re: ATL thread 4/29 - Braves (Fried) vs Mariners (Frick) - 8:40 CDT

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Riley has at least hit the ball hard lately. Just bad balls in play luck. Not sure what the frick Ronald and Olson are trying to do. They've been staring at or fouling off a lot of hittable fastballs.

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When Riley makes contact, the ball is jumping off the bat. He still is striking out waaaay too much for my liking.

Ronnie and Olson seem all kinds of fricked up in the head right now.

I really hope Olson isn't staying in the lineup because of this BS iron man streak that he's on. He and Ronnie could each use a day off.

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Our starting pitching has also quietly been excellent. Nice to see Fried back on track the last couple of starts.

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Everyone has seemed to level up since Strider went down, which is awesome to watch. I'm just not sure how sustainable it is by the time the dog days of summer get here, considering we have a 40 year old, a 36-year old coming off a 5-year bout of chronic injuries, a converted reliever who already has reports surfacing about managing his innings and a 5th spot in the rotation that has a carousel of some talent, but a lot of unproven guys.