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TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
9:05 am
oh, and 148 Hits over 152 games
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
9:06 am
.505 SLG
ncscoots
July 2nd, 2012
9:07 am
Uggla had a bad month in June. Heyward had a bad month in May. It happens. It’s a mistake to think Uggla is going to go this bad for the entire rest of the season.
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:13 am
…and we start to get an inkling of Heyward and Freeman together for the coming years. They’ll be worth FA contracts or long extensions, when it comes time.
I don’t know, scoots. Heyward has really only had 300 good plate appearances…….and 1,070 bad ones……
Hah!
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:13 am
It’s a mistake to think Uggla is going to go this bad for the entire rest of the season.
Agreed. I was just pointing out what he had done as an Atlanta Brave to this point.
Jeff R
July 2nd, 2012
9:14 am
What happens if they don’t win 5 of 7? They get thrown out of the league and have to go home for the rest of the season?
Yes, Lew. Regrettably, yes.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
9:15 am
It’s a mistake to think Uggla is going to go this bad for the entire rest of the season
This! He’s proven he can hit, he’ll do it again.
Agreed. I was just pointing out what he had done as an Atlanta Brave to this point.
And I was doing my best McFann impersonation and picking out the good stats to make him look better!
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
9:15 am
JeffR- Damn – Hope I can get a refund on my Extra Innings package.
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:17 am
And by Hah! – I was joking. Sort of like to rib people who believe Heyward had two good months in 2010 and that was it.
Just absolutely false when he turned in a 2nd half of .302/.419/.457….
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
9:17 am
Only BRaves – Actually, cherry picking aside, that shows how bad that year beginnibg slump was last year and how good Uggla really has been the past year. I knew the slump had dragged his numbers down, but wasn’t aware of how good he’s been since then.
Jeff R
July 2nd, 2012
9:22 am
To my way of thinking, Uggla is sort of Derrick Lowe (last season excepted). You know what you’re very likely to get with Uggla, season in and season out: .250, 30 HRs, 90 RBIs, and all the other relevant offensive stats.
TennesseePaul
July 2nd, 2012
9:23 am
Freeman since returning from his thumb injury:
_AVG__OBP__SLG__OPS
.350 .413 .575 .988
And in his last…games
_G__AVG__OBP__SLG___OPS
21 .308 .345 .487 0.832
18 .323 .366 .477 0.843
14 .327 .379 .519 0.899
10 .378 .429 .622 1.050
06 .476 .520 .762 1.282
MFin04
July 2nd, 2012
9:24 am
I take it everyone is frantically voting Chipper into the All-Star game this morning? I swear if anyone votes for Bryce “Douche Bag” Harper…we will have words.
Thank you, that is all.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
9:27 am
*gulp* I voted for Bryce….
nah, Chipper all the way
ncscoots
July 2nd, 2012
9:27 am
Hah!
Even overhyped, scrubby busted-prospect losers can throw up an 1100 month at age 22, I guess.
Not.
Jeff R
July 2nd, 2012
9:29 am
I take it everyone is frantically voting Chipper into the All-Star game this morning?
Chipper’s got my very non-consequential Hall of Fame vote. But the All-Star game, well…
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
9:30 am
Actually, cherry picking aside, that shows how bad that year beginnibg slump was last year and how good Uggla really has been the past year. I knew the slump had dragged his numbers down, but wasn’t aware of how good he’s been since then.
Indeed. And his slump for June dragged it down too.But still, he’s been very good. An OBP about 100 points higher than his batting avg. and a .505 SLG… looks pretty damn good to me. No need to bash this guy.
ncscoots
July 2nd, 2012
9:31 am
Regrettably, yes.
Shoot ‘em. Then hang ‘em. Then burn ‘em. Lousy sodbusters.
Frankie Wren
July 2nd, 2012
9:34 am
that’s not a “bad month”, more of a terrible month. If Uggla had a bad month we probably win a game or two more. Hopefully July is a repeat of 2011
ncscoots
July 2nd, 2012
9:34 am
But the All-Star game, well…
The guy is still hitting .300, after all. Not like this would be a pity vote. An honorarium, maybe, but not an embarassment.
MFin04
July 2nd, 2012
9:34 am
Chipper in 44 games .292/.375/.455/.830 6 hrs/29rbis
D.B Harper in 57 games .274/348/.471/.819 8 hrs/22rbis
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
9:35 am
is Bourn still gonna make it? to replace Kemp? He really deserves to go (though not going might make him cost a little less? Ha, maybe not)
and what about Prado… such a shame there are so many good OF
Arkansas Transplant
July 2nd, 2012
9:35 am
Uggla had a bad month in June…It happens. It’s a mistake to think Uggla is going to go this bad for the entire rest of the season.
That’s the problem, it happens year in and year out. And it doesn’t just last a short part of the season, it happens to huge chunks of the season. Don’t get me wrong, I really like Uggla but let’s not kid ourselves, the guy really hurts the time a lot of the time. It might not be such a bad thing if it wasn’t that we depend on his offense. He’s not one of those guys that you can say, “he’s really here for his defense” cause that’s not the case. He’s here and he’s here for one reason… production from the plate! and it’s just not happening.
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
9:35 am
Only Braves – I;ve never been an Uggla hater – or a hater of anyone else on the Braves- although it sure was fun to give UnfortuNate McLouth a hard time.
MFin04
July 2nd, 2012
9:36 am
Chipper should be in the game for pretty much every reason I can think of…stats, ability, age, experience, leadership, final season….
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
9:36 am
games played , HR, and SLG matter to me…..
GO BRYCE!!!
MFin04
July 2nd, 2012
9:37 am
Apparently there isn’t a cap on the number of votes you can send…or at least I have not gotten there…
By the way, this is coming from one of the most critical guys of Chipper.
Jeff R
July 2nd, 2012
9:37 am
Bourn should make it… but what Bourn will make is a bundle of dough when he signs a new contract this winter with whichever team is willing to pony-up.
Jeff R
July 2nd, 2012
9:38 am
Apparently there isn’t a cap on the number of votes you can send…or at least I have not gotten there…
Like voting in Chicago.
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
9:39 am
Transplant – That slump at the beginning of the season was an aberration in it’s length. I’d bet that most players have an off month every year. There are hardly any players who put up the same numbers each and every month of every season. It happens and if you’re depending entirely on ONE bat to score all your runs, then you’re in a world of hurt, anyway.
Players are streaky – get over it. Until we see the game played by Shaunian Robots, it’s likely to remain that way.
MFin04
July 2nd, 2012
9:40 am
I’m surprised Brandon Beachy didn’t make it…?
ncscoots
July 2nd, 2012
9:40 am
Like voting in Chicago.
“I see dead people.”
Voting.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
9:40 am
Only Braves – I;ve never been an Uggla hater – or a hater of anyone else on the Braves- although it sure was fun to give UnfortuNate McLouth a hard time.
I wasn’t really talking to you, but to all the people who come on here and say they’d rather have Infante… (*cough cough* Mark*cough)
ncscoots
July 2nd, 2012
9:45 am
That’s the problem, it happens year in and year out. And it doesn’t just last a short part of the season, it happens to huge chunks of the season. Don’t get me wrong, I really like Uggla but let’s not kid ourselves, the guy really hurts the time a lot of the time.
I dunno, man. since this tailspin started, Braves have scored 87 runs in Uggla’s 21 games, over four runs a game. Seems to me that the offense hasn’t depended on Uggla “a lot of the time”.
They are certainly better when he’s rippin’, but the offense isn’t dependent on it.
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
9:46 am
Speaking of Infante, maybe they bring Prado on the All Star team as a utility guy like they did Omar. Rather see Martin at third than the Panda who’s only played a few more than half their games. Sandoval is having a good year (for the amount of time he’s played), but Prado deserves it more and is a better third baseman.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 2nd, 2012
9:46 am
V. Jim I know you are not here now, but I have to share something from the LA Times Crossword Puzzle today that relates to our movie that was on earlier today…
Ah, man! Sorry I missed ya! Well, you up yet?…
BTW—cab said you taped it yesterday…don’t you have it on DVD???…
Danga
July 2nd, 2012
9:48 am
I can’t believe Kung Fu Panda beat out D. Wright and the New York vote. Wright is even having a great year.
Arkansas Transplant
July 2nd, 2012
9:50 am
Lew, streaks are one thing but I’d dare to say that he’s been absolutely absent from the line up it’s been so bad. And as a lot of you like to point out the limited funds the team has to spend, depending on ONE bat may actually be the case. I don’t think this team depends on ONE bat but when that ONE bat is the ONE bat in the line up that was signed to be that ONE bat to supply run production then it can be a blaring issue.. hence the struggles to score runs on a more consistent basis. Granted, we’ve had our issues in the pitching department but on a whole I’d put the blame mostly on our offense.
Kentavo
July 2nd, 2012
9:50 am
Here’s my take on Venters – the league has adjusted to him, he has not readjusted. He always had those innings where he’d plunk a batter, walk the next one, and create a jam, but would get out of it because batters would swing at his sinker in the dirt. Now, they are just laying off of it, and it’s out of the zone. So, in order to get strikes he has to throw meatballs across the middle and they get mashed. And, they’re also hitting ‘em right up the middle and he falls off the mound so much he can’t field what is essentially straight back up the box.
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
9:51 am
Danga -Yeah, he has – even if he is a Met. I wonder about giving the fans a vote wjen stuff like that happens.
Ease
July 2nd, 2012
9:51 am
KC is the only city that Chipper has not played in. And for the All-Star game being held there in his last season, only seems appropriate to vote him in. Not many players have had a chance to do that.
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:54 am
I would not complain about the offense. It’s just not the problem for this team.
Not including Beachy – who is obviously a non-factor for the rest of this season – our best two starters rank 26th and 35th in starters ERA in the National League.
Of course, it’s a little absurd that 18 pitchers have an ERA under 3.01 – And 3 of them belong to the division leading Nationals….
phoenix
July 2nd, 2012
9:54 am
People are complaining about Melky being an All-Star. He’s earned it, batting .352, leading his team to 1st place. And then there’s Impact Player Dan Uggla, hitting .232, specializing in strikeouts and stranding baserunners, leading his team into a free fall.
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
9:55 am
Tramnsplant – Dude, you’ve not liked Uggla since the deal was made.
For years (eversince Andruw left), there was a hue and cry for a 30 HR hitter – a rare commodity in the era since roids. Well, we got one of the few there were and the only one available to us. Despite the fact s streaky, he hits over 30 every year. Hopme Run hitters can be streaky and almosl of them strike out a good bit of the time.
Time to realize that a team of hitters who put up .300, .365 (or better), 800 OPS numbers on a monthly basis, each and every month without fail just doesn’t exist – not even if you have Yankees’ money.
Danga
July 2nd, 2012
9:56 am
I hate Melky.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
9:56 am
Prado deserves it more and is a better third baseman.
True, but Prado’s primary position isn’t 3B…. would’ve been nice. That’s why Prado needs to play 3B next year. That way we can get an All-Star 3B…. The only All-Star Game Juan Francisco can make it to is for players with the most strikeouts
Efrim
July 2nd, 2012
9:56 am
Still shocked to see the Phillies in the basement of the NL East and 13 games back in the loss column.
Makes sense to sell, imo. If you go for it, you’re going for it in the hopes that a pitcher doesn’t make a mistake during one baseball game(Wild Card one-gamer).
Garbage.
Arkansas Transplant
July 2nd, 2012
9:59 am
ncscoots, Like I said. I really like the guy. He’s an extremely hard worker and he plays hard all the time but at the plate for the most part he’s been a black hole and then you place him next to a struggling McCann and it even makes it that much more blaring. Since he’s come to Atlanta he’s been hitting 20 points lower in average, this year’s OBP is above his career numbers at the moment but last year’s no where close. His slugging is over 60 points lower than his career numbers at the moment. I’m just saying, he’s been a rather disappointment since joining the team.. that’s in my opinion. Granted, he did catch fire last year in the second half of the season but does that erase the miserable first half? In my opinion.. NO.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
10:00 am
If you go for it, you’re going for it in the hopes that a pitcher doesn’t make a mistake during one baseball game(Wild Card one-gamer).
Garbage.
Don’t bring that up again! I might have to destroy the MLB office…. starting with Selig
phoenix
July 2nd, 2012
10:00 am
Uggla has had one good month, last year. Braves did not make into postseason. He has not had a good month this year. And Braves will probably not make it into postseason again. If you guys are satisfied with that, you must work for Liberty Media.
Danga
July 2nd, 2012
10:01 am
If the Braves were to drop money on a pitcher this off-season would you pick Greinke or Hamels?
ncscoots
July 2nd, 2012
10:01 am
Garbage.
Fitting.
Danga
July 2nd, 2012
10:02 am
He has not had a good month this year.
Please define good month.
Ease
July 2nd, 2012
10:02 am
Davey Johnson describes what happened to Stephen Strasburg in the heat on Saturday:
“After the second inning he wasn’t even speaking to (pitching coach Steve) McCatty and he was white in the face,” Nationals manager Davey Johnson told reporters. “(After the third) he went in the runway and was breathing pretty heavy. It was pretty scary, and he wasn’t talking too good.”
When Johnson went to tell home plate umpire Marvin Hudson that Chien-Ming Wang was coming into the game, Hudson told him Strasburg had appeared dizzy at the plate.
I guess Strasburg just played into Dusty Baker’s stereotype:
“You have to pretend that you’re a construction worker out there,” Baker said before Saturday’s game. “You have no choice. It’s easier for me. It’s easier for most Latin guys and it’s easier for most minority people. Most of us come from heat.
“You don’t find too many brothers from New Hampshire and Maine and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Right? We were brought over here for the heat, right? Isn’t that history? Weren’t we brought over here because we can take the heat?”
I think this was just poor temperature management.
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
10:02 am
Efrim – On XM Home Plate this morning, they felt it was a foregone conclusion that the Phillies would go into sell mode soon and were already taking offers for Hamels – the Dodgers being prominenetly metioned as in the sweepstakes for him. They seemed to believe the Phillies were out of it and ciited Howard’s numbers having dropped off the past three years, Utley no longer being the player he was and that their farm system’s cupboard was bare.
Danga
July 2nd, 2012
10:03 am
Granted, he did catch fire last year in the second half of the season but does that erase the miserable first half? In my opinion.. NO.
Will be interested to see if your opinion is changed after he catches fire in the 2nd half this season.
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
10:04 am
We work for Liberty Media or just aren’t as clueless as you are?
Arkansas Transplant
July 2nd, 2012
10:05 am
Lew, your right.. I was against the Uggla deal from the very first but you convinced me otherwise I begin to warm to the idea of bringing Uggla along. And I’m alright with streakiness in hitter’s, what I have a problem with is the prolonged lengths of time that there is no production from his spot in the lineup. And then, they were throwing him out there night in and night out in the 4th and 5th spot in the lineup. This year we finally have 2 players in the 1 and 2 hole that get on fairly regularly and so many times our rallies have been cut short because of Uggla’s spot in the line up. Like I said… it’s not the streakiness…. it’s the prolonged droughts.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
10:05 am
Uggla has had one good month, last year.
Oh, so a .301/.386/.596/.982 batting line over 75 games (2.5 Months, July 5 to season’s end) isn’t good enough? Only 1 good month, not almost 3?
Add in that he was hitting .272 /.382/.485/.867 until his slump began in June over 2 months…. Geez, some people here just love to hate.
Bat Masterson
July 2nd, 2012
10:05 am
Granted, we’ve had our issues in the pitching department but on a whole I’d put the blame mostly on our offense.
Yeah well, score 15 runs over the weekend, play some sloppy defense, give up what, 18 runs, lose 2 out of three. Plenty of “blame” to go around.
Sure the Braves blew some scoring opportunities, so did the bad guys.
MFin04
July 2nd, 2012
10:06 am
“Makes sense to sell, imo. If you go for it, you’re going for it in the hopes that a pitcher doesn’t make a mistake during one baseball game(Wild Card one-gamer). ”
Isn’t that the gamble for every team that isn’t leading their division? At this point the Nationals seem a lock for the NL East…everyone else is playing for a 1-game playoff….even the Braves. Should they sell too?
Danga
July 2nd, 2012
10:07 am
At this point the Nationals seem a lock for the NL East
Really? I’m still not convinced.
MFin04
July 2nd, 2012
10:08 am
(Up to about 200 votes for Chipper so far this morning)
Arkansas Transplant
July 2nd, 2012
10:08 am
Will be interested to see if your opinion is changed after he catches fire in the 2nd half this season.
Not really, my opinion won’t change but I will be happy to see him produce and happy for him personally if that’s the case.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 2nd, 2012
10:08 am
I think you have to bat .334 before you’re worth a little bit to these people…
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
10:09 am
If the Braves were to drop money on a pitcher this off-season would you pick Greinke or Hamels?
I’d have to say Greinke…. he was picked 11 spots before Hamels in that 2011 draft
Honestly, I’d rather have Hamels, as he’s been more consistent, and it doesn’t hurt that he’s a lefty. However, if the Braves were to spend, it’d probably be Greinke. He’d be cheaper than Hamels I expect.
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
10:10 am
Transplant – You just need to realize that all players are different – they all produce their numbers in different ways. With apologies to McFann, I’d say that the Braves have suffered more from McCann’s poor season than any streakis from Uggla. Or from Freeman’s health issues. Or our poor bench. Or missing Chipper as much as we have.
Uggla is in there every single day which is why he’s in your sights as much as he is. He hustlkes on every play like no other player on the team (except for Martin). We needed Uggla’s power and got it. You take the streakiness along with it. Kind of a package deal. For better or worse, right?
MFin04
July 2nd, 2012
10:11 am
“I think you have to bat .334 before you’re worth a little bit to these people…”
I do hate guys with .333 batting averages. It always seems like they have limited plate appearances. .332 or .334 much better.
Arkansas Transplant
July 2nd, 2012
10:11 am
Bat, that’s why I said that pitching can be blamed but as you look at the season on the whole.. most of the blame lies with the hitting. But I will point out, that could easily change if something isn’t done with Delgado’s and Minor’s spot in the rotation.
Tomahawkin
July 2nd, 2012
10:12 am
D.O.B. are you planning on heading to the KC next week…? There are some Dope BBQ Joints up there, and I really find it odd that the Braves have not been scheduled to play in KC after 15 years of interleague play, yet we get 2 series against the Bankees or Red Faux in most years….
ncscoots
July 2nd, 2012
10:12 am
Really? I’m still not convinced [about the Nats]
Nor am I. The aliens inhabiting Detwiler and Gonzalez probably have to go home at the break, Strasburg supposedly gets shut down for September, and I don’t think their offense really gets much better over time (more the opposite, frankly).
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
10:13 am
With apologies to McFann, I’d say that the Braves have suffered more from McCann’s poor season than any streakis from Uggla
This. Cuz at least Uggs did hit, but McCann unfortunately, never really did.
Venice Jim
July 2nd, 2012
10:14 am
McFann – in the bottom half of the crossword there are about 40 lightly shaded boxes snaking around through various words (up and down and backwards) – as the other words are filled in, it turns out, that as you start in box 76 and read the shaded boxes you have “trombones led the big parade with” at which point box 110 has “cornets close at hand.” There are also another dozen clues which read instrument in the song…
Tomahawkin
July 2nd, 2012
10:14 am
“At this point the Nationals seem a lock for the NL East”
Yes, I warned everyone about The Curley W’s…That team has heart, they remind me a lot of the 1994 expos which had a Squad before the 1994 Strike screwed that team and the City of Montreal, which is one of the finest cities in all of North America
Think abt it that 94 team had Pedro, Larry Walker, Moises Alou, A Young Clifford Floyd (Injury riddled) among others before they hit their primes in the height of the roid era
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
10:15 am
Two things concern me about the Nats – One, they just got Morse back and two, Ryan Zimmerman has just started to get hot after a very uncharacteristically poor start.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
10:16 am
I mean,I’ve about to be resigned to A.J Pierzynski for catcher on my fantasy teams…. A Freaking J Pierzynski! That in itself shows how much BMac has struggled.
Bat Masterson
July 2nd, 2012
10:16 am
I guess Strasburg just played into Dusty Baker’s stereotype:
“You have to pretend that you’re a construction worker out there,” Baker said before Saturday’s game. “You have no choice. It’s easier for me. It’s easier for most Latin guys and it’s easier for most minority people. Most of us come from heat.
Dusty should keep those toothpicks firmly clenched between his teeth.
Danga
July 2nd, 2012
10:17 am
The aliens inhabiting Detwiler and Gonzalez probably have to go home at the break, Strasburg supposedly gets shut down for September, and I don’t think their offense really gets much better over time
Exactly my thoughts and I’d throw in Zimmerman as well as due for a bit of a correction.
Tomahawkin
July 2nd, 2012
10:17 am
Jeff Fassero, Ken Hill and John Wetteland were studs on that 94 Montreal Squad who owned the Braves that year, those were frustrating games going up against them
Ease
July 2nd, 2012
10:18 am
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TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
10:18 am
Dusty being a tool again….
About the Nats: I’m still not convinced with them, but they’re looking damn good right now. They probably make a trade at the deadline for some kind of bat, they might get better. Just got to see if their pitches keep this up (I don’t think they will, but then I thought they’d have fallen back to normal already), and Strasburg is said to be shut-down in September. We’ll see.
MFin04
July 2nd, 2012
10:18 am
“I’m still not convinced about the Nats”
Are they not getting their two best bats back soon, as well?
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 2nd, 2012
10:18 am
Lew With apologies to McFann, I’d say that the Braves have suffered more from McCann’s poor season than any streakis from Uggla.
Apology accepted……
I know as well as anybody…Well, ‘ceptin’ for the guys on TV—they act like poor Uggla’s the only guy who’s slumped lately, or even this year…I mean, they’re not mean about it or anything, but seems like they bring it up a lot, like it’s something new for him. He IS a streaky hitter…
Danga
July 2nd, 2012
10:18 am
And I really don’t think the Braves have really hit their stride, yet. Who knows? Maybe they won’t. Maybe the loss of Beachy was too much. But this team seems very close to hitting on all cylinders to me. If we can just get anything out of the bottom half of the rotation.
Arkansas Transplant
July 2nd, 2012
10:19 am
Uggla in June had 13 hits and one of those games he got 4 of those 13 hits and he struck out 33 times during that same span with 5 of those games coming with 3 or more strikeouts. To me, that’s just too much of an extreme from your clean up spot. Why not hide him in the 7th or 8th spot until he heats up? Cause your not getting any contribution from him at the moment. And your right about McCann, as I’ve said, I think coupling him with Uggla back to back has not been to the benefit of this club.
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
10:19 am
Dusty played his first MLB game at age 19 and presumably played for a couple years in the minors. He must have been awfully young when he worked construction.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 2nd, 2012
10:20 am
MFin I do hate guys with .333 batting averages. It always seems like they have limited plate appearances.
…Not all of the time…
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
10:21 am
Transplant – You fault Uggla for where he hits in the batting order?
Murph
July 2nd, 2012
10:21 am
I see the Braves signed Sheets over the weekend. Love it personally… he either shows he’s got it and moves into the rotation or he doesn’t. Zero risk.
Any other rumors flying around over the weekend about possible trade acquisitions? I’ve been a huge Delgado proponent since his first game last season, but I’m starting to think he could benefit from some cookin’ time in the minors.
Don’t know who I’d pick right now as the odd man out if Sheets is capable of producing or the team trades for another starter. You could pretty much flip a coin between Minor and Delgado… however, if Minor is the odd man out, I hope they move him, where if Delgado is the odd man out, I hope they stick him in AAA until he’s ready to go again.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 2nd, 2012
10:22 am
V. Jim—
Haha! That’s really cool!
Do they have a printout version of that online?…
Frankie Wren
July 2nd, 2012
10:23 am
What’s not to like about the Nats? They have just enough hitting where they aren’t the Giants of 2 years ago and totally rely on pitching. Pretty good club from top to bottom and regardless of experience, they are the team to beat. I am a believer.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 2nd, 2012
10:23 am
Frankie Wren What’s not to like about the Nats?
They almost always beat us…
Lew
July 2nd, 2012
10:24 am
Murph – No concrete rumors, but lots of speculation that the Braves WILL make more pitching moves and are in on the Grienke sweepstakes. Common consensus is Wren has more deals left in his bag of tricks and at least one will be a big deal (so to speak).
ncscoots
July 2nd, 2012
10:25 am
But this team seems very close to hitting on all cylinders to me. If we can just get anything out of the bottom half of the rotation.
I’m more concerned about Venters than I am about the bottom of the rotation. O’Flaherty has been good and all, but I don’t know if one can consider him some lockdown setup guy. I’m feeling a little iffy about the end of games.
The pen also doesn’t seem to have a guy that you can bring in with inherited runners and be confident of a snuff. That’s concerning, but I don’t know that there’s anything to be done about that. Except not have the starters get into jams, maybe.
Kentavo
July 2nd, 2012
10:26 am
I bet we get swept by the Cubs.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
10:27 am
They almost always beat us…
And it’s always Mac’s fault…
Murph
July 2nd, 2012
10:28 am
I’m more concerned about Venters than I am about the bottom of the rotation.
From most reliable setup guy in the majors to the least reliable in one season… I get the same feeling when Venters comes in that I did when Durbin was called on early in the season.
Let’s hope he can turn it around the same way Durbin did.
I can’t believe I just typed that about Venters. So sad.
Danga
July 2nd, 2012
10:31 am
That’s concerning
Also concerning that Durbin was recently referred to by Fredi as the Venters of last season. Durbin has been a pleasant surprise, but…
I always forget about the BP. I wonder if this Sheets thing works out if one of the kids would be able to perform out of the BP. There are always BP arms available at the deadline. I will be very surpised if the Braves don’t make a move for one of them.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 2nd, 2012
10:31 am
BMac needs to take a break over the ASB and just get mentally ready for the 2nd half…. we need anything we can get out of him, a .260/.330/.400 line. Anything. If he wants to get paid/stay in Atlanta he’ll need to start hitting again. Now’s a good time to start…
David O'Brien
July 2nd, 2012
10:31 am
Braves have one more chance to win a Monday game before All-Star break. 0-10 on Mondays. (Guess the ol’ blog reverse curse hasn’t worked on this one, because I’ve mentioned it every week since they were 0-4 or 0-5 on Mondays….)