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Braves Ongoing Season Comments Thread..
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Playing guys every day is a sure way for them to burn out. We saw it with freeman and markakis literally last year. Markakis was an extrememe drop off from first to second half, so this argument is especially relevant to him.
Kirbstomper. Age has no bearing when looking at data though. He is either a net plus or he isn't. Now if the data showed a net negative and you speculated age was a factor, that would be a different conversation.
Whether he is a net positive or negative isnt what im arguing. It’s that to OPTIMIZE his performance he should be rested more frequently.
If the stats show Markakis is more productive with fewer at bats, I'd be willing to look at the possibility he should get more rest. He has a very stout build though.
I applaud him for it. The season is very long and tiring. It's nice that a guy wants to play every day, but it makes little sense. Rest up some and be closer to your best for 150-155 games than sub-par for a bunch of the. Plus the Braves' bench i good enough to make up for some of that lost production due to rest. Plus, the bench guys need AB's to be sharp when they are really needed.
pretty funny and smart of AA not to get into too many of these whopping long term contracts. We got Ronald and Ozzie quite frugally I think
You can add another to Acuna's 17 homers now.
Does anybody know why Fox Sports South is televising boxing instead of The Braves' game ?
Yet another 1 run come from behind win tonight. This team never seems to let the ups and downs bother it. Snitker might have some of Bobby Cox's incredible ability to keep players focused and never carry a loss into the next game. Newcomb hasn't given up an earned run over 9 games and 13 innings, he has lowered his ERA to 2.06.The pen has been really good of late.
Luke looked sharp and confident tonight. More innings like that and we might have ourselves something.
Yep, Jackson might be putting it together. Maybe Snitker knew something.