re: 2019 Atlanta Braves season long in-game thread

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I think it's ok for Freddie to play everyday.

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Even Freddie's "2nd half splits" showed some wear last year when he started 160/162 games. He was still good but:

Before All-Star break versus After All-Star Break in 2018:

BA: .315 / .301
OBP: .405 / .362
SLG: .533 / .465
OPS: .938 / .827

These are not insignificant drops.

Markakis drop was even worse (started 162 games):

BA: .323 / .258
OBP: .389 / .332
SLG: .488 / .369
OPS: .877 / .701

Albies (who started 151 games which is more reasonable but it was 92/93 before the All-Star break - so he really wasn't given days off until his performance fell off a cliff - can't remember if there was a second half injury or not either):

BA: .281 / .226
OBP: .318 / .282
SLG: .516 / .342
OPS: .834 / .642


The above is terrible and, more importantly, instructive and potentially fixable.

But Snit says frick your high-falutin numbers and analytics because "we aren't built that way. we are a traditional set lineup and that's what we plan on doing moving forward."

I guess we will just see if we have shells of 1st half players out there for the playoffs this year again.