The Braves Thread

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rockytop25 said:
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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I think we'll be improved offensively assuming everybody stays healthy, yes. Especially if we get odd year Olson. I'm not wild about the bullpen. I expect SS to come back and be great, but I don't expect anything approaching a repeat from Sale and we have question marks after that. Potential, but question marks. Yet again, I don't think they're well-equipped to win a playoff series.

We're still giving everyday ABs to Murphy and Arcia. Also, I think Ozuna falls off a cliff at some point. I like the Profar addition because it keeps Kelenic from playing a ton, but there's a decent chance last year was an outlier. He's coming off a career, All-Star season (his only one) and will be 32 on Opening Day.
 
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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 Philthies were better than us because we lost half of our team to injury.

After the AS Break the Braves were 36-31, despite missing Harris, Riley, and Ozzie for most of this time and obviously without Strider and Acuna. The Phillies were 33-33 after the AS break, despite no major injuries in the 2nd half of the season.

The Mets are the only team in the East that improved. And we still have a considerably better team than they do, position by position. And their rotation is a questionable to say the least.
 
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05_never_again said:
I think we'll be improved offensively assuming everybody stays healthy, yes. Especially if we get odd year Olson. I'm not wild about the bullpen. I expect SS to come back and be great, but I don't expect anything approaching a repeat from Sale and we have question marks after that. Potential, but question marks. Yet again, I don't think they're well-equipped to win a playoff series.

We're still giving everyday ABs to Murphy and Arcia. Also, I think Ozuna falls off a cliff at some point. I like the Profar addition because it keeps Kelenic from playing a ton, but there's a decent chance last year was an outlier. He's coming off a career, All-Star season (his only one) and will be 32 on Opening Day.
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Why is 2024 Profar possibly an outlier but not 2024 Murphy? Murphy was legitmately a top 5 catcher in baseball coming into 2024.
 
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If you see good odds on the Phillies to miss the playoffs, you should take them. They are 1 Harper or Wheeler season ending injury away from being a .500 team.
 
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Carp said:
Why is 2024 Profar possibly an outlier but not 2024 Murphy? Murphy was legitmately a top 5 catcher in baseball coming into 2024.
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Because Murphy didn't hit in 2021 or the second half of 2023 either. If anything, 2022 looks like an offensive outlier for Murphy. For a season and a half now, I think he's hitting under .200.
 
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05_never_again said:
Because Murphy didn't hit in 2021 or the second half of 2023 either. If anything, 2022 looks like an offensive outlier for Murphy. For a season and a half now, I think he's hitting under .200.
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He was still above average in 2021 as well. A .710 OPS from a catcher playing in a very pitcher friendly park in Oakland is very solid.

And you also left out 2020.

What we know is that coming into 2024, he had a career .778 OPS. Every season but 2024 he finished within shouting distance of that number. But for some reason, I am to believe 2024 is a closer representation of his expected production...
 
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Carp said:
He was still above average in 2021 as well. A .710 OPS from a catcher playing in a very pitcher friendly park in Oakland is very solid.

And you also left out 2020.

What we know is that coming into 2024, he had a career .778 OPS. Every season but 2024 he finished within shouting distance of that number. But for some reason, I am to believe 2024 is a closer representation of his expected production...
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He's still only had a season and a half of really good offensive production in his career (2022 and first half of 2023). The 43 game COVID year...eh. 2021 wasn't great and the second half of 2023 + all of 2024 were a black hole. He isn't some long-term, old reliable guy who had a bad year just last year.
 
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AV_12 said:
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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I don’t get it.. same thing last year. It is the brewers for me until it’s not

Haven’t come close to getting all the legwork in but at first pass that’s mispriced
 
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How are yall watching the games this year? I see Bally (well FanDuel Sports South) is offering a streaming option for 19.99/month. I am tempted to do it, but I really hate to support that company out of principle. The quicker Diamond Sports goes bankrupt, the better it will be for everyone.
 
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