoffs like all the other teams that have beaten us in the past in the postseason?

2002 we had a good all-around team.

2003 we had a historically great offense.

2004 we had a solid all-around team.

2005 we had a decent team.

2010 we had a decent team.

2012 we had a really good team.
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Um, in the 2001 NLDS we faced the following starters: Wade Miller, Dave Mlicki, Shayne Reynolds. I don't see us facing anything nearly that easy this year
 
bravebonebook said:
Nope. I'm just tired of not even trying to watch 2/5 of our rotation when I feel like they're going to be losses. How in this backwards season do I have more confidence in a rookie like Teheran than Medlen or Maholm?
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Ok I get it.

Maholm sucks. Replace with Beachy, that's logical.

But replace Wood with Medlen? That's crazy. Medlen hasn't pitched THAT bad outside of the W-L record.
 
tlroom112 said:
Um, in the 2001 NLDS we faced the following starters: Wade Miller, Dave Mlicki, Shayne Reynolds. I don't see us facing anything nearly that easy this year
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Look at the score of those games that we won that series. Had it not been for Maddux and Glavine, we probably lose that series.
 
bravesnumberone said:
This. Excuse me if I don't get excited at winning a piss poor division to once again get our ass handed to us in the postseason because of inconsistent play and the fact that no adjustments were even attempted.
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Forgive me if I could care less about how strong our division is. Forgive me if I would rather win a crappy division vs having to play a one game playoff lost by a bogus infield fly rule when having the second best record in the NL. This isn't the SEC. Playing in a good division doesn't prepare you for crap in Baseball. Get in the playoffs and hope we are playing well at that time.
 
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