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That would be sweet!
Go Braves!
Unfortunately, wait till next year.
way too many injuries this year. When sale was scratched for series that was it really made winning 2 out of 3 tough
Two outs nobody on in the second inning……
Man😬……
yeah that was tough. We had plenty of hits in the series too we just couldn’t string it together in one inning to build a lead. Getting that 3rd out there would’ve been big.
Not sure I agree with "lots of hits". We only had 13 hits in the 2 games - 6.5 per game. Add to that the # of strikeouts we had - 23 in the 2 games - and that doesn't add up to lots of baserunners. Not a great performance but…a pretty good season - 89 wins - without 6 starters for the season or for long stretches.
Pitching looks promising - even if we lose Fried to FA - and with Acuna Jr. and Riley back next year, we could be strong again. I do wonder what our outfield will look like though. Harris, for sure. LF and RF? Hmm.
well we did have two more than they did in game 1 and we didn’t score and they scored several. My main point is we couldn’t string any together like they did
Agree - hard to string some together when you don't have many. Plus, in game 1, 2 of the Padres' fewer hits were HR's. But I do agree - we could have hit a whole lot better. OTOH, they have some pretty good pitchers out there too. That's always a tough question - is a good hitter one who relies on mistakes from a pitcher or is a good hitter one who can hit a pitcher's really good pitches. I tend to think good pitching stops good hitting and theirs was quite good in this series.
I mean great hitters make outs 7 times out of 10, right?
A quick exit to a up and down season full of key injuries, the Braves battled to the end. A good hitter is patient, waits for his pitch and can hit a pitcher's best pitch and make them pay for their mistakes. Wynn, Aaron, Mays, Ruth, Rose, Boggs, Clemente, etc. And yeah, they make outs 7 times out of 10 pitches. Go Braves come back strong in 2025. 😎
I've often wondered what "waiting for one's pitch" actually means. The pitcher decides what to throw and where, right? Is the hitter waiting for a "mistake" - for example a ball in a certain place? or is it more like he's just looking for a particular pitch in a certain place? The two seem so intertwined - I don't know how to figure it.
I've read Ted Williams' book on hitting and his philosophy was to not swing at a pitch he didn't feel he could "do something with" - and I took that to include strikes as well as balls. He also was a big believer in pulling the ball, but enough great hitters have shown the benefits of hitting the ball where it is pitched - opposite field for outside pitches and pull for inside ones.
I've read Tony Gwynn's book as well. If you like baseball, they are both very fun to read.
Ted Williams was off the chart [how did I forget him, geez] it seemed like he hit and was on base all the time, Wynn also w/2378 singles. I'll check out the books, thanks. 😎
Next year lineup?
1 Acuna RF/DH
2 Albies 2B
3 Riley 3B
4 Olson 1B
5 Ozuna DH
6 Soler/Kelenic LF
7 Harris CF
8 d'Arnaud/Murphy C
9 Arcia/Free Agent SS
Bench: Merrifield & Laureano
Looks pretty good to me.
BIG ?: Fried? FA? Morton? Retire?
Looking good: Sale, Lopez, Swellenbach.
Possibles: Shawver-Smith, Ian Anderson, Bryce Elder, Hurston Waldrep;
*Not many teams are blessed with 3 All-Star pitchers like the Braves had this year. Even if we lose Fried or Morton, one or more of the kids might be ready. Personally, I think Charlie might be ready to hang it up and if we had to lose one of the two, I'd prefer it be him. Better to replace somebody too soon than too late, a la the Patriots.
Will Strider be ready?
Geez, I can be a maroon sometimes. Of course, Strider. Everything I hear is that his rehab is going well and he should on schedule to start of the season, if not a little later like early May. Man that could be an awesome rotation IF health holds out. Big if, of course. I think they did a great job with both Sale and Lopez this year in terms of monitoring their innings/pitch counts and extra rest whenever possible.
Not sure what the plans are for the pen, yet. Always important.