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Braves Ongoing Season Comments Thread..
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Nah Donaldson is our 3rd best player, that would probably make us worse.
Agree Kirbstomper. Riley will likely level out a good bit. Ender is a gold Glover who is a .280-.290 lifetime hitter. He will be an asset again.
Personally, I’d rank Donaldson behind every starter except the catcher. Camargo could’ve done all he’s done as an every day player. Waste of money through the first 2 months.
Riley may level out eventually but he’s our best hitter right now. Ender may be a Gold Glover but he hasn’t hit near .280 the past 2 years. He’s been a liability this year. Will be interesting to see what Snit does. Bet he doesn’t sit Reilly though.
Yeah you can have your opinions and all but every metric I’ve seen has Donaldson as a very good player so far. He is hitting 25% better than mlb average, and Camargo was 15% better than mlb average last year (he hit a lot better last year than he has this year).
So you’re ok with your $20 million star free agent hitting.260/7/21? Camargo can give you those numbers playing everyday.
Donaldson is tied with Markakis for 2nd on the team in OBP at .379, Freddie is well over .400.
That means a whole lot to my way of thinking. First order of business when at the plate is don't make an out. Get runners on base and give the next guy up a chance.
I'm not saying I'm fine with his power numbers, but I'll take a high OBP with mid level power over high level power and low OBP.
Ender has hit .291, .304 and .265 the past 3 years - lifetime .286.
Clutch performance tonight by Dan Winkler
Apparently Winkler doesn't have a closer's mentality. He's been great all year till the first time he was asked to close, then he fell apart.
Funny how that works
Advanced metrics might say closer by committee is fine, but some pitchers cannot handle the moment when asked to close out a game.
I mean I’m in favor of closer by committee, but you have to have a committee lol. We have been horrible in the bullpen. Outside of Luke Jackson everybody has been awful all year.
What’s he hitting right now? What’s the trend since coming to Atlanta?
He is at .218 right now, but batting average is really not a very good metric. I would tell you he has produced 36% less runs than an mlb average hitter would this year. That’s a much more significant number because it captures on base ability, extra base hit ability, etc.
Ender always starts slow for some reason, then hits better and ends up being a below average hitter without much power and is kind of a hole in the the lineup. But his defense has always been so good he’s more than made up for it and is an above average starter.
But the metrics haven’t loved his defense so far this year.. the second his defense declines he is no longer an mlb player. Normally I would be be there with you @donm but I’m genuinely worried about him.