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Braves Ongoing Season Comments Thread..
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Well it’s almost like trading for a playoff worthy starter. We can focus our efforts on bullpen pieces instead
It would still be a big plus to add a very good and reliable starter, but it won't be as critical if a couple of our guys find their footing. If Soroka returns to dominant form it would be a big difference maker.
Lefty Danny Duffy going tonight.
Braves might put a hurting on KC.
I know Albies likes seeing a LHP. Riley too.
Freeman. He is so good it doesnt matter.
A tough loss tonight. I'm not sure how to take The Braves having by far the lowest run differential to wins ratio among all contenders . They are just plus 51 at 19 games over .500. One way of thinking says they are tough and they win the close games. Another way of thinking could lead to concluding the odds may well catch up to them.
AA needs to get to work. Swarzak has been good but that should have been a W last night.
Wasted a great start by Dallas... As of late it seems when the pitching is on the bats go quiet, and vice versa.
I agree with this and it’s frustrating, imagine what it’d look like when both were going at the same time!
Run differential is usually a good indicator of where a team will finish.
Bill James, a great American, figured this out long ago. Guy was at his night shift job as a security guard at a pork and beans factory. True story.
Bill James was a really smart guy who knew that people were playing baseball wrong. They weren't doing it in a way that maximized their chances of winning. He was laughed at and mocked. His ideas dismissed. After all he never played the game right? What the heck does he know about Baseball
But in the end he wound up being absolutely correct.
No one ignores him or Baseball analytics anymore. If they do they are hopelessly behind.
If you cant tell the guy is kind of a hero to me.
Swarzak had an off night, he looked either sick or tired to me. I won't worry about him just yet. If we sign a good closer and move Jackson to a 7th and 8th inning role we should be fine in relief. We really need either 2 starters on roster to pick it up or 1 starter on roster to step up and a really good acquisition in the next week.
I worry about Swarzak. He was never as good as he showed when first coming to the ATL.
I just think he is regressing to the mean a bit.
Last night was the first time Swarzak has given up an earned run in his last 18 appearances. He has only allowed 1 inherited runner to score over those 18 games. He had only given up 1 earned run over his past 23 games before last night and only the 1 inherited run.
He sure as hell hasn't reverted just because of 1 bad inning.
Swarz was effective before he came over. I see this as just a blip. No one ever has an era of 0.0
After tonight's loss we're 6-6 since the All Star break and 2-6 over our last 8 games. Over that 8 game stretch we've been outscored 47 to 27 and Washington has cut our division lead to 4.5. We rode some good fortune in winning most of the close games, if our luck/clutch play doesn't go our way Washington has a very good chance of overtaking us unless we improve our starting rotation and maybe land a real closer.
As I posted before we have the lowest plus minus runs scored to runs allowed of all the contending teams in MLB, it's a fragile formula.
Our hitting is a bit in the doldrums. Hope it picks up soon.