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Braves Ongoing Season Comments Thread..
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Rough night for our pitching staff. I haven’t looked up his numbers, but it’s hard to watch when we bring Blevins in to pitch. He’s an example of how hard it is to find decent left-handed relievers, and how mediocre ones can keep finding jobs.
Folty had good stuff but he just can’t to seem to turn the corner. Might need a good sport psychologist. Smoltzies isn’t available any more I don’t think.
Anybody else notice how badly the Braves have done coming back from an off day? The Braves have played 10 games this season when they had an off day the day before (scheduled day off or rainout) Amazingly they are 1-9 in those games. They have been outscored 79-44. Our starters have an ERA of 7.68 and relievers an ERA of 7.71. Maybe just a fluke but kinda makes you wonder what our guys are doing on their off days.
Wow! that is interesting. I wonder if the youth of the team and what they do on the off day has anything to do with it.
R_B. Interesting stat. It's hard to know whether something like that has a cause or is just an oddity like a coin landing on heads 9 out of 10 times. It's worth noting though.
Donm. The sports shrink is no joke in my opinion. You don't see the terms command or control much when it comes to hitting and fielding, just with pitching.
Other than the obvious need to be blessed with a certain amount of physical ability, much of pitching is commanding and controlling yourself.
As a former practicing sport psychologist I couldn’t agree more with you. Research suggests that mental toughness/control is what separates the good from the great - more so than talent.
Resilient connective tissue is important too.
Anybody here think that batting Riley at cleanup has crossed Snitker's mind? I think he might try it if Donaldson doesn't start hitting better.. I mean, Josh isn't doing terrible but he's got the same amount of RBI's as Riley with 38 more games played.
Volatilis.Riley became just the 4th player in MLB history to hit 8 hrs in his first 16 games in the bigs. He did it in just 62 at bats.
I'll save everybody the suspense, he won't keep this pace up. I'm not sure I'd change anything right now, just play out the hot streak.
Soroka wasn't dominant today, but he was good enough for the win.
Man spell ckeck is comically bad on this android tablet. It changes words over and over like It's messing with me for sport.
WC, I don't think anybody is in suspense wondering if Riley can keep this pace up. I admit he won't keep up this same pace, still the pace is a lot more productive than Josh at almost a 1/4 of the games played. My question though was you think it has come to Snitker's mind to do this change? I think it has and he may give it a try. It wouldn't be the first time a manager made a daring move with a rookie. Some moves have failed, some have made history.
Yeah, Willie Mays worked out sort of OK.
Volatilis. I can't speak to what Snitker might be thinking. I sure wouldn't move Riley when he's hitting this way though. The human factor makes such moves risky.
The Bravos won today. It wasn't very pretty, but it counts. Julio didn't give up a run in his 5 innings. He's finally stringing together good outings.