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Ty Cobb is in good company.
Braves win 10-3 over the Nats. Ozzie 4 for 6 with 4 rbi's. Michael Harris 3 for 5 and hitting .294
What a turnaround for Harris. He started off 5 for 23, then placed on IL for 3 weeks with a lower back injury, only to return hitting 9 for 63. That's a combined .163 average. He has completely turned around his season.
The lineup is great and all...but here come the playfoffs. Can our bullpen get key outs and not walk guys...we shall see
Yeah really like Harris. He is from Atlanta too if I am not mistaken.
When they have him hitting 9th and the the lineup turns over to Acuna and Albies. You've got the potential for a tremendous amount of speed on the bases in front of Riley and Olson.
That is if Acuna or Albies dont hit a homer themselves.
"That is if Acuna or Albies dont hit a homer themselves"
.True enough! Acuna and Albies both have over 100 RBIs apiece!
So Harris and Arcia (and Pilar, Lopez etc.) have been on base a bunch for the #1 and #2 hitters to each accumulate that many RBIs in a season!!
Go Braves!
Looking at Acura's numbers this morning and its really amazing the year he has had.
140 runs scored (Rare to get that many)
207 Hits
76 XBH (33 2b, 4 3b, 39 HR)
100 RBI's
68 SB's
OPS over a 1.000
Pretty unreal stuff.
Oh and he has 77 walks with only 78 K's. That is a low number of strikeouts for a power hitter and he almost has more walks than K's which is phenomenal.
Absolutely!
One HR from being the only 40-60 player in MLB history!
And one HR and two SBs away from being the only 40-70 player in MLB History!!
I'm thinking MVP myself!!
Best player in the game! Don't forget the gold glove caliber defense and absolute HOSE from RF.
the pen has been my chief concern for most of the season. They are way more up and down than I would like. They have a penchant for walks and non-clean innings. We will only go as far as our bullpen takes us in the playoffs.
His ability to cut down on strikeouts has really paid dividends this season. Remarkable year.
You are right. We can score a lot of runs but when the post season gets here the opposing pitching will be better and the weather colder. Both lead to closer games and the bullpens importance elevated.
In 2021 Minter Matzek and Will Smith were on an incredible run. Might be leaving someone off the list but they were really good in the 2021 post season.
We need guys to step up like that this year if we are going to win it all.
Some notable achievements following last night's 9-6 win over the Nationals: Acuna hit his 40th homerun and joins exclusive company to steal 40 bases and hit 40 homeruns. Only four others have done it: Soriano, A-Rod, Barry Bonds, and Jose Canseco.
Acuna is the only player to reach the 40-60 club. Forty homeruns and 60 stolen bases. And he has scored 143 runs, the most since Alex Rodriguez did it in 2007.
Riley with 4 rbi's including 2 sf's. He's up to 96 rbi's and with four more would join Acuna, Albies, and Olson to eclipse 100 rbi's.
Magic number for home field advantage throughout the playoffs is down to 4 with a Braves win and a Dodgers loss last night!
Go Braves! Let’s end this thing!
With the playoffs starting week after next. And today's game with the Nationals cancelled, is it possible the game won't get rescheduled?
Double header tomorrow I believe.