The Atlanta Braves (thread 1)

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Looked good at the plate today, but I just don't see how they are ever going to score enough with these lineups to hang onto the lead. The pitching the past couple of weeks has been incredible though. In 14 games since Aug 1st, they've held opponents to 2 runs or less 11 times.
 
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Utley will be back this week with Victorino and Howard to follow. The Braves better be ready to win about 2 of every 3 from here on in to take the division.
 
Utley will be back this week with Victorino and Howard to follow. The Braves better be ready to win about 2 of every 3 from here on in to take the division.

Didn't realize Utley was gonna be back that soon. That will be a huge boost... The braves need someone to get hot.
 
Utley will be back this week with Victorino and Howard to follow. The Braves better be ready to win about 2 of every 3 from here on in to take the division.
That's pretty much the pace they've been on since May 1st. Offensively the Phillies are a LOT better, but the Braves pitching has been phenomenal.
 
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Didn't realize Utley was gonna be back that soon. That will be a huge boost... The braves need someone to get hot.

Glaus looks to be warming up slightly so that should help in the middle of the lineup. That is if he really does get hot again. Prado's return should be a huge boost.
 
anyone else heard rumors of them getting adam laroche and kelly johnson from the diamondbacks threw waivers?

They were placed on waivers Friday, highly doubt they pass through.

Still would be nice if the Braves could flip one of their extra pitching prospects for a bat, but it's looking unlikely.
 
Yep. And just because he's been hot for two weeks doesn't mean that the last year and a half didn't happen. The odds are way against him going through a long rehab and then coming back and having what he thinks of as a Chipper Jones-type season. I would sure hate to see his career end like that, but I'd also hate to see him rehab it all winter, hit .220 for awhile next year, and then get hurt again and have to retire.

I mean, realistically, what was the chance going to be that Chipper's career wouldn't end with an injury?

He actually hit over .300 in the 41 games leading up to the injury.
 
I know that...I am just saying that the 2 teams injury problems are hardly relatable.

I would agree with that.

I would rather have Martin Prado than Chase Utley this season. You look at the stats when Utley got hurt...They had similar power numbers with Prado hitting 30 points higher.
 
He actually hit over .300 in the 41 games leading up to the injury.

Whatever. He hit three HR and four doubles in the eight days prior to the injury; he only hit two HR and three doubles in the whole month of July. He had just started driving the ball consistently for the first time in two years when he got hurt. But don't let that stop you from being pedantic about it.
 
Whatever. He hit three HR and four doubles in the eight days prior to the injury; he only hit two HR and three doubles in the whole month of July. He had just started driving the ball consistently for the first time in two years when he got hurt. But don't let that stop you from being pedantic about it.

What are you talking about? I was just pointing out that he started hitting much farther out than the 2 weeks you posted. Unreal...
 
The Braves don't have one guy "banged up" that is as good as Howard or Utley.

Who cares whether Prado's as good as Utley or Howard? He's more integral to the Braves' crappy offense. Chipper's not Chipper anymore, but he's still the Braves' #3 hitter, and he's gone for the year. Heyward has had trouble staying in the lineup. Losing these guys hurts the Braves worse than the Phillies because Atlanta has fewer pieces around them to pick up the slack.
 
What are you talking about? I was just pointing out that he started hitting much farther out than the 2 weeks you posted. Unreal...

You come into a thread, start nitpicking about several-day-old posts, and then wonder why someone would snarl about it?

I stand by what I said about Chipper. I don't care if he was slap-hitting enough to hit .300 after the retirement talk. He only starting hitting the ball with power in August. Look it up.
 
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