GDT 8/17/14: PRIME TIME -- Braves (Minor) vs. A's (Lester)

sturg33 said:
Heyward shouldn't leadoff against lefties.

I wish our manager was the slightest bit analytical with decisions
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Disagree. Jason is fine at leadoff vs lefties. While he's obviously got a platoon split. Who else do you hit there? And if you say Gosselin, who do you hit 2?
 
zitothebrave said:
Disagree. Jason is fine at leadoff vs lefties. While he's obviously got a platoon split. Who else do you hit there? And if you say Gosselin, who do you hit 2?
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Probably TLS or Bonofacio. My lineup against lefties would like this:

Bonfacio
TLS
JUpton
Freeman
Gattis
Heyward
Johnson
Simmons

against righties:

Heyward
TLS
Upton
Freeman
Gattis
Johnson
Simmons
BJ/Bono

jmo
 
Have to disagree. I'd stick with a consistent lineup and build for stability

Jason
TLS
Justin
Freddie
Gattis
Johnson
Simmons
Bossman/Bonifacio.
 
I'd go Heyward vs righties and Bonifacio vs lefties, though against lefties Heyward has a good track record I'd still bat him leadoff in those games. So the way I'd do it would keep Heyward in at leadoff vs a number of lefties in our division.
 
I hope that last homer doesn't come back to bite us, Minor had pitched very well otherwise. Hopefully we can score some more and it won't matter.
 
Johnson can still hit lefties, bad pitch though but he crushed that one. Gattis still likes lefties too I see.

PS: I obviously don't like CJ as a starter but as platoon player he could be really good since he hits lefties so well. But we are paying him too much for that so we should trade him if we can this off-season.
 
zitothebrave said:
Fredi should be fired. I really don't care about the result as the result basically hinges on Gattis/Justin and Minor, Fredi needs to be gone.
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Yep, it's Fredi's fault our offense sucks.

Certainly all his fault.

:facepalm:
 
This team is well stocked with lefty mashers, so if we made the playoffs we'd do best against a team with more lefty starters. However, facing someone like Kershaw is not what I mean by saying that, lol.
 
Heyward said:
Yep, it's Fredi's fault our offense sucks.

Certainly all his fault.

:facepalm:
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Actually what I said was proven entirely right lol. Justin and Minor were the difference makers. Why not if you want to play Gosselin, put him in LF or RF and move Jason to CF. Seriously the insanity of Benching one of our 5 best hitters is just that, insanity.
 
zitothebrave said:
Actually what I said was proven entirely right lol. Justin and Minor were the difference makers. Why not if you want to play Gosselin, put him in LF or RF and move Jason to CF. Seriously the insanity of Benching one of our 5 best hitters is just that, insanity.
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Keep in mind that Heyward (poster) responds to most any critical posts of Fredi the same way.
 
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