The Braves Thread

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NL central as mid as it gets per usual, but if a few things break right I could be talked into the reds. Cubbies offense still leave a lot to be desired for me and Brewers have some questions as well
 
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05_never_again said:
I can't believe we have the second best odds to win the WS on DraftKings. What are they looking at?
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I can’t figure out how they could possibly go into this season with Arcia getting ABs and not getting a starter, but don’t start thinking they don’t have a shot. 2nd best odds is a little crazy though.
 
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AV_12 said:
Philles got a year older and didn’t improve, Mets rotation is highly questionable, and the AL stinks. We are still in a decent spot and dodgers have a high risk/reward rotation
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The Phils didn't improve, but were better than us last year. The Mets rotation is questionable; but it was questionable last year, they got better in other areas, we we finished with the exact same record as them. The Duds are the Duds. I don't think we improved one iota.

I don't see how we have a better shot to win than the Yankees, Phillies, or Mets.
 
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05_never_again said:
The Phils didn't improve, but were better than us last year. The Mets rotation is questionable; but it was questionable last year, they got better in other areas, we we finished with the exact same record as them. The Duds are the Duds. I don't think we improved one iota.

I don't see how we have a better shot to win than the Yankees, Phillies, or Mets.
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The Phillies are not better than us when we are healthy. Last year we weren’t
 
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#230,488
05_never_again said:
You really think that this roster gives us the second best chance of winning it all? Only the Dodgers roster is better?

I'm not saying it is a bad roster. At all. But second best odds?
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If they are mostly healthy and Riley/Olson/Ozzie/Murphy/Harris (all below their career numbers last year and at least missed 50 games except Olson) get back to their regular years they should win at least 95 games. Now if they have bullpen injuries or lineup injuries they are ****ed and I have genuine concern about innings from the starters., hence the mostly healthy caveat.

Now I have zero faith in this core to actually do anything in the playoffs because most of them are meek followers and Snit is a disaster, but bettors don’t factor that in usually.
 
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zjcvols said:
If they are mostly healthy and Riley/Olson/Ozzie/Murphy/Harris (all below their career numbers last year and at least missed 50 games except Olson) get back to their regular years they should win at least 95 games. Now if they have bullpen injuries or lineup injuries they are ****ed and I have genuine concern about innings from the starters., hence the mostly healthy caveat.

Now I have zero faith in this core to actually do anything in the playoffs because most of them are meek followers and Snit is a disaster, but bettors don’t factor that in usually.
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Admittedly, this part does factor a lot in this opinion, but as you said hard to factor that in betting. I look at other rosters who might be either just as good or slightly worse than us and see dogs. I don't see dogs on our roster.
 
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Yankees are 2nd favorite behind the Dodgers on FD. I imagine a small part of that is how popular the Yanks are and the bigger part is... not having to face the Dodgers until the WS.

But the 3 that follow NYY are all NLE.
 
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05_never_again said:
The Phils didn't improve, but were better than us last year. The Mets rotation is questionable; but it was questionable last year, they got better in other areas, we we finished with the exact same record as them. The Duds are the Duds. I don't think we improved one iota.

I don't see how we have a better shot to win than the Yankees, Phillies, or Mets.
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You don't think getting a healthy Acuna, Riley, Harris, Ozzie, Strider makes us much improved over last season?

Not sure how that is even a debate. The last time we saw all of those guys (everyday players at least), we had a historic offense.
 
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Realmuto 34
Schwarber 32
Turner 32
Harper 32
Castellanos 33
Kepler 32
Wheeler 35
Nola 32
Suarez 30

Stott, Marsh and Bohm are solid but not spectacular. They’re a dangerous playoff team with their dudes but it could be adventure to get there
 
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