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When opposing teams put the shift on Freddie, just hit a weak grounder to third. A guaranteed single or maybe double every time. They might then remove the shift which opens up some holes for him. Also, has Snitker ever heard of ABC baseball? If you score more than your opponent you win regardless of how you got the runs. Last night bases loaded with no outs and it takes a 2 out hit to get 1 run. Team’s talent is being wasted.
Markakis is back! Huge IMO.. we need contact hitters
also allows us to use Ozuna in the DH some with Markakis in the outfield.
That inning was a perfect summation of the season so far...
Opponent makes an error to open the inning, and we have a clean hit...
Yet, three strikeouts in the inning and no runs, no advancement even...
Markakis sucks and I will not be told otherwise. He would be a nice bench piece but snitker is gonna start him every single game.
He needs to be a situational LH pinch hitter. And should get 4 starts against tough eighties...
As a Braves fan since they moved to Atlanta, I am used to disappointment. However, watching than play their home opener against the Rays is almost unbearable. So many squandered opportunities and so many strikeouts! An opening double in the 6th...
Them not than
Lots of Ks still tonight (10) but the bullpen did well after giving up 2 more runs. Every win in a short season is huge. 6 out of 60 played so far.
Good comeback by the Braves last night.
As a guy that used to play, pitching kind of rounds into form earlier than hitting. With the Covid pause and shortened spring training I think it is reasonable to think our hitters are still getting their timing and vision down. May be wishful thinking, but I think our bats are still a bit rusty and will improve as the season goes on. Hopefully the K numbers go down a little bit, because the posters here are right that we are striking out a bit much, even for this modern era.
Granted we have seen some disgusting pitchers so far too, which hasn’t helped.
Man what a game tonight!
Big late inning win. Won the month of July haha. Lets win the month of August now
How bout them Braves, @Kasey? 😉
Newk has the stuff to be a really good MLB pitcher, but he’ll have to figure out how to get deeper into games without blowing up if he wants to stay out of the bullpen. Hoping he can put it together and become a solid #3 starter, or I could see him as an 8th inning setup man. On a lighter note, that game was amazing! Glad I didn’t turn off the tv.
The bullpen is the mole