Official 2023 Playoff Thread
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jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
The fair counterpoint is that Milwaukee was uniquely positioned to remake Contreras into a very good defensive catcher. As much as I loved Contreras’ bat (and personality), I don’t think he becomes this good of a catcher with the Braves.
The just-as-fair complaint, meanwhile, is that the Braves don’t have that feather in their developmental hat. But the Brewers are pretty far&away the best-in-class at developing catchers.
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CyYoung31
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Defensive catchers. Braves turn out slugging catchers like they have a create-a-player program.
bravesnumberone
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Lol what is ESPN doing?
CyYoung31
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Of course not. It’s a bull**** setup.
bravesnumberone
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Maybe not, but would you rather have to win an extra round? Or just go back to four teams?
CyYoung31
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Should be a double elimination round-robin at the WC1’s home field. All three division winners should get a bye.
bravesnumberone
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It's all just random as hell. The Braves didn't lose last year because of off days. Their pitching was sick/hurt. The Astros had the same layoff and ran through the playoffs like a knife through butter.
bravesnumberone
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They could probably do this if money didn't rule the day with how they made start time decisions on these games. Like, in that theoretical scenario if you're the Braves sitting there on Thursday night watching a Game 3, whoever won that game could dictate whether you're playing at 1:30 or 7:30 on Friday.
CyYoung31
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You don’t know who Marlins Man is?
CyYoung31
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Go look at those scores in the first round. Astros had an all-time great pitching staff last year. Timing isn’t as important for pitchers.
bravesnumberone
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Forgot all about him.
bravesnumberone
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They literally scored 8 runs in Game 1 and kept up a pretty decent scoring average even with a few days between each round. A couple low scoring games but it didn't seem to affect them all that much.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Sure, but my whole post was talking about defense. Contreras is an asset with the glove now, and he wasn’t with the Braves, nor was he likely to become one, despite solid athleticism. Brewers have the secret sauce recipe.
UNCBlue012
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I woke up feeling like I was punched in the gut. Postseason nerves have hit something fierce.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
That's the key point in all of the three-corner deal. I wrote last week that I thought MLB should take over the A's due to the gross mismanagement and full-blown tank-a-thon and the Contreras for Ruiz deal is one of the items at the center of my thinking. I think the A's/Braves side of the deal was fair value for both sides. The A's sent Contreras and Payamps to the Brewers for Ruiz. I've witnessed the commissioner stepping in and halting deals in the past and I can't believe that he let this one pass.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
Another thing MLB needs to fix with this format are start times.. It is not right to have the same teams having day games everyday. The Rays are almost a 100 win team yet MLB makes it harder for them to sell playoff tickets by making them play midday on a weekday for 3 games, while Philly gets primetime slots to pack that crap ass stadium every night.