Albie Lopez Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com
Seasons with Braves: 2002
Notable Stats: 1-4, 4.37 ERA
Notable Achievements: Began a tradition when after the Braves dumped him he went to the Royals, where he put up a 12.71 ERA. A trailblazer.
Rick Matula Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com
Seasons with Braves: 1979-1981
Notable Stats: 4.41 ERA, 129 K/126 BB
Notable Achievements: None
no hope!
Carpenter tonight in Denver. Wainright tomorrow.
Awesome tidbit, Jon Heyman:
“Holliday, the top free agent this winter (just ahead of Jason Bay and John Lackey) who’s hitting .356 since coming to St. Louis, is thought to be interested in a deal comparable to the $180 million, eight-year contract signed by Mark Teixeira last winter.”
You know what, some would say I’m thought to be interested in an 8-year, $180 million deal too. That doesn’t make it any more likely that I’ll get it. And it doesn’t make it any more likely that Holliday will get it, either. Seriously, zero chance Holliday gets that kind of a contract.
If the Mets are going to spend this winter, Holliday will be on their shopping list—but not at those prices.
Do it, Omar! You know you want to!
Peter Moylan: “He’s the only manager I’ve ever had, and from what I’ve heard, everybody around the league wants to play for him. … I wouldn’t have a career if it wasn’t for him, to be honest. He gave me the opportunity in ’06 to come up and prove that I could pitch at this level, after a mediocre year in Triple-A. And the faith that he showed in me in ’07 and then again this year, coming back from surgery — that’s something that you want to be able to pay back to him, but I don’t know how to do it except to go out there and try and pitch as best as I possibly can.”
Yeah, but once he didn’t double-switch and the pitcher’s spot was due up fifth in the inning and we scored two runs but Moylan had to hit!
so…1 game playoff for the braves and you could have any of our starting pitchers to throw, who would it be? obviously, it would be the next in line because there wouldnt be an off day, but still a fun question.
Since I don’t know what I have to do in order to delete this post, I have to post now that I don’t know what I have to do in order to delete this post.
#8… the only answer I can come up with is “Not Lowe”… I initially thought Hanson because he seems very “young Smoltz” to me… but then I thought JJ seemed pretty impressive out there too and maybe sort of “young Glavine”… and then I realized Vasquez has been pretty danged good too… and then I thought about Hudson who has had many a good game of his own… so yeah… “Not Lowe”.
if I read the schedule right it would probably be Vasquez due to pitch in a 1 game playoff.
Which would in turn mean that Hanson would be set to pitch game 1 of the playoff series.
Actually there are two days off between end of our season and the beginning of the playoffs, so technically it would depend on when that extra day was. If we get a day off then it could be Vasquez or Hanson for either game… or maybe Lowe for game one in the playoffs (though I don’t THINK we’d be that foolish).
It would obviously be Vazquez, and it’s not close.
First things first. Let’s not get crazy yet.
If we ever got to a playoff, I’d be happy to start Manny Acosta—or Albie Lopez.
May I remind some of you that a) it’s still a longshot to reach a tiebreaker, and b) the Braves generally lose decisive home games?
A man can dream though. I would probably go with Jurrjens. Why is he “not close” to Vazquez, Stu?
The Ted gets the Deadspin treatment:
http://deadspin.com/5367421/why-your-stadium-sucks-turner-field
Because he hasn’t been one of the 5 best pitchers in baseball this year…
Matula was a strange case for me. He just kind of disappeared. Did he retire, get hurt, or just drop down to the minors never to return after 1980? Does anyone know? That said, he didn’t suck anywhere close to Senor Smokeless. The proud state of Nebraska gives its 3 electoral votes to Albie Lopez for total sucking.
Matula was sent to the minors for suckage. He was in the bullpen for five games, May 30-June 11 1981, and put up a 6.43 ERA. He was used exclusively for mopup duty in blowout losses…
I’d pitch Hanson. But the next in line is Vazquez, I guess he’ll do. If he reverses the trend of collapsing when it matters.
Playoff, ya’ll are talking about the PLAYOFFS.
There is still no hope here in Chattanooga.
(The no hope thing has worked really well here. That and the braves are 10-2 since my wife brought home the new kitten.)
Buy another kitten.
Albie Lopez was 0-4, 7.11 ERA, 1.89 WHIP in his 4 starts. That’s how I’ll choose to remember him.
Pitching Vasquez in the 1 game playoff seems like an easy call. What more could you want than an experienced pitcher who can blow hitters away?
24,
Vazquez isn’t a “blow ’em away” type. His fastball is his 3rd best pitch. He’s a strikeout artist, not a true power pitcher. And though this probably has no predictive value of future performance, he has generally gotten roughed up in the most important games in his career.
You people are starting to get hope again. Quit it! The Braves play much better when we don’t have any. So. Stop. It. Please. [/speech]
ps Do feel free to enjoy the winning–it’s quite a bit of fun (and I’m enjoying the fact that we have at least a .500 season). But seriously, quit with all of the hope.
McLouth
Prado
Jones
McCann
Escobar
Anderson
Diaz
LaRoche
Vazquez
bobby cox on the art of filling out a lineup:
“eenie meenie miney mo….works for me”.
The Braves only have a 12% chance of making the playoffs.
And you know they’ll lose the Marlins series.
Surrender your hope!
Yankees vs Red Sox on TBS tonight…just wrong in so many ways.
Can any Red Sox fan dislike Bud Selig? Seems they’d almost never make the playoffs in recent years without his wildcard.
I will be happy to see ACHE gone at the end of the year. I have no idea why he bats 6th while LaRoche bats 8th.
Holy crap, I’m starting for Nats tonight! Even I was pretty sure my career was over.
It’s one of two eight-letter words, Braves14: “Senility” or “Pictures.”
#31 because Adam isn’t a CHE.
“I will be happy to see ACHE gone at the end of the year. I have no idea why he bats 6th while LaRoche bats 8th.”
But he’s a professional hitter!
(Whatever that means.)
A comparison I haven’t seen before:
Fred McGriff as a Brave, 1993: 310/ 392/ 612 (164 OPS+), 19 HR and 55 RBI in 68 games.
Adam LaRoche as a Brave, 2009: 355/ 426/ 622 (174 OPS+), 12 HR and 36 RBI in 47 games.
I’m heading to the pound for a kitten now.
Thanks Orr!
You’re welcome. I’d do anything for Bobby, even that.
Pete, thank you!
Wow, Pete found a way to contribute to the Atlanta offense.
What the heck?
If I didn’t know better, I’d say the Nationals are intentionally throwing this game.
Wow the Nats are bad at this baseball stuff.
I mean, this is like a high school game.
Joe Simpson trying to say: “Patience is a virtue”.
So McCann is getting pulled from the game for loafing on that “hit” that should have been an out right? /sarcasm
That’s McCann’s second CI call in the last couple of weeks. He might want to watch out for that.
Jeffy just homered. 3-0 Mets, top2.
Looks like our Jeffy just put the Mets up over the Marlins with a 3-run HR.
That’s the 19th walk of Pete Orr’s career. On his 531st career PA.
He also has a career .292 On-Base Percentage.
Thanks again, Pete. You’re being very helpful this evening.
This is Bobby’s true power – he’s terrible at in-game decisions, but the love former players retain for him creates this network of pro-Braves forces around the league, constantly doing their part to help the Braves, no matter what team they play for. Just look at my performance tonight, and Francouer’s timely homer.
Well done, Pete. And well said.
#49 – doesnt matter if they dont show it on the scoreboard
Pete helps us again, keeping that fly ball just inside the park and high enough for Diaz to get under it. You’re a real sport, Pete.
I have the Roku box w/MLB.tv, and I refuse to pay the cable company’s huge HD prices. I’m flipping back and forth, and it’s weird getting an internet feed on my TV that’s of a much higher quality than the Braves game. I kind of wish I was out of market.
It was just a gut reaction guys, I really didn’t mean to.
liberty media is selling steroids!
http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/braves-downplay-steroids-report-147117.html
Hey, we understand that you’ve got to make a good play every so often, Pete. Otherwise, people might get suspicious.
Six-pitch innings make me happy.
LaRoach 0-3 with 2 strikeouts and 5 left on base, mmm…..
Don Sutton is speaking blasphemy about how you could pick five names out of a hat for the braves’ playoff rotation and not be disappointed with anybody who might come up first. I’m already worried that there’s at least a 50% chance Lowe would run out there for game one as it is – if Bobby hears Don speaking foolishness, it could be a done deal. Not that I have any hope of the need for a playoff rotation…
When the team you want to win is behind, you’re suddenly really glad the game is at Coors.
Do you let Javy go nine?
63,
No. He’s thrown 95 pitches and gave up a homer last inning.
Also worth noting, Javier Vazquez is now 31-for-31 in striking out 5 or more batters in his starts this season.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE!
Allow me to put my foot in my mouth.
Helluva game, Javy!
Filthy. Absolutely Filthy. 3 looking strikes, on Ryan Zimmerman, no less.
Javier Vazquez = Badass
Yes Ozzie, Javy is a choker. I hear you.
Javy, you were awesome tonight.
Let’s beat these clowns every time.
The Rockies have pulled Aaron Cook after 5 shutout innings and only 78 pitches for Eric Young, who walked and was promptly thrown out stealing.
Sort of a mystery move; even with Carpenter having a tough time finding the zone they can’t think they’ll get much more off him.
Haha, and they’ve pulled him to bring in, of all people, Jose Contreras. To face Pujols and Holliday. That’s a…um, bold?… decision.
72,
Cook is coming off a DL-stint and he”s not at 100% endurance yet. This is like a Spring Training start.
Hanson tomorrow and Lowe Sunday. Sounds good and bad at the same time. Oh, that’s right. Lowe is pitching against Leave-on, who has about an 8.00 ERA against us since Eric Gregg retired.
@73 Ah, explains that half of it then. Great outing for him.
Still, Jose Contreras?
Holy crap, it worked too.
Contreras is filthy when he’s healthy and able to locate his pitches.
Still no hope (enjoyed the game, however–good start, Javy).
Ludwick goes deep off of Contreras, and it’s tied.
ludwick ties it. go cards.
I’m the biggest Cardinals fan tonight.
Not that it matters a whole lot, but the Mets have the bases loaded in the top 9th with none out and are down by a run.
Thank goodness, I was really worried there for a sec that the cosmos was becoming unmoored; I guess leaving Contreras in for a second inning finally made Fate get off its lazy butt and do something.
In other cosmic puzzlers, the Mets have rallied back to take a ninth-inning lead over the Marlins.
What I mean is that they are up by a run in the top 9th.
The Mets’ play tonight was very strange. Don’t they usually play like All-Stars against us and then lie down for everyone else? Someone lost his script this month.
wow! the rockies just got royally screwed twice.
Recapped.