GDT 8/31: Braves vs. Marlins: Can Shelby Please Get A Win???
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CrimsonCowboy
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Overreacting Brave @OvrreactingBrav 17s18 seconds ago
GOMES GONE?!?! NOW THE BRAVES BULLPEN ERA IS GOING TO REALLY SKY ROCKET!
GOMES GONE?!?! NOW THE BRAVES BULLPEN ERA IS GOING TO REALLY SKY ROCKET!
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=valenz000lui
He's apparently mostly a shortstop, he's 22 and hit .364 with an .888 OPS combined between rookie and A-ball this year.
UNCBlue012
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This team hates Miller so much. It's not hard to hit garbage, even for this lineup.
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Faux Frank Wren @fauxfrankwren 5s6 seconds ago
Shelby Miller can't catch a break. What little offense he had behind him gets traded in the middle of the game.
Shelby Miller can't catch a break. What little offense he had behind him gets traded in the middle of the game.
jsebe10
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Good #s
CrimsonCowboy
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Miller makes one bad pitch, trails 1-0, and cannot win the game. Unreal.
CrimsonCowboy
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Kevin McAlpin @KevinMcAlpin 44s44 seconds ago
#Braves have scored a total of 14 runs while Shelby Miller has been on the mound in his last 14 starts, including none in 8 of them
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman 43s44 seconds ago
Miller has now allowed two earned runs or less in 12 of those 19 starts. Ninth time the #Braves have provided ZERO runs during this span.
#Braves have scored a total of 14 runs while Shelby Miller has been on the mound in his last 14 starts, including none in 8 of them
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman 43s44 seconds ago
Miller has now allowed two earned runs or less in 12 of those 19 starts. Ninth time the #Braves have provided ZERO runs during this span.
CrimsonCowboy
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You know things are bad for the Braves when the most excited Joe has sounded recently is when he is talking about Marksberry's new glasses.
CrimsonCowboy
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Thank Heavens college football starts this week.
msstate7
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Got that right.
Just saw AT&T stadium Saturday night. Really cool place to open up your season.
CyYoung31
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I've never been so happy for football season to start. It's just what I watch in the winter when baseball is over. Not this year.
CrimsonCowboy
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Speaking of which, I'm doing the you pick game again for the college football season over on the off topic board. Everyone is invited to play.
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
Braves doing all they can do for that first overall pick. I'll give them that. 
CrimsonCowboy
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Jeff Schultz @JeffSchultzAJC 1m1 minute ago
Note to self: Next time I need lottery numbers, don't ask Shelby Miller.
Note to self: Next time I need lottery numbers, don't ask Shelby Miller.
KB21
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Braves doing all they can do for that first overall pick. I'll give them that.
What's going to be fun is watching those that will criticize whoever they pick because the player isn't from college and/or doesn't fit some sabermetric model that some non-baseball guy from MIT came up with.
Braves doing all they can do for that first overall pick. I'll give them that.
These games are the best of both worlds. We get to watch Shelly dominate an opposing lineup, and we also get to continue our quest for the #1 pick! I hope this streak lasts through the end of the year.
Ignoring the most annoying part of your post, I'm pretty sure that when it comes to the #1 overall pick, nobody tends to worry about that type of stuff. Typically there are a couple clear cut options at the top and nobody from Jeff Lunhow to Kevin Towers will argue too hard about these players.
The only "philosophy" that might get a team to take a certain player over a better one is if they want to pull off what Houston did this year and game their bonus pool.
Yeah, cause there were all kinds of people criticizing the pick of Allard in this years draft eh?
If the pick makes sense people will be happy.