re: *** 2023 Braves - World Series or Bust ***

1.5 games out.
We'll see if old man Cano got something left in the tank.
Battle of Max's tomorrow night.

Not much of a surprise.
Along with Harris, Water's was at one time the top flight rising prospect in the organization.
However, been some speed bumps since his promotion to Triple A Gwinnett a couple years back.

I'd like Kumar getting a shot with the Braves.
His numbers look Kumar like in the Independent League.

What a garbage showing tonight at home.

Scherzer is great but that was a frustrating way to open such a huge series at home.

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Was facing a hall of famer that had his + + shite. Still was in it right to the end. That breeze in left field saved his arse twice.

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The fricked up part is that we hit him harder than they hit Fried, but all of ours were right at someone or fell 3 feet short of the wall. The Mets have been the kings of stringing together walks, HBPs they lean into, and weak singles all year.

Good baseball game tonight.
Two 2 run homers.
Minter settling in nicely in the temporary closer role.
Back to 1.5 out.
Day game tomorrow.

I believe we've got the best overall 3rd baseman in the game who's a candidate for MVP along with Dansby. Braves are right where they need to be for the 2nd half run. It'll be interesting to see who AA brings in during the trade deadline.And it'll help getting Albies & Soroka back. Hopefully Kirby Yates can help the pen to.

Riley has better numbers than Arenado or Machado... that's all that needs to be said.

How do we afford to keep Fried, Riley, and Swanson ? Who goes if any ?

Will Smith can not be allowed to take up a roster spot simply because he makes a lot of money. Trade his arse now for any draft pick someone will give for him and move on. Those antics the other night were embarrassing for the club with him pulling his pants down and having a nervous breakdown on the mound with a fricking 7 run lead. Dude is pure garbage.

Are we hoping to land Prielipp or Hughes ?

Unfortunately now we see why intelligent LA fans were happy to see Kenley Jansen go. He has somehow lost movement on that cutter so he's throwing 94mph batting practice whenever he manages to throw a strike. He pitches to contact so he's likely to never have a clean inning in the playoffs- anyone excited about living through that ?

It's been nice to see Matt Olson get going. He still has too much launch angle on his swing IMO, but funny how I have no Fs to give as long as he's producing.

Arcia seems to always impact a game positively either with his glove or bat. I'd have a tough time sitting him. Not sure what his splits are, but I assume he must be struggling vs RHP since they want to platoon him.

Yeah, that will smith miracle run through the playoffs last year that saw half a dozen balls fall harmlessly for outs with the outfielders back flush with the wall is NEVER happening again. I doubt any team with a derp closer will successfully navigate an entire post season like that ever again. That was a miracle.

Jansen is out there giving the ump attitude after every other pitch, and relying on a cutter that doesn't cut. Ive absolutely had it with our 9th inning guy being a washed up has been that can't miss a bat. We have to have someone that can get 3 outs on the farm- how about Kyle Muller ? I think Muller would be a triple digit guy for 20 pitches.