GDT 9/30/21: Braves vs Philthies - 4 the Sweep and the Division

Proud of this team.
Anything can and will happen in Oct but regardless they showed lots of heart and Finnished!!!
I believe next year if we stay healthy we along with the Dodgers will be favorites and it may be the “year”
I have a feeling Soler is gonna shine bright this postseason
 
Enscheff said:
This team had a 7% chance of winning the division back in July.

Simply amazing.
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The additional playoff experience for Fried and Anderson is huge.

It seems to me from just watching on TV, Ozzie Albies is the most important player on this team. Not because of what he does offensively or defensively, but because everyone seems to gravitate to his sense of humor.
 
So how do we approach this final series with the Mets? Obviously we'll look to get a couple guys some rest, but there's also the matter of nailing down the 26-man roster for the Milwaukee series. I assume we'll go 13 pitchers, 13 position players. How many roster spots need to be decided? 3 or 4?
 
Obviously you carry the 8 position starters, the big three starting pitchers, and Jackson, Will, Minter, Matzek, and Rich Rod. That’s 16.

Obvious bench players: Joc, Heredia, Adrianza and a backup catcher (is Vogt healthy?)

Potential bench players: Arcia, another backup catcher, maybe Pache?

Probably other pitchers: Chavez, Ynoa, Santana.

Other pitching candidates: Newcombe, Touki, Martin.

Am I missing someone?
 
bravesnumberone said:
So how do we approach this final series with the Mets? Obviously we'll look to get a couple guys some rest, but there's also the matter of nailing down the 26-man roster for the Milwaukee series. I assume we'll go 13 pitchers, 13 position players. How many roster spots need to be decided? 3 or 4?
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More importantly, how do we approach the GDTs? Do we even make any? Do we do it and let a spot starter make them to give Slippy a rest? Is a week for Slippy too long of a layoff?
 
I would love to see a third catcher, but I don't see that flexibility on the roster. Neither Vogt or Contreras are good enough that you want the flexibility to use them while still having a backup on the bench.
 
mfree80 said:
I would love to see a third catcher, but I don't see that flexibility on the roster. Neither Vogt or Contreras are good enough that you want the flexibility to use them while still having a backup on the bench.
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Reports out there saying Strider is being called up. Have to think it'd be for a spot in the pen in the playoffs.
 
CyYoung31 said:
More importantly, how do we approach the GDTs? Do we even make any? Do we do it and let a spot starter make them to give Slippy a rest? Is a week for Slippy too long of a layoff?
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I could use the rest. This next series against the Mets is a good chance for some other people to get some work in before the playoffs.
 
JCarbo76 said:
Obviously you carry the 8 position starters, the big three starting pitchers, and Jackson, Will, Minter, Matzek, and Rich Rod. That’s 16.

Obvious bench players: Joc, Heredia, Adrianza and a backup catcher (is Vogt healthy?)

Potential bench players: Arcia, another backup catcher, maybe Pache?

Probably other pitchers: Chavez, Ynoa, Santana.

Other pitching candidates: Newcombe, Touki, Martin.

Am I missing someone?
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Chavez is a definite and I think Smyly would be on the list over Santana.
 
From what we’ve seen lately, I have no confidence in Dick Rod and Webb to get the job done if they’re called on in the Milwaukee series. I have no idea how we’re going to round out the bullpen.
 
Southcack77 said:
This stat was always pretty dumb and not remotely something to be taken seriously.

Those websites should probably stop.
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It wasn’t ridiculous at all. Nobody predicted the Mets would completely faceplate. They went from leading the division for 100+ days to finishing with a losing record. At one point they went 9-16, which is a month long 123 loss pace.

That faceplate just so happened to coincide with the Braves completely turning their season around and playing extremely well for 2 months.

If that’s not a roughly 1 in 17 occurrence, I don’t know what is. Just because the 7% outcome came to pass does not mean the 7% value was wrong.
 
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