GDT 8/2/19: Going Right vs the Reds

Nothing against Ender or Nick, but their injuries have thus far proved blessings rather than curses for Atlanta. Ender was doing awful trying to play through injury and once he went out that opened the door for Riley to give us a shot right when we needed it most. But now Riley needs to go back to AAA because since that great start he has been awful and is now hurting us by being in the line-up (.068 BA in his last 7, .168 BA in his last 30 games). Nick got hurt right about the time he usually starts his usual poor second half and Duvall has came up to give us a boost again at the perfect time, with him and Ender keying series wins over the Phils and Nats. Ender has hit .360 in the last 7 games and looks to be his old self again. Had Nick and Riley stayed as our starters, then we'd not got to see this from Duvall and Ender.
 
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Braves1976 said:
Nothing against Ender or Nick, but their injuries have thus far proved blessings rather than curses for Atlanta. Ender was doing awful trying to play through injury and once he went out that opened the door for Riley to give us a shot right when we needed it most. But now Riley needs to go back to AAA because since that great start he has been awful and is now hurting us by being in the line-up (.068 BA in his last 7, .168 BA in his last 30 games). Nick got hurt right about the time he usually starts his usual poor second half and Duvall has came up to give us a boost again at the perfect time, with him and Ender keying series wins over the Phils and Nats. Ender has hit .360 in the last 7 games and looks to be his old self again. Had Nick and Riley still be starting, then we'd not got to see this from Duvall and Ender.
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even our injuries have been serendipitous this season
 
nsacpi said:
even our injuries have been serendipitous this season
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yea, thanks to our depth in the minors. We had Riley and Duvall ready and they have been great for us overall. Riley just needs to go back down and work on things and come back in Sept.
 
nsacpi said:
AAA is the second bench.
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plus it is a bench that plays enough to stay sharp late in the year, outside of Culberson our bench has went cold due to Snit almost never starting them. Camargo looked very rusty filling in for Swanson because of that stupidity.
 
Would be nice to have an actual MLB RHH in LF vs Alex Wood. Ahh well.

When Riley goes down to AAA to make room for Swanson tomorrow, who plays LF vs LHP? I'd like to see Culberson get some more time than he has been getting.
 
Braves1976 said:
plus it is a bench that plays enough to stay sharp late in the year, outside of Culberson our bench has went cold due to Snit almost never starting them. Camargo looked very rusty filling in for Swanson because of that stupidity.
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The Camargo excuses are very funny.
 
Camargo just isn't very good, as indicated by his .300 xwOBA the last few years...and explained countless times on this very message board over those years.

But yes, he probably should have been getting more PAs vs LHP instead of Markakis and/or Ender
 
chop2chip said:
The Camargo excuses are very funny.
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It wasn't an excuse or argument for Camargo being a starter. It was clear that Camargo was rusty when called upon to start for Swanson. Joyce has also faded since his strong start due to lack of playing time. Only Culberson has somehow not done so, at least not yet.
 
Enscheff said:
Would be nice to have an actual MLB RHH in LF vs Alex Wood. Ahh well.

When Riley goes down to AAA to make room for Swanson tomorrow, who plays LF vs LHP? I'd like to see Culberson get some more time than he has been getting.
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i would've started Culberson tonight.
 
Expecting Riley to have a huge night. No swinging at two strike sliders, and some serious damage with the long ball.
 
Braves1976 said:
It wasn't an excuse or argument for Camargo being a starter. It was clear that Camargo was rusty when called upon to start for Swanson. Joyce has also faded since his strong start due to lack of playing time. Only Culberson has somehow not done so, at least not yet.
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How many games does he need to play to shake off the rust? Dansby has been out of the lineup quite a bit since the before the all star break.

Camargo isn’t a good enough player to start on a good team and if he needs to play everyday to not be rusty than he’s not a good bench option for one either.
 
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