GDT 8/14/2013: Phillies @ Braves

[BravesBlock]

You don't think Justin has the athleticism for RF???

I think he is a better left fielder than right. A comparison of athletic defensive skills between Jason and Justin says it all. Justin is playing where he is best suited.

 

[bravesnumberone]

Woah, what's going on? Janish?

 

[chopdrew]

We are a tough crowd tonight. We have declared Uggla, Pastor, Jason, Justin, BJ, Terdo, Janish, and Schafer to all be not good enough. How is this team winning?

The rest of the division blowing dogs for quarters...

 

[thethe]

Hook Line and Sinker ‏@wahoosblog 1m

Christian Bethancourt extends his historic on-base streak to 40 games and bolsters his hitting streak to a season-high 16 games. @MBraves

He hit a double

What a season so far.

 

[AUTiger7222]

All you Janish haters can suck on that!

 

[jsebe10]

Upton's batting average now down to the low .180s....its OK though, batting average isn't really that big of a deal

 

[Dalyn]

I'm pretty sure they didn't envision this, but outside of Ahmed (who has had a terrible season), the guys the D-Backs got have all had decent seasons. Drury is having a great season in the Midwest League. Of course, he's repeating a level for all intents and purposes.

That said, big advantage us in that trade to this point.

Prado has been pretty bad.

 

[yeezus]

I think he is a better left fielder than right. A comparison of athletic defensive skills between Jason and Justin says it all. Justin is playing where he is best suited.

He was a really good defensive RFer.

He's not better than Heyward there, but he's good.

 

[The Tariff King]

I won the Janish-Uggla bet.

 

[parkvadawg]

Upton's batting average now down to the low .180s....its OK though, batting average isn't really that big of a deal

Its not but his OBP and everything else sucking is

 

[yeezus]

Prado has been pretty bad.

He's been really hot.

 

[yeezus]

That pitch was FAR outside and called a strike.

 

[chopdrew]

Upton's batting average now down to the low .180s....its OK though, batting average isn't really that big of a deal

it'd be less of a big deal if his obp wasnt .272.

 

[weso1]

Upton's batting average now down to the low .180s....its OK though, batting average isn't really that big of a deal

I think when statheads say that, they mean more like when Adam Dunn is batting .250. In that case it's not a big deal.

 

[Dalyn]

He's been really hot.

Yeah. This has been a good month for him. That is why I said 'pretty bad' instead of horrendous.

 

[zitothebrave]

Good to see Heyward stopped giving all of the fawks about baseball.

 

[chopdrew]

It's to the point where I expect Heyward to get a hit every time up. Like, he'll go 3-4, and i'll be like "what the hell, j-hey?"

 

[Braves1976]

Tough break for Pastornicky. Hopefully it's nothing serious and he can return soon.

 

[50PoundHead]

Prado has been pretty bad.

Started terribly, but .877 OPS in July and .974 thus far in August.

 

[parkvadawg]

I think he is a better left fielder than right. A comparison of athletic defensive skills between Jason and Justin says it all. Justin is playing where he is best suited.

I'm not following this either. My eyes and defensive metrics say he has been bad in left field.