How good are we really?

If our players would just put up career norms the rest of the way I'd feel good about us winning the division. On paper the roster is good, but very frustrating at times. Anything can happen in the playoffs.
 
Potential - We can win it all. Look at us early in the season. We got guys who can carry an offense, a shutdown bullpen, and starters that consist of no ace, but solid who can get the job done.

Reality - Its all mental. Mentally, we are either overconfident, or just flat out overrated. So much talent, but lack of desire and lack of a killer instinct. We are a young team so maybe a year of being in 1st place all year long is what these guys need and over time that instinct will come, but as of right now they seem pretty content at keeping a 6-7 game cushion instead of putting the Nationals and Phillies away for good.
 
We dont have to be a great team. Just make the playoffs and anything can happen. The Giants last year werent all that good. The Cardinals won the world series with an 84 win team. We have a team with a lot of streaky hitters. How many times did we make the playoffs with the best team and get no where, we are due some post season luck.
 
cajunrevenge said:
We dont have to be a great team. Just make the playoffs and anything can happen. The Giants last year werent all that good. The Cardinals won the world series with an 84 win team. We have a team with a lot of streaky hitters. How many times did we make the playoffs with the best team and get no where, we are due some post season luck.
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Saying that we are due some luck in the postseason is the understatement of the century.
 
tlroom112 said:
How would you feel if you were a Nats fan? On paper, they have a team equally as talented as ours.
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Something like this.

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On the other hand, as a Braves fan, I'd offer them one of these:

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Based on the current standings, the Braves final game against a team with a .500 or better record will be on Aug 29 when they wrap up the series with Cleveland. The Braves could get on a serious roll in September with that schedule. With the Cardinals/Pirates/Reds beating up on each other the rest of the way, the Braves have a pretty good shot at getting the best record in the NL.
 
Tino25Dynasty said:
Since our 12-1 hot start, we've been a .500 team..., But luckily the rest of the teams in our division are .500 teams or worse themselves so we've stayed in first but overall, we've got a lot of holes. I don't think anyone here can say we're the best team in the league or anything (based on performance anyway)

But do people still believe we're an elite team or just a so-so team in the right division after a hot first two weeks of baseball?
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it doesnt matter "being an elite team" it matters being first

either your first or your last
 
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Get in the playoffs (not the one game play in game) and see what happens. It has been quite evident that the World Series champs over the past few years have not been the best team in baseball throughout the year.

So whoever is hot at the time wins it all. And that bodes well for us because we are a streaky team.

Then again, we could be on a losing streak.
 
Bravephoton said:
****First post on the new board. (See ya Scout!)****

Get in the playoffs (not the one game play in game) and see what happens. It has been quite evident that the World Series champs over the past few years have not been the best team in baseball throughout the year.

So whoever is hot at the time wins it all. And that bodes well for us because we are a streaky team.

Then again, we could be on a losing streak.
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Welcome Friend! Glad to you back with us! :Bunchie1:
 
I hate it when people try to throw out the first 13 games as if they don't matter. By getting off to that good start it's allowed us to play 500 ball and still have a good record and be in 1st place. Those 13 games are part of the season. That being said this team does have holes and losing Hudson certainly didn't help. This is a good team though with a lot of young players. They have the potential to get better. Just remember St. Louis was pretty mediocre a couple of years ago and they got hot at the right time and won it all. Point is we haven't played our best baseball yet but still are comfortably in the lead. The best very well could be yet to come.
 
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