tOfficial 2018 Braves season thread

[Mistaken4193]

OZZIE!!!

 

[Mistaken4193]

This team is making me feel how last years Astros offense made me feel.

 

[Mistaken4193]

No Hitter broken up....but damn Julio has pitched well.

 

[Mistaken4193]

That was on Camargo, he should have went to the bag.

 

[Mistaken4193]

What a great outing by Julio.

 

[Mistaken4193]

Biddles done a pretty good job this year.

 

[Mistaken4193]

GRAB THE BROOMS....ITS A SWEEEEEEP!!!!

 

[Mistaken4193]

Looks like Medlen is gonna get another shot tommorow....happy for him, hopefully His body holds up

 

[Chewbaccer]

We outscored the Mets 21-2 in this series.

Most dominant stretch of pitching for our team that I have seen in a long, long time, and you can go back to the last two games in Philly and count that too.

Teheran has been great here lately. I know he had the rough start against the Phillies, but he was hurt, and still managed to retire the final 8 batters he faced.

Just imagine how good this team could be if Teheran has a bounce back season and Folty and Newcomb can live up to their potential.

Really, McCarthy is the weak link in the rotation, but he's 4-0.

 

[Hitman Hart]

i lol'd hard when they replaced Vargas with Harvey

nice to finally get a sweep. Braves have the best run differential in the national league.

 

[Mistaken4193]

NOOOOO!!....Camargo has been killing it and is Clutch and we bring up Bautista to start. I HATE this. Sure Jose will probably hit 25+ HR but he is gonna bat .200-.230, I would much rather have Johan hit 10-15HR but bat .300-.320.

 

[Mistaken4193]

Just a hunch but I think Dansby might be going to the 10day DL... you can tell his wrist has been effecting his play, I would give him a week or 2 to rest it.

 

[gobigred]

NOOOOO!!....Camargo has been killing it and is Clutch and we bring up Bautista to start. I HATE this. Sure Jose will probably hit 25+ HR but he is gonna bat .200-.230, I would much rather have Johan hit 10-15HR but bat .300-.320.

I don’t like this move either. I agree with taking Camargo and his better average and less Home runs than Bautista and less average and more homeruns

 

[Mistaken4193]

AA was just on High Heat and he said Swanson wont play again until probably Tuesday.

 

[Mistaken4193]

And we optioned Preston Tucker to Gwinett....

I like Tucker off the Bench much more than Bautista or Culberson.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Optioning Tucker makes zero since. He's a pretty damn good bench option. My beef with him was he wasn't good enough to hold Acuna back.

If Bautista is gonna play third, then why option a backup outfielder?

And I hate this move.

We have a great mix of productive veterans and young studs in the lineup.

Now the lineup is older, it's a guy that nobody on the team has any chemistry with.

Bautista barely cracked the Mendoza line last season, and it was less than a year ago when the entire team and fanbase was ready to kill him.

He's a locker room problem waiting to happen.

He'd better be productive is all I can say, and if he becomes an albatross, he'd better be sent packing.

Making moves for the sake of making moves sucks.

If this were last year and were just trying to get to .500 for half of the season, I'd be ok with it. But this team has been playing the best they've played since 2013. They have some real potential. And now we throw in a hasbeen that will be a downgrade offensively and a huge downgrade defensively.

 

[Hitman Hart]

Dansby to the 10-day DL. Makes me feel better about his 6 for 41 stretch during the road trip.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Dansby to the DL.

Watch Snit play Culberson at short instead of Camargo.

 

[Hitman Hart]

Optioning Tucker makes zero since. He's a pretty damn good bench option. My beef with him was he wasn't good enough to hold Acuna back.

If Bautista is gonna play third, then why option a backup outfielder?

And I hate this move.

We have a great mix of productive veterans and young studs in the lineup.

Now the lineup is older, it's a guy that nobody on the team has any chemistry with.

Bautista barely cracked the Mendoza line last season, and it was less than a year ago when the entire team and fanbase was ready to kill him.

He's a locker room problem waiting to happen.

He'd better be productive is all I can say, and if he becomes an albatross, he'd better be sent packing.

Making moves for the sake of making moves sucks.

If this were last year and were just trying to get to .500 for half of the season, I'd be ok with it. But this team has been playing the best they've played since 2013. They have some real potential. And now we throw in a hasbeen that will be a downgrade offensively and a huge downgrade defensively.

The entire Bautista thing is annoying. Camargo has done more than enough to be the everyday starting 3B when Dansby comes back. Also, Preston Tucker is hitting .282 with 3 homers. He definitely deserves to be in the big leagues right now. It's absurd.

 

[Chewbaccer]

But as long as Bautista is on the team, we're gonna need Culberson for a defensive replacement late in games.