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Have loved seeing Riley over the past few weeks. He's been paying stellar defense at the hot corner. If he can consistently lay off the off-speed stuff out of the zone (particularly low and away) and hit .265+ or so with his power then I'm calling him our long term answer at 3rd. Love seeing homegrown guys develop.
It seems like he's sitting on off-speed stuff now, and just reacting to fastballs and driving those to the opposite field. I'd say it's working quite well if that's what he's doing.
Yep. I've noticed the hits to the right side as well. Love to see it. I realize him grabbing the 3rd base spot comes at the expense of Camargo (long term; he's filling in for Ozzie a lot right now). I feel Camargo's best value on a contending-level team is as a Swiss army super sub type guy, not a starter. Riley continuing to emerge hopefully facilitates that as well.
Riley has also only been playing at this level of performance for a few weeks. A long way to go to consider him as truly arriving and permanently grabbing that spot. Has been fun to watch, though
Gosh. Tom Seaver and Lou Brock, gone, in the same week. A couple of true greats.
RIP, condolences to their loved ones, and many thanks to each for their contributions to the game of baseball.
I was at my fantasy football draft yesterday. I said, hey turn around. Freddie's about to his a grand slam on the next pitch. Boom!
It took a few of them 5 minutes to believe it wasn't a replay.
Braves up 22-8 in the 5th on Acuna's 3-run HR. Set a new team record. Franchise record is 23 so there's a good chance we'll make history tonight (if you aren't already watching the show and want to join the fun.)
Acuna coming to the plate with the bases loaded in the 6th...
And... Acuna drives in three with a double, setting a new franchise record for runs scored. Braves up 25-8.
Edit: if you're wondering, the MLB record (modern day) is 30 runs, set by Texas in 2007.
I'm in Florida so I'm getting the Marlins TV broadcast. Kinda funny. They're rolling through stories to pass the time.
Duvall with a grand slam to put the Braves up 29-9 in the 7th!
Heading to the bottom of the 8th. Top of the order coming up. Let's get some!!!
Duvall's 9 RBIs ties a franchise single game record set by Tony Cloninger in 1966.
Chipper Jones set the franchise record for five runs scored in a game in 1997. He tied himself in 2001. Last night Swanson, Riley, and Duvall each tied that record with five runs apiece.
Picked up Duvall yesterday for a spot start in my fantasy baseball league. Needless to say I’m happy with my decision. I sat Ozzie though!!
Amazing night by the Braves. Now if they could just get some pitching.
Just a crazy game. It does skew the facts a little in that the Braves just lost that series to Miami and were shut out the night before.
Are they going to have to DFA Millone? I have no problem with them taking a low risk flyer on him, which is effectively what they did in getting him from Baltimore for Mr. PTBNL. But he looks like he isn't long for the roster at this point. Need Anderson to continue improving, Hamels to get healthy and Fried to get his back spasms worked out in the worst way.