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Braves Ongoing Season Comments Thread..
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I like Snitker for a lot of reasons. His ability to manage a bullpen is a joke. Soroka deserved this win and he deserved the chance to close out the 7th.
Yup, this has been downright brutal. Better watch out if you’re a trashcan or fire extinguisher in the Braves clubhouse
Snitker would pull Nolan freaking Ryan if it meant he could play the matchup game
If we had any kind of a bullpen, Soroka could possibly have about 4-5 more wins than he does now.
Soroka just can't catch a break. He hasn't won a game over his last 6 starts even though his ERA is around 2.30 during that stretch. Good thing he has the makeup to keep perspective.
Washington is still a big threat, they're winning tonight.
tough stretch for the Bravos. Facing good pitching and great hitting. Need to hunker down and get healthy.
I said in the other thread that bullpens everywhere are bad but it is painful watching ours these days.
Also the dodgers are still just a way better team than us in every phase of the game.
Please set up auto post for every 5 days
Washington will likely be just 3 games back in the loss column when their game ends in a few minutes. and still 2 more games against The Dodgers. The lead could be gone soon.
MLB needs to revise the pitchers W L decisions. In theory a starter can go 8.2 innings and leave with a 4-0 lead and the "Closer" come in give up 4 runs and get 1 out and then get the "win"
People need to recognize the win stat as pretty meaningless.
Who do the Braves call up to replace Ender - Duvall, Pache, Waters, or someone else? My first choice would be Waters. He’s probably not ready yet, but he’s a good hitter from both sides of the plate and can play all three outfield positions. Pache would be my second choice, a good defensive center fielder who would probably put up comparable numbers to Ender’s season stats. Duvall had a great start but I think he’s shown that he’s not the answer. Don’t know anything about Ortega, hadn’t heard of him until they called him up. Anybody they could get from the waiver wire is available for a reason, not a good option.
I think it's most likely to be Duvall. When rosters expand in 2 weeks we'll see some of those young studs called up.
Washington looks like a real threat to catch us. They have shaved 2 games off our lead in 3 days and we might lose our next 2 against The Dodgers. It's very possible our lead will be down to 2 or 3 games in a few days. If this goes south we all know it's likely to be the pen that folds.
Agree, probably Duvall. If he struggles I think it would be Pache. Likely a little less raw than waters, and apparently he has a bit better game than waters anyway.
get excited for pache by the way. He will be the second coming of andruw Jones in center defensively. Honestly I think if the playoffs started tomorrow, with ender and nick down, he’d be the guy over Duvall.
Huge win tonight, finally got a win against the Dodgers. Folty looked good and bullpen finally held a lead. Need to do it again tomorrow.
Melancon was aces tonight. Hopefully, the other two newbies can catch up to him. Phillies lost so that helps a bit too.
The Brewers just went ahead against Washington in the 13th inning 13-12. They need 3 outs and we'll be 4 games up in the loss column against DC. If we win this afternoon we'll have series wins against The red hot Mets and the league best dodgers, I'll take it. Bobby Cox always preached winning series down the stretch.
FYI. The Braves start a day game in a few minutes. The Dodgers starting pitcher has a grand total of around 17 innings in the bigs. He's had one very good game and one bad game. We need to win today and sweep The Marlins in the 3 game series that begins Tuesday because we face a very tough run after that.
Wish FF would show up. Leaving too many runners on.