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Braves Ongoing Season Comments Thread..
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Muffingod. I'm not sure what management can do at this time other than bring somebody else up from the minors and hope he's ready. Chicago is notorious for being hitter friendly in day games. The wind is blowing out today, that sometimes means a 14-13 game.
I thought Wilson looked pretty good up until that 4th inning and then it seemed to me like he got frustrated and let the Cubs get to him. **** happens and everyone has an off day, I hope he gets another chance but he needs time along with some of the other guys in the minors and I’m not sure this team can give those guys the time they need this year.
Wilson showed some flashes. Not everyone can be Soroka at 21, a young prodigy due to their mind. That said, his arsenal is short and if you like him as a SP, he should probably even be in Mississippi but they pushed him pretty aggressively.
Edit: That having been said, here's another game you can pin mostly on defense.
I'm not quite ready to give up on the pitching we already have in the organization. If Wilson's not up to it, try the next guy. If Folty gets his shiit together in Gwinnett he might help, but I'm not counting on it.
Congrats to Freddie and Acuna on being voted to start for National League in all-star game lineup. New voting procedure seemed to work pretty well, as all the elected NL starters are having all-star worthy season’s.
Freddie beating out Josh Bell was a bit of a surprise. Acuna should have beaten out Charlie Blackman easily. Blackman is another Rockies player propped up by the thin air of Coors Field. He has 14 hr at home, just 4 on the road. Both Braves players have the stats to make a good case. FF and Acuna deserve the honor though.
Yet another excellent start for Soroka tonight. 2 earned runs over 6 innings. He hasn't been as awesome over his last 3 starts as his first 10 starts, but still awesomer than most.
yep, the kid seems pretty solid. I suspect there will be a spot urine check for the bullpen one of these days. What's gotten into them?
I'm as surprised as anybody in the pen of late, let's hope it holds. Right now Soroka is easily the number 2 candidate for The NL Cy Young Award, and number 1 got hammered in his last start.
Bravos win again, 5-4 this time. They came back late yet again on 2 HRs in the 8th. Riley had a perfect swing on the 2nd HR for a mid-deck bomb. That guy has about as good a HR cut as you'll see.
Luke Jackson did his usual Mark Wohlers act, win or lose he takes a week off my life every time I watch him. He came through with 3 straight outs after a Freeman error and a walk though to end the game.
The Braves have a team single month record 55 HRs in June and an amazing 54 HR from the 7th on this season.
Luke keeps figuring out a way to get the job done. Our bullpen has turned into a strength. Julio is going to wear our bullpen out if he doesn’t figure out how to go deeper in the game, even in his good games he’s lucky to go more than five innings. June has been a great month for this team.
I agree Freddie Freeman error did not help, but Luke pitched around it.
It was certainly questionable. Even more reason to be impressed
It was a strike, the triangulated box proved it. It's ridiculous to still be letting umps call balls and strikes when there is a fool proof alternative. Think about this. In a study on pitches close to the edge of the strike zone umps were getting around 50% correct. In other words you could flip a coin and be right as often on close pitches as umps are.
Another win tonight, 9-2 was the final. Bryce Wilson had a good start. 2 earned runs over 6 innings. Jacob Webb continues to be money. He pitched the 9th and now has a 1.19 ERA. Newcomb pitched 2 innings without giving up a run. Acuna had 3 strike outs. He now has 8 3 strike out games this season and they have all come in stretches where he's whiffing a lot over several games. All of his 3 strike out games have come when he had 10 over 5 games, 10 over 5 games, 6 over 2 games and 8 over 3 games, they come in bunches.
Mike Soroka has already been hammered by Philly in the 1st inning for 6 hits and 4 earned runs. I'm now a bit worried. This is the 4th straight start he hasn't been dominant, but this is his 1st really bad outing.