GDT 7/4/21: Fish @ Braves - Arcia’s Braves Debut

Know how to tell your offense is in dire need of an upgrade?

You start a guy in LF without the platoon advantage who was deemed too poor offensively to play everyday at SS.

Not to mention, the guy being counted on to give the offense a spark is still hitting behind Swanson and Heredia.
 
The solution to the gaping hole in the OF is batting right now. He’s been the solution from opening day.
 
I think I just heard the Marlins broadcast team say that the Braves have 0 extra base hits in roughly the last 24 innings?
 
Swanson and Heredia are fine when providing defense at premium positions while batting 7-9. It’s not fine when they are batting 5-6.

If AA can get a bat for the OF and TDA comes back to provide his projected numbers, this offense will be just fine.
 
Dude walked down the line like it was a no doubter, then it went into the first row.

We were about 5’ away from another argument about Acuna’s hustle.
 
We are about to see a situation where Morton is due up 2nd in the 5th in a 1 run game. He should be right around 80 pitches, and hopefully less than 80. The Marlins have RHHs in the top 5 slots of the order.

It’s probably the correct move to punt the PA in the 5th to allow Morton to face those RHHs a 3rd time as long as he completes the 5th in a reasonable number of pitches.
 
He gave up some hard hit outs against that part of the order. Doesn’t matter whether we leave him in or not; we are not winning the game if we can’t score more than two runs.
 
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