The Atlanta Braves Thread

[Regulator]

 

[Wickman]

 

[TBrown]

Shoutout Ynoa

 

[TBrown]

FREE AJ

 

[LotteryPick]

Shoutout Ynoa

It’ll be nice to see some heat out of the pen

 

[TBrown]

$20mn for Charlie Fourton that’s wild

 

[zjcvols]

Caitlin Clark averages 32-7-7 in 33 minutes per game

That is insane

On 48-40-85 splits!

 

[zjcvols]

FREE AJ

I saw some Hader/Minter splits over the last three years and they are MUCH closer than one would think.

 

[05_never_again]

Caitlin Clark averages 32-7-7 in 33 minutes per game

That is insane

The incident with her getting hit during the court storming is such an interesting litmus test for the chattering classes on the internet.

The degree to which women's college basketball gets politicized is fascinating to me. On one hand it is good, more exposure for the sport, but it seems like every time the sport is in the national conversation, it is about something other than what happened during a game.

 

[TBrown]

^ still lol

 

[zjcvols]

Glad Helton got in

 

[zjcvols]

Mauer getting in means I need some Brian McCann love for the HOF

 

[zjcvols]

 

[Blake25p]

Not saying it’s a lock but highly likely Andruw gets in. Wagner will get in next year.

 

[TBrown]

flattop balled fists dot gif

 

[TBrown]

How can you not be romantic about baseball

 

[zjcvols]

So not only did Todd Helton start at an SEC school in football and become a HOF 1B, he also holds the NCAA record for most consecutive scoreless IP with 47? What a freak

 

[CagleMtnVol]

How Cooperstown selects members is so weird.

 

[05_never_again]

Is Todd a HoFer if he didn't play half his games in Coors?

.345/.441/.607 at home, .287/.386/.469 on the road.

 

[zjcvols]

Is Todd a HoFer if he didn't play half his games in Coors?

.345/.441/.607 at home, .287/.386/.469 on the road.

Just a little interesting tidbit

Heltons road OPS was better than Tony Gwynn’s career OPS.

 

[zjcvols]

Helton had 60 career WAR during the height of the PED era without one shred of evidence against him and was a legitimate defensive stud at 1B. I wasn’t in on him as a HOF to start but I changed my mind a couple years ago

 

[TBrown]

Is Todd a HoFer if he didn't play half his games in Coors?

.345/.441/.607 at home, .287/.386/.469 on the road.

Just a little interesting tidbit

Heltons road OPS was better than Tony Gwynn’s career OPS.

Two VERY interesting and separate points here..

 

[TBrown]

Helton had 60 career WAR during the height of the PED era without one shred of evidence against him and was a legitimate defensive stud at 1B. I wasn’t in on him as a HOF to start but I changed my mind a couple years ago

The air at Coors Field is a PED. Change my mind @zjcvols

 

[zjcvols]

The air at Coors Field is a PED. Change my mind @zjcvols

Ha. My two counterpoints:

It’s been shown that playing at Coors for a significant amount does age you quicker. So Helton couldn’t get some of the counting stats.

Even after the humidor which did was put in place, which did decrease offense, Helton had 3 more 1.000 OPS seasons.

 

[TBrown]

Larry Walker had ~1.200 OPS at Coors and ~.850 OPS everywhere else

Andruw Jones is a better baseball player