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McKee
August 8th, 2012
3:29 pm
Just saw Mike Sweeney’s top 10 power rankings on MLB network and actually didn’t have the Braves listed. Hope this guy doesn’t get paid to do these rankings.
nolie
August 8th, 2012
3:29 pm
wheres that bridge at again??
Tomahawkin
August 8th, 2012
3:29 pm
raleighbravefan
“Nats have been the best team in the NL all season…no argument, really. However, I believe they will fade, more than some other teams, including the Braves. Much of their success is based on their pitching”
How Ironic is that Phillies Fans were saying that in May???
Efrim
August 8th, 2012
3:29 pm
McGriff got hit 39 times during his 19 year career.
Chipper got hit 19 times during his 19 year career
CrαZy
August 8th, 2012
3:31 pm
Yeh, every coach from now on who has any kind of lead going into Sept. will refer back to the 2011 Braves as proof. Ugh!
Why the Braves when The 2011 RedSox colapse was half a game worse and they actually get coverage on MLBN and ESPN.
Brian from SC
August 8th, 2012
3:31 pm
Ross in for McCann tonight…rest of the lineup is standard.
Venice Jim
August 8th, 2012
3:32 pm
Atlanta Braves @Braves
Tonight’s lineup at PHI (7:05, SPSO/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Prado 7 Heyward 9 Jones 5 Freeman 3 Uggla 4 Ross 2 Janish 6 Hudson 1
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 8th, 2012
3:32 pm
Blah…but they’ve got a day off tomorrow, dangit!…
CrαZy
August 8th, 2012
3:32 pm
Efrim… what about Gallaraga?
Shaun
August 8th, 2012
3:34 pm
This is interesting… how do you know what makes that person comfortable?
I’m just deducing that that person isn’t comfortable with scouts knowing anything about “new stats,” as he calls them, because he seems set on playing up an imaginary stats versus scouts debate and taking the side of the scouts in this imaginary debate.
Lew
August 8th, 2012
3:35 pm
Seasons don’t end in August, but as the Expos found out, when they do, they don’t count.
phil
August 8th, 2012
3:36 pm
Bourn isn’t worth whatever outrageous sum he’ll command at year’s end….
The guy has become an Ugglaesque strikeout machine.
Save the money to lock up Heyward, Freeman, Simmons and Prado. Let the rest of em walk or take crumbs to stay, including Buffet Brian.
cowdogit
August 8th, 2012
3:37 pm
Jason Heyward is the only brave that can score from first on a double. Constanza and Durango would be great coming off the bench, not only to score from first but also to divert the pitchers attention away from the hitter.
Lew
August 8th, 2012
3:37 pm
“How do you know what makes that person comfortable?”
Because everything Shaun says can be fully substantitated by his own opinion.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
3:38 pm
Hello everyone! Gotta be proud of Minor for not giving up, and he keeps pitching like this, there’s no telling how many wins he can get next year. Minor is pitching like a number 3 starter.
Efrim
August 8th, 2012
3:39 pm
Blah…but they’ve got a day off tomorrow, dangit!…
And facing two LHP’s this weekend in Johan and Niese.
Lew
August 8th, 2012
3:39 pm
Actually Uggla has scored from first more this season than Heyward has.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
3:39 pm
I’m little concerned about the Bats myself, and the hitting has been terrible against winning pitchers. Braves have to do better.
CrαZy
August 8th, 2012
3:39 pm
Minor is pitching like a number 3 starter.
I think he’s more like a 3 1/2 right now.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
3:40 pm
Braves need this win tonight to keep going……
CrαZy
August 8th, 2012
3:41 pm
Typically the bats are always going to be worse against better pitchers… that’s why they’re considered better pitchers….
Ward
August 8th, 2012
3:42 pm
CraZy – I agree, and was wrong on Minor. He’s growing on me, but the hitting right now is sh*tty……….Wren needs to get us a bat, or call some one up to get a sparke going against winning pitchers.
phil
August 8th, 2012
3:43 pm
Mac can score from first….
On a moonshot homer.
MAD
August 8th, 2012
3:45 pm
Ryan Ludwick pretty nice pickup by the Reds
Since break, .316/.373/.711 yep that’s a 1.084 OPS
Ward
August 8th, 2012
3:45 pm
I would like to know one question? Why hasn’t Mejia been called up to give Freeman some rest. Hinske just isn’t cutting it right now.
Efrim
August 8th, 2012
3:47 pm
The Giants and Melky Cabrera have agreed to put contract extension talks on hold until after the season, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. The team is believe to have suggested a three-year deal worth approximately $27MM a few weeks ago, though no official offer was made.
Heisenberg
August 8th, 2012
3:48 pm
Not sure if it was intentional or not but using Minor as the sacrificial lamb last night makes for a more favorable setup to win series than had Hudson dueled Hamels to a scoreless tie only to loose in late or extra innings.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
3:49 pm
To much milk money for Milky……..
Heisenberg
August 8th, 2012
3:50 pm
Ward
August 8th, 2012
3:45 pm
Agreed. Hopefully in September.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 8th, 2012
3:52 pm
Efrim And facing two LHP’s this weekend in Johan and Niese.
BMac cann handle Johan OK, but Niese is annoying…
DAM
August 8th, 2012
3:52 pm
McCann just had Sunday off. It seems like he is rarely going 3 days in a row anymore. Is he hurt, and they’re just keeping it quiet? I know he acted like he hurt his shoulder recently, but I don’t remember hearing anything more about it.
If he was going to have one of these days off, why didn’t we give McCann yesterday off and let Ross face the lefty?
MAD
August 8th, 2012
3:54 pm
Melky hitting over .350 like him or not, that’s having a season. don’t see it being a fluke either.
Shaun
August 8th, 2012
3:54 pm
“How do you know what makes that person comfortable?”
Because everything Shaun says can be fully substantitated by his own opinion.
Actually I’m of the belief we can not know much of anything with absolute certainty.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 8th, 2012
3:57 pm
DAM Is he hurt, and they’re just keeping it quiet? I know he acted like he hurt his shoulder recently, but I don’t remember hearing anything more about it.
I wonder that, too. I mean, I understand you want him rested up for the “stretch run”, but when exactly does that start, anyway? Either way, seems like the days off have gotten a little extreme lately (he did catch 3 games in a row Aug. 2, 3, and 4, though…)
raleighbravefan
August 8th, 2012
3:57 pm
cowdogit – Yea, it’s a shame that Constanza actually has to get on base, before he can flash all that speed.
Efrim
August 8th, 2012
3:57 pm
Free Agent outfielders:
Josh Hamilton (32)
Michael Bourn (30)
Melky Cabrera (28)
Angel Pagan (31)
Cody Ross (32)
B.J. Upton (28)
Shane Victorino (32)
Lance Berkman (36)
Torii Hunter (37)
Nick Swisher (32)
phil
August 8th, 2012
3:57 pm
No RT @iRepOpm: So is it a given that Bourn will not be in Atlanta next year? @ajcbraves @Buster_ESPN2 hours ago
***************
If Bourn collapses down the stretch, yes, he’ll be back…maybe.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
3:57 pm
I’m putting a small word out! Mejia an All Star in the Minors, and not called up. Call him……….
CrαZy
August 8th, 2012
3:58 pm
McGriff got hit 39 times during his 19 year career.
Chipper got hit 19 times during his 19 year career
Galarraga got hit 178 times during his 19 year career.
MAD
August 8th, 2012
4:00 pm
Holy Milkshake Melkman. 10 triples this year(Bourn has 8).
Pay that MAN his money says KGB
ChattTownBrian
August 8th, 2012
4:00 pm
Oh My God … STILL debating what Bourn is worth? Glad you guys are worry free enough in your lives to discuss such an important priority topic in life.
phil
August 8th, 2012
4:01 pm
I want Constanza back!!
Demote Prado….
Jaded
August 8th, 2012
4:01 pm
The Nats aren’t a good team, they’re a great team. There are some definite similarities between them and the ‘91 Braves. They’re not going to collapse – they have too many good players. If we’re going to beat them out, we’re going to have to earn it.
The good news is their schedule does get tougher the rest of this month.
MAD
August 8th, 2012
4:03 pm
Nats a good team not a great team.
a great team? Seriously?
CrαZy
August 8th, 2012
4:03 pm
Bring Back Barbaro from Mexico!!!!
Jay Dubu
August 8th, 2012
4:04 pm
Enter your comments here
Jaded
August 8th, 2012
4:05 pm
They have the best record and the best ERA in the major leagues, MAD.
Jaded
August 8th, 2012
4:07 pm
Also, that’s why I compare them to the ‘91 Braves. No one gave us respect that entire summer because of our past history. Darrell Strawberry openly laughed at us. He wasn’t laughing in October.
We need to accept that the Nats are no longer the Nats. They’ve grown into a leviathan, and they’re going to be a handful for the next several years.
cabravesfan
August 8th, 2012
4:07 pm
Mac is off tonight because Ross has been catching Huddy lately, so that was always going to happen.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
4:07 pm
Phil – Has a faulty report on Bourn, and I think Braves will sign him.
Fish Bisch
August 8th, 2012
4:07 pm
Full Metal Jacket lineup today.
Heisenberg
August 8th, 2012
4:08 pm
Efrim, looking at that list and the name that jumps out is Cody Ross. Not necessarily the best of the bunch but the one most likely for Braves to go after. I am not sold on the milk dud having a 1 year wonder in a contract year. Let someone else overpay him.
Shaun
August 8th, 2012
4:08 pm
The Nats aren’t a good team, they’re a great team. There are some definite similarities between them and the ‘91 Braves.
Well, I guess that depends on what you mean by “great team.” When I think of great teams, I think of all-time great teams. I’m thinking like 98-plus-win teams, teams that won that many games without just falling on the right side of a lot of close games and things of that sort but really dominated their opponents. I don’t think the 2012 Nationals or 1991 Braves quite fall in to the category of great teams.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
4:08 pm
Mad – Melky = Steriods…….
MAD
August 8th, 2012
4:09 pm
nats going to be good probably better in the future. not a great team yet. lets not overstate till they actually get to playoffs and win a series before declaring them great.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
4:10 pm
All, have a good one! Talk tonight after I get home. Let’s knock their Dicks Off!!!!!!!!!Peace my friends, and “Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
nolie
August 8th, 2012
4:11 pm
Jason Heyward is the only brave that can score from first on a double. …cowdogit
oh bull crap. Uggla was leading the league in it
MAD
August 8th, 2012
4:11 pm
took them extras the last two nights to beat a hideous team in Astros, took breaks to win both games.
bullpen is getting exposed due to starting pitching maybe slowing.
i can them getting tight like the last two nights in september. good team, not great
DAP
August 8th, 2012
4:11 pm
MAD Melky hitting over .350 like him or not, that’s having a season. don’t see it being a fluke either.
he is hitting 70 points over his career average, and is a player who is dependent on being a contact hitter. his performance will probably always vary wildly from one season to the next.
Jaded
August 8th, 2012
4:11 pm
Shaun, I agree terms like “great” are subjective. I don’t think the Nats are in the same category as the ‘27 Yankees or the ‘75 Reds.
Literary license isn’t the point I wanted people to focus on. The point is the Nats are really, really good, and I don’t think anyone should be expecting them to collapse.
phil
August 8th, 2012
4:12 pm
Barbaro was a horse….a great racehorse, but also a dead racehorse.
CrαZy
August 8th, 2012
4:12 pm
MAD
August 8th, 2012
4:13 pm
Melk hit over .300 last year, yes?
Fat Melk became slim Melk. Guy has become a good player, can’t argue that. Personality yeah sure, but performance is speaking for itself.
Efrim
August 8th, 2012
4:14 pm
Free Agent Starting Pitchers(worth any consideration):
Erik Bedard (34)
Joe Blanton (32)
Bartolo Colon (40)
Kevin Correia (32)
Ryan Dempster (36)
Scott Feldman (29)
Zack Greinke (28)
Edwin Jackson (29)
Hiroki Kuroda (38)
Francisco Liriano (29)
Kyle Lohse (34)
Shaun Marcum (31)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (32)
Brandon McCarthy (29)
Kevin Millwood (38)
Roy Oswalt (35)
Jake Peavy (31)
Anibal Sanchez (29)
Ervin Santana (30)
Joe Saunders (32)
Ben Sheets (34)
Randy Wolf (36)
Chris Young (34)
phil
August 8th, 2012
4:14 pm
How can Uggla score from anywhere with hard turns from the plate after being wrung up repeatedly?
Maybe he’s starting to emerge from his two month slumber, but only a bot more time will tell.
PureEvil
August 8th, 2012
4:15 pm
Fake Ward alert…
nolie
August 8th, 2012
4:15 pm
how soon they forget…
DAP
August 8th, 2012
4:15 pm
heisenburg looking at that list and the name that jumps out is Cody Ross.
should have signed this past offseason, anyways. seriously.
im still mad the giants blocked our claim for him off waivers in 2010. had we gotten him, it may have been US in the WS.
Efrim
August 8th, 2012
4:15 pm
Efrim, looking at that list and the name that jumps out is Cody Ross
I could see him in LF. Didn’t they offer him a multi-year deal? Or so he said.
phil
August 8th, 2012
4:16 pm
That’s a list heavy on older pitchers….
Who needs any of em with JJ still around.
CrαZy
August 8th, 2012
4:16 pm
That has to be a fake Ward he used their correctly!
nolie
August 8th, 2012
4:16 pm
blind acorn, crazy
cricket
August 8th, 2012
4:16 pm
uggla’s walks still legally allow him to be at 1B ready to score
MAD
August 8th, 2012
4:17 pm
bring back barbaro indeed. nice clean shave without the fanfare
phil
August 8th, 2012
4:18 pm
nolie
August 8th, 2012
4:15 pm
how soon they forget…
*******
If you mean me forgetting about Dan, nah, I haven’t forgotten a thing. But regrettably, hitting .100 or so month after month isn’t going to cut it.
Don’t make me sic Shaun on you….
raleighbravefan
August 8th, 2012
4:18 pm
Jaded – I don’t argue with what they HAVE done…My point is, that they are shutting down their best pitcher, and others have never pitched tis many innings. If you want to see what a tired pitching staff looks like, check out our BP last September. Almost all young starters hit a wall when they exceed their previous workload for the first time. The Nats WILL fade some in late August and September.
cricket
August 8th, 2012
4:18 pm
should have signed this past offseason
they tried, he said no
MFin04
August 8th, 2012
4:19 pm
At this point in time, we should platoon Matt Diaz against righties and Michael Bourn against lefties at 2nd base for Dan Uggla.
DAP
August 8th, 2012
4:19 pm
MAD Melk hit over .300 last year, yes?
and? what he did last year is a far cry from what he is doing this year. OPS swing year to year, starting in ‘06 is -34, -37, +111, -81, +138, +120. he is quite literally all over the place, his entire career.
nolie
August 8th, 2012
4:20 pm
probably a good decision on his part too
phil
August 8th, 2012
4:20 pm
Uggla’s walks now and then are great, but guys, he’s paid to hit homeruns and drive in runs in relative bunches….
He’s not doing it and hasn’t since the spring. Surely we can be a bit concerned, maybe needle the guy a little about these failures? I still love the man like a brother (ok, a lie), but his performance is DFA type stuff for the average hack….
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 8th, 2012
4:20 pm
cabravesfan Mac is off tonight because Ross has been catching Huddy lately, so that was always going to happen.
BMac caught for Timmy last time!…
Ward
August 8th, 2012
4:21 pm
CraZy come on man……LOL All have a good one, and Peace my friends, and “Go!!!!!Braves” Been working on my typing. Still my typing wont be perfect…….Talk later tonight.
Chief pitchanono
August 8th, 2012
4:21 pm
I quit looking at the standings a few days ago. Were playing well and thats all that matters in august. If the nats keep up this pace until the end then they deserve the title. I dont believe however that they will and i believe the division will be decided in the six remaining games between the two teams.
nolie
August 8th, 2012
4:21 pm
was only in regards to him scoring runs phil
DAP
August 8th, 2012
4:22 pm
cricket should have signed this past offseason
they tried, he said no
yeah? i think i must have missed that. what did they offer him? no way he turned down a multiyear deal, right? if the braves didnt offer him one, thats their fault, and ill say it again, they should have signed him.
Efrim
August 8th, 2012
4:23 pm
Free Agent Starting Pitchers(worth any consideration)
Definite multi year deals of 3 years or more guaranteed:
Ryan Dempster (36)
Zack Greinke (28)
Edwin Jackson (29)
Kyle Lohse (34)
Anibal Sanchez (29)
Possible multi year deals(2 years):
Joe Blanton (32)
Francisco Liriano (29)
Jake Peavy (31)
Joe Saunders (32)
One year deals:
Erik Bedard (34)
Bartolo Colon (40)
Kevin Correia (32)
Scott Feldman (29)
Hiroki Kuroda (38)
Shaun Marcum (31)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (32)
Brandon McCarthy (29)
Kevin Millwood (38)
Roy Oswalt (35)
Ervin Santana (30)
Ben Sheets (34)
Randy Wolf (36)
Chris Young (34)
That’s sort of how I break that list out.
MAD
August 8th, 2012
4:23 pm
.300 last season and hitting better this season. change of work habit and attitude might help him being a little more consistent is all I am saying. he’s having a great season, can’t knock that. i can see him .320-.330 next year as well
Heisenberg
August 8th, 2012
4:23 pm
Just like Reed Johnson, Ross can play all 3 OF positions and is RH. If Braves loose Bourn (as expected) but keep Johnson & get Ross they will have some nice flexibility in OF next year. You could do a lot worse. Also on that list is Angel Pagan. Always liked him too. Not a Swisher fan. He will not put up those numbers outside of Yankee stadium nor without the rest of that lineup around him.
nolie
August 8th, 2012
4:23 pm
he turned down a two year deal for a one year deal because he thought he would have a better season in Fenway and thus get back on track for a more expensive, longer contract
Jaded
August 8th, 2012
4:24 pm
Hopefully so, raliegh, though I remain skeptical that they really are going to shut down Strasburg. I think when they set that innings cap they honestly weren’t expecting to be in first place this late into the season. They’ve already started to hedge a little bit, with their GM saying a couple of weeks ago that there’s no hard-and-fast number on innings Strasburg will be restricted to.
My feeling is he’s still going to be pitching in September. Maybe if the Nats can open a lead of about 7 or 8 games, then they’ll sit him down, but if it remains tight, I don’t see the Rizzo having the balls to sideline him.
Efrim
August 8th, 2012
4:24 pm
no way he turned down a multiyear deal, right?
He told the media the Braves offered him two years guaranteed and passed on it.
tony austin
August 8th, 2012
4:25 pm
DAP – If I recall correctly the Braves offered Cody Ross 2 years, he preferred to sign with Boston on a 1 year deal.
nolie
August 8th, 2012
4:26 pm
i too have a hard time believing they are gonna totally shut down strasburg
MAD
August 8th, 2012
4:26 pm
marry me Alex Morgan!
Heisenberg
August 8th, 2012
4:26 pm
Ooooooooh the pitching list. Feldman from Texas is the possible sleeper here.
Disgusted
August 8th, 2012
4:26 pm
The Braves were not in MLB’s top ten power rankings in spite of how well they are playing.
To H wih those BUMBS at MLB network, all our guys have to do is get er done on the field like they have been doing and the rest will take care of itself.
Eff dem BUMBS, we know we belong there.
MLB Nerdwork deserves to be Booed.
cricket
August 8th, 2012
4:27 pm
DAP – nolie covered it. he himself said that braves offered fair deal but he chose to take risk by signing on 1-yr deal for potentially longer more lucrative deal. can’t fault braves’ FO there. working out for him too.
DAP
August 8th, 2012
4:27 pm
efrim, ill take anibal sanchez.
Buzz 2011
August 8th, 2012
4:28 pm
The only reason the Braves lost last night was because Uggla wasn’t
in the limeup!!!