GDT 8/14/2013: Phillies @ Braves

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Krovahn

Playing the Waiting Game
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Tonight's lineup for your Atlanta Braves:
Jason Heyward RF
Justin Upton LF
Freddie Freeman 1B
Evan Gattis C
Chris Johnson 3B
Tyler Pastornicky 2B
Bossman Jr. Upton CF
Paul Janish SS
Brandon Beachy P

Tonight's lineup for the visiting Phillies:
Jimmy Rollins SS
Michael Young 1B
Chase Utley 2B
Dominic Brown LF
Darin Ruf RF
Cody Asche 3B
John Mayberry CF
Carlos Ruiz C
John Lannan P
 
Well we don't have to look at Uggla and BJ bat together now... now (at least for today) we have to look at BJ and Janish together... I think I pefer the former, but Simmons prob does need a day off. I just wish we had a better offensive backup.
 
chopdrew said:
Damn, Janish and Pnick in there? Beachy's gonna hafta be good
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Are you referring to their defense or offense? Pnick is a fine defensive 2nd baseman and Janish is a fantastic defensive SS who can't hit. Offensively, yes it sucks to have Janish in there but Pnick is much better than Uggla stick wise.
 
I would have liked to have the main lineup in there to try to win the series, especially with the off day coming tomorrow. But maybe Janish can surprise us. Let's hope John Lannan doesn't put one of his two-hit shut outs up.
 
bravesnumberone said:
I would have liked to have the main lineup in there to try to win the series, especially with the off day coming tomorrow. But maybe Janish can surprise us. Let's hope John Lannan doesn't put one of his two-hit shut outs up.
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I understand giving Janish a game at short. But it would be better to do so on a day Mac starts and BJ sits, IMO.
 
zbhargrove said:
Are you referring to their defense or offense? Pnick is a fine defensive 2nd baseman and Janish is a fantastic defensive SS who can't hit. Offensively, yes it sucks to have Janish in there but Pnick is much better than Uggla stick wise.
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Offense. And when Pastornicky hits 21 hrs in a season i'll buy that he's "much better" than Uggla offensively. You people put so much stock in batting average. It's cute.
 
chopdrew said:
Offense. And when Pastornicky hits 21 hrs in a season i'll buy that he's "much better" than Uggla offensively. You people put so much stock in batting average. It's cute.
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Pastornicky has a 1 DRS at second for his MLB career (small sample size I know) while Uggla is at -15 for this season. So defensively Pastornicky is a clear upgrade, even if he plays only average or a bit below at second.

As far as the offense goes, Uggla OPS this year isn't even .700 including his 21 homers. Plus he's one of the worst with RISP (and strikes out a lot with a runner at third and less than two outs). Pastornicky doesn't need to hit 21 homers to top that offensively. He just needs to make contact better and put up a .650 OPS or better. This will be enough to top Uggla as long as Pastornicky makes a little contact in situations Uggla almost never does (and also uses his speed to steal some bases).
 
tvsportscaster said:
Tarp is on the field it's raining in Atlanta yet again. Game will be delayed.
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We've been losing everytime there is a rain delay a lot lately (or so it seems). This being the case and given our line-up I'd be okay with a rain out. Then again that might not be good if the boys lose their off day tomorrow.
 
Lol. Is this where someone tells me about "situational baseball" again? That's quaint, like when my grandma used to take the phone off the hook during lightning storms so the house wouldn't get hit. Situational baseball does not exist over the course of 162 games, and people that advocate one player over another because of their ability to "put it in play" miss the point. I don't dispute that uggla's been hit & miss this year, but scratch singles don't impress me, regardless of situation. Mickey Mantle once said about Pete Rose that "if he (Mantle) had gone to work every day trying to hit scratch singles, he'd have worn a skirt." Don't confuse "contact" with production.
 
BlackwaterPark said:
Not I....Double headers are brutal
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In all likelihood if this one is rained out, they would play it tomorrow as both teams are off. The Phillies don't come back to Atlanta until the final series of the year, and the Braves certainly don't want a doubleheader that weekend certainly not with the post-season looming.
 
BlackwaterPark said:
Not I....Double headers are brutal
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A double header in late Sept with our call-ups should be easy. Keep in mind that by then I expect we'd already locked up our division too. But it is possible they might make it up tomorrow (our off day) so that wouldn't be good.
 
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