So Braves fans.....
- Thread starter L4Dawg
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They matchup poorly with the Phillies. I know the Braves won the season series but I don’t put much stock in that. I said 3 weeks ago the Braves better hope the Dodgers pass them for the 1st seed or they will have to play Philadelphia in a short series and that’s exactly what happened. Baseball needs to reseed after the wildcard round if they refuse to move to best of 7 for the division round.
Tonight is must win. I don't see them taking two in Philly. One is almost too much to ask as is the way the Phils are playing right now. The layoff has killed the O's and potentially Dodgers and Braves as well.
The Braves won the World Series less than 2 years ago.
Didn't choke tonight!!!! Doubling Harper off was priceless!
You could just sense they shook off the rust in about the 6th inning.
The hilarious part was Harris throwing to 2nd but they still got him out, when all he had to do was throw to 1st and Harper would’ve been out by a mile
The Philly’s manager won that game last night. Won it for Atlanta. Knew his starter was gassed, had a reliever completely warm, and waited until it was too late.
Since he was bracing for impact with the wall I doubt he even knew where Harper was. His back was to the infield and I’m sure his thought was just get it in quick to keep the runner at first.
As are the Braves. We don’t know what we are getting from start to start with Fried, Strider or Elder and Uncle Charlie isn’t even on the roster this round.
luckily the Braves have the offense to overcome most nights. You just can’t afford to get shut out by a guy like Ranger Suarez.
I’d really like to have to come back here and eat a heaping helping of crow, but my 30ish years of Braves fandom won’t allow me to be optimistic.
I think I would go with both Elder and Shawver for game 3. 9 batters each. Then trust the pen, and Strider/Fried for 4 and 5. Gotta go with what brung ya.
The Braves rode a lights out bullpen to the 21 title.
Last season they were rewarded by an unexpected ace-like season from Wright and the emergence of Strider.
This season they got a Cy Young type season from Strider and an All Star first half from Elder.
the problem is, the Braves have been running on about 2 and a half starters per year and AA chooses to ride with it.
It’s obvious that Fried is not 100% healthy and they’ve gone thru 16 starters this year. The fact that AA has committed robbery to lock up virtually the entire batting lineup and not place any emphasis on the starting FIVE is a bit frustrating.
Last season they were rewarded by an unexpected ace-like season from Wright and the emergence of Strider.
This season they got a Cy Young type season from Strider and an All Star first half from Elder.
the problem is, the Braves have been running on about 2 and a half starters per year and AA chooses to ride with it.
It’s obvious that Fried is not 100% healthy and they’ve gone thru 16 starters this year. The fact that AA has committed robbery to lock up virtually the entire batting lineup and not place any emphasis on the starting FIVE is a bit frustrating.
Yeah, but, who's he supposed to get? Pitchers better than we have come at the price of highway robbery these days. And he had five, he had Fried, Wright, Strider, Morton, and several good options for 5. Hell, if Morton had gotten hurt one damn day earlier he'd be available (but they didn't have to DL him at all, that looks like a mistake).
What I'm frustrated over is starting Elder over Shawver. Elder hasn't been right for a while, leaving pitches up. ERA near 6.
Well, they still need to beat Strider or Fried. If they can beat Strider twice, they deserve it. If it comes down to Fried in Atlanta, I'm happy with that.
They had 5 when? The start of spring training? They knew Wright was hurt more than they were letting on and they chose to stand pat and let Fried and Wright miss 3/4 of the season while playing a rotating bunch of losers to cover their spots and the 5th spot.
Shuster, Dodd, Soroka were all terrible. Hell, Yonny Chirinos pitched for a 1/4 of the season. And they babied Shawver.
AA wants to have it both ways by patting himself on the back for these "team friendly" deals he has got going and then shop at the Dollar Tree for pitching and think it's all going to work out.
We will see what he's got now. Wright is done for 24. Morton may or may not be done. Fried is going to walk in FA for nothing if they don't trade him, and Elder is a #5 at best not a 2. Strider may have to pitch 500 innings next season if AA chooses to do his usual routine and ignore the starting staff for yet another season. Hell, maybe Cole Hamels is available. :/
I was on the road coming back from a football game and my son was keeping me updated. He said the same thing.
Crazy thing is we're complaining about pitching when outside of the one atrocious outing, they gave up 3, 4, and 3 runs. You should never go 1-2 with this lineup in that scenario.
Completely different game I think if Pillar scores on that passed ball in the 7th. I get that he absolutely cannot make the 3rd out at the plate, and therefore he didn't risk it (probably didn't get good read on the ball and exercised an abundance of caution), but if that run scores then even more pressure on Kimbrel, less on Acuna, and maybe they keep the rally going.
Sad that that atrocious inning was completely predictable based on Elder's past month or two of results. And that the lineup happened to disappear after Snitker muddled with it for game 1. He did a terrible job managing that series.
He just doesn't have the budget that Philly has, and there's not been good options available. The playoff structure is imbalancing the market. Morton and Fried weren't cheap, so there's at least some money to replace them. I would imagine Elder and Soroka will be in the rotation. Shawver will be there eventually, but likely not to start the season.
Braves blew it, hate it - but now it’s all in on the Fightin Phil’s !!
Makes me want to go get a Delasandro’s cheese steak!
Makes me want to go get a Delasandro’s cheese steak!
To all Braves fans, be thankful you don’t have an incompetent bow tie wearing douche as POBO. He’s the Jerry jones of MLB. Thinks he’s always the smartest guy in the room. He’s a 17ing idiot. Being a cardinals fan, I’d kill to be in the Braves position right now.