GDT 8/7/23: Pirates @ Bravos - Time to hit our STRIDEr

[UNCBlue012]

Ronald Acuna Jr. RF
Ozzie Albies 2B
Austin Riley 3B
Matt Olson 1B
Sean Murphy C
Marcell Ozuna DH
Eddie Rosario LF
Orlando Arcia SS
Michael Harris CF
Spencer Strider RHP

 

[thewupk]

Olson gonna hit 40th tonight

 

[chop2chip]

Olson gonna hit 40th tonight

Just hit 60, Matt

 

[buck75]

Hi Blue. The game is in Pittsburgh.

 

[msstate7]

Acuna: .342 BA, 1.011 ops
FF: .340 BA, 1.013 ops

Pretty wild they're basically the same

 

[UNCBlue012]

I bet Oly is livid at himself about missing that first-pitch hanging slider

 

[msstate7]

Braves kinda suck all-the-sudden

 

[UNCBlue012]

I’d love to know what makes this guy’s stuff play at a major-league level because it looks horrendous on the surface.

 

[chop2chip]

Acuna: .342 BA, 1.011 ops
FF: .340 BA, 1.013 ops

Pretty wild they're basically the same

I still remember being nervous when Wren signed baby fat Freddie to the biggest contract in franchise history.

 

[chop2chip]

I’d love to know what makes this guy’s stuff play at a major-league level because it looks horrendous on the surface.

He’s throwing 99. Not that big of a mystery.

 

[UNCBlue012]

He’s throwing 99. Not that big of a mystery.

it is when it’s flat as ****. Velocity is whatever nowadays if you have no movement.

 

[mfree80]

Pitcher friendly strike zone so far

 

[chop2chip]

it is when it’s flat as ****. Velocity is whatever nowadays if you have no movement.

58th percentile in spin. It moves plenty

 

[msstate7]

Braves in trash mode

 

[mfree80]

Nice that Rosario runs into one once in a while, because the rest of the time he’s not very good.

 

[UNCBlue012]

58th percentile in spin. It moves plenty

it sure isn’t tonight. That SSS might be off

 

[buck75]

Did Spencer forget he had a runner on second?

 

[msstate7]

That might be enough to win this

 

[UNCBlue012]

On a serious note, this guy’s numbers the second time through the order are rough. He’s apparently very good the first time through.

That also said, Strider needs to make better pitches to the scrubs in this lineup.

 

[chop2chip]

Coppy traded Connor Joe to the Dodgers for international bonus slot money in September 2017 2 months before he got banned in November 2017.