The Atlanta Braves Thread

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zjcvols said:
I like Grant Holmes and he has done a nice job for this team. But I still am shocked we are in the midst of a 5 game losing streak, not in a playoff spot right now and we are still skipping starts and give a 28 year old rookie long reliever another start. This organization is something else man.
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The pitchers AA traded for Pierce Johnson came back to bite him in the ass last night,
 
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#215,255
zjcvols said:
My only hope is when Liberty Media checks the books at the end of October and wonders where that extra playoff revenue went they normally get, they tell AA to get his head out of his ass but I know that's not going to happen.
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I think the board has told AA to not engage with top tier FAs because there will be no value there. Freddie was always gone once he didn't get extended. Max is gone. They either make this core work, or go in to a rebuild. Anything other than depth and bullpen is not happening. Reinforcements aren't coming.

Best thing that could happen is Snitker goes. And AA because the moves he does make are not good ones. But the general philosophy won't change.

Billionaires who want to win are the key to a pro franchise. Braves have a board.
 
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FWIW the Strider injury does actually matter. Something you should have had a contingency in place for, but if you don’t do anything besides swap the 5th spot for Strider this team is in the division race.
 
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TBrown said:
FWIW the Strider injury does actually matter. Something you should have had a contingency in place for, but if you don’t do anything besides swap the 5th spot for Strider this team is in the division race.
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They aren't as far back, I would agree. But even with that, the problem actually hasn't been the rotation. It's been the offense.

OF fWAR- 28th
SS fWAR- 25th
2B fWAR- 19th
1B fWAR- 17th

Other than DH, 3B and C this lineup has been a disaster
 
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Our 5 spot certainly hasn't been good at all, but it's hard for me to blame pitching when the offense continually has let scrubs with 6 ERA's go 6 innings of 1 or 2 run ball.
Don't let 2,3,4 beat you and the bottom of the order is garbage.
 
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Also, I would almost argue you're running a 6 man rotation more than filling a 5th spot.
We have pushed guys back and given extra rest a ton this year.
Fried
Sale
Lopez
Charlie
Schwelly

How many times have we actually just run through those 5?
Pretty much every week they're throwing Elder or Vines, Dodd, Winans, Holmes.
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Also, I would almost argue you're running a 6 man rotation more than filling a 5th spot.
We have pushed guys back and given extra rest a ton this year.
Fried
Sale
Lopez
Charlie
Schwelly

How many times have we actually just run through those 5?
Pretty much every week they're throwing Elder or Vines, Dodd, Winans, Holmes.
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Think of it as Strider at the 5 and Schelly as the extra guy and we are wayyy better. That’s the point
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Also, I would almost argue you're running a 6 man rotation more than filling a 5th spot.
We have pushed guys back and given extra rest a ton this year.
Fried
Sale
Lopez
Charlie
Schwelly

How many times have we actually just run through those 5?
Pretty much every week they're throwing Elder or Vines, Dodd, Winans, Holmes.
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22 starts to guys that are not one of those 5 (and 2 Strider Starts)

Braves record: 6-16
 
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AV_12 said:
Think of it as Strider at the 5 and Schelly as the extra guy and we are wayyy better. That’s the point
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Yeah, I see what Brown is saying. Because even if the Braves are 11-11 in Strider starts instead of those other guys, they're 3.5 back right now. Still not great but better than what it has been.

Either way, AA's inability to find any sort of answer in the OF and Matt Olson/Orlando Arcia going completely in the tank has sunk this team.
 
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zjcvols said:
Yeah, I see what Brown is saying. Because even if the Braves are 11-11 in Strider starts instead of those other guys, they're 3.5 back right now. Still not great but better than what it has been.

Either way, AA's inability to find any sort of answer in the OF and Matt Olson/Orlando Arcia going completely in the tank has sunk this team.
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It will be very interesting to see what options AA pursues to replace Fried, Minter and Morton in 2025.

Sale. RL and Strider are 1,2. and 3 in the rotation.

Circle August 2nd, 2025 on the calendar for the Atlanta-Cincinnati game at Bristol Motor Speedway.
 
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Curry might just have had the greatest shooting exhibition I’ve seen in a 3 minute stretch
 
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