re: 2019 Atlanta Braves season long in-game thread

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ok - i'll ask...why hasn't Duvall got pulled back up??

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The OF and bench are full. Personally, I think he might be being kept as trade bait.

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He plays good-to-great defense and killing it this year...

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In AAA

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but we have a struggling LF,

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Acuna is back in left, so that fixes the offensive slump from that position.

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a RF with 9 HR and lacks Def range

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Kakes' has been a bit of a mystery to me this year, but it looks like range is not so much of an issue with him as opposed to his positioning. (That's based off of some of the more advanced defensive Sabermetric stats which a lot of the people much smarter than me say are "off" this year.) My biggest concern with Markakis's defense has been his inability to hold runners from going from 1st to 3rd.

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and we brought back up a hittless CF...what gives???

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Ender's defense is still pretty damn good. Having Ender in CF and Acuna back in left should allow Kakes to position better in RF (possibly helping with the 1st to 3rd issue???) I have no justification for his bat though. At the end of the day if he doesn't start hitting the ball the Braves have plenty of OF options.