Come and listen to my story bout our second Fat Juan
Drew a walk in the second with Neck Markakis on
Nicky came around to score on a booted double play
But Simba got a hit cause we’re playing by the bay
Well the next thing you know the Braves scored a couple runs
Juan cracked a double and he still wasn’t done
He tacked on a dinger just to put the game away
And keep us from a sweep in the city by the bay.
Starting pitching
They were great
Tough luck, Timmy
let’s get one more now, y’hear?
Oooh dawgies, that was fine, spike.
That was some mighty fine pickin’ and grinnin’!
I wouldn’t take any better than 4:1 odds on this one. 2015 Julio vs. ol’ Mud Bum…
What are odds for if not defying?
I’m a Realtor, and I’m being told to expect a full price, cash offer on a high-priced listing. Since we don’t have it in writing, I told the seller that the Furcal Rule is in effect. He didn’t get it. He must not be a Journaler.
Folty and Williams P. are already 3rd and 4th on the team in pitcher’s fWAR.
Julio/Alex/Folty/Los Perez with Wisler in the wings. Not bad, considering we expected Minor to at least be a fungible #4 this year.
Shelby Miller has been kinda good too.
Oh yeah. That guy. Suddenly Man-Ban and Max Fried become redundant. Weird how stockpiling chits works, huh?
(When was the last time you thought about Lucas Sims or Jason Hursh?)
Cody Martin will probably never get a chance to start for us, barring another cavalcade of injuries. It’s a real shame we dicked around with Stults when Martin could’ve had 8-10 starts to show us something.
Don’t get me wrong–I don’t see him as a significant piece of the rotation. I just think he could hold his own as a starter in the bigs, even if not for us.
It’s kind of astonishing that at this time last year, Lucas Sims was our top prospect, and right now he’s almost an also-ran.
Which prospect would be the most likely to be groomed for a closer role?
Sims wasn’t good last year, and he doesn’t look good this year, so for anyone looking for a little continuity, there it is.
I think we’ll be able to transition a starter to reliever/closer, or trade a starter for a closer with no problem. Of course, you can always sign a guy like Grilli/Wagner. It seems there will always be a guy in his late-30s that will sign a favorable deal to be a closer.
Power in the lineup is the most worrisome thing. We have so many spots seemingly dedicated to people who won’t hit the ball out of the ballpark. Smith/Maybin, Markakis, Peterson/Peraza, Simmons, Bethancourt, and Freeman (for a first baseman) don’t have enough power unless we have an absolute masher in left or third (or just left if we stick with CJ or put Peraza/Peterson at 3B).
11 — Mauricio Cabrera?
Watching Bartolo Colon play in the National League has been nothing but a pure joy.
Horse manure.
Two shots of Don Julio, please.
Is there anyone that Julio isn’t planning on giving up a home run to?
Teheran looks like Rick Vaughn in Major League … 2.
I sure hope Bumgarner doesn’t pitch a perfect game.
In the beginning, God made Chris Johnson, and he said “he shall be able to hit lefties, and he shall be able to–”
He was cut off by Bryce Harper who called his own creation a “clown design, bro”.
“So anyway onto the next player” spake the Lord
What’s up with Teheran? He’s barely touching 90 today and most fastballs are sitting between 86-88
Has anyone thought of calling the Giants catcher Busty Poser? It just seems to be too perfect.
Omg omg omg
@22, that’s happened a lot of times this year, it seems like. You have to wonder if something’s going on.
Props to Julio for bearing down after those back-to-back taters, though.
Hey now! Juan gone!
Uribe may be older and less productive but he hasn’t lost much of that bat speed
So, this guy is better than Callaspo.
Juan and CJ building up some trade value
Fredi deserves credit for lineup construction today. Stacking righties was a good move, esp when freddie has been so bad lately.
Agreed
That strike one call on Betty was absurd
Wtf was andrelton doing? That looked horrible
Someone needs to teach Simmons how to slide.
Teheran has the lead, why in the world would you not let Freeman or Cunningham hit for him there?
If Fredi pulls him next inning he’s and idiot
So, uh, why the heck was Julio batting in the 7th inning with men on 1st and 3rd? He’s thrown 90 pitches and struggled to find the zone for much of the game.
33,
I don’t agree with letting julio hit but our bullpen is so bad it’s understandable
That was pretty ninja.
I appreciate that Fredi is letting the starters grow like this in a make-or-break season for him. The fact that there aren’t a lot of options probably makes it easier.
And now Freddie is playing first base! Seriously?
And there ya go. Pulling him after 1 batter makes you look really dumb fredi
Well know that Freeman is in the game it would’ve made sense to let Freeman hit there for Teheran
And now he pulls him after 1 batter.
Fredi is an idiot
The ol’ pitcher bat and immediately removed trick
I think this decision has as much to do with lack of faith in the bullpen to go three full innings. Avilan has pitched the two previous games, so I assume Fredi is hoping to go to Johnson/Grilli in the 8th/9th.
Annnnd it looks like it has already backfired.
Never mind, he was just hoping to fake it through one.
Opposing batters tend to make cutlets out of Veal.
Well crap
Peterson is not having a great day out there.
The Braves just got Fredi’d.
Don’t try the Veal…
Does it ever make sense to put in a guy to get the handedness advantage when he has an ERA over 11?
Answer: No.
Bad managing, bad pitching, bad execution, bad team.
Remember when our bullpen was the best in baseball? Now we got Donnie Veal pitching high leverage innings.
We got Vealed. Fredi is neutralized by a horrible pen. It doesn’t matter what he does.
Lol
Take a bow, worst bullpen in baseball.
Can we please cut this guy? Today?
Take this veal back to the kitchen; it’s overdone.
Worst bullpen and a manager that continually pulls the wrong strings
We already cut Veal once… WE BROUGHT HIM BACK!
Yes, the Veal is repeating on us. The sooner these jokes aren’t available the better.
Oh, good, Nick Masset is coming in.
We need multiple cuts of veal
Maybe Teheran should’ve stayed in.
Freeman might have hit a 3 run HR for us, but instead we let our pitcher hit
Masset simulated a useful pitcher for once.
Well, it’s clear Fredi left Julio in because he doesn’t trust our horrific pen. But in that case he needs a longer leash than 1 batter. What was so stupid was pulling him after 1 hit when you just gave up a golden scoring opportunity to leave him in.
We need Bob Veale.
Just when I thought Veal was out, they pulled him back in.
Hadnt Veal been dominant at AAA? All I saw from him was a straight fastball down the pipe
#61 – Yeah, I get that. However we are several years in and still watching Fredi make that same move. The pitcher hits in a big spot only to have Fredi pull him the next half inning
Veal looked more like chopped liver.
“And Nick Markakis will have a chance to tie it up.”
Just like I have a chance of hitting the Powerball this week. Thanks, Chip, I needed a good laugh today.
Donnie Veal at Gwinnett: 16 ip, 0 ER, .165 BAA, 13 K, 3 BB
How? He’s throwing straight meatballs. Vealballs
…when things stop being polite, and start getting Veal. (I’m sorry)
69- Veal’s been extremely polite. Opposing hitters ask him to help their batting averages and RBI totals, and he always does.
16 innings is a small sample. The fact that he’s a 30-year-old power lefty with fewer than 70 career innings in the majors is a larger one.
Veal has been pounded every time I’ve seen him.
There goes the rally
That would have been phenomenal in the seventh. There were two defensible series of decisions, and Fredi chose option C.
Well there’s a break for the moment
Thank you Crawford
Wow. Unfortunately there’s zero chance AJP doesn’t GIDP behind it
Omg. Cmon jace
I could go for one of those patented Jace Peterson walks right now.
Recent Braves history tells us that bases loaded with one out or fewer is the worst situation we can have.
EDIT: Well, shut my mouth, and let me use it to kiss you, Jace.
You owe Mr. Scrabble an apology.
Oh that’s good too.
Jace jace Jace!
!!!!!
It would be most excellent if we could plate that run a third to boot.
Wheaties, breakfast of champions!
Yes! With that triple, Jace Peterson has now officially made up for being named Jace!
Usually, you fire up the Grilli before the Veal.
I’m really enjoying this whole make-contact offense thing. A little ABE baseball is always fun, especially when it’s against the Giants.
No surprise that he’s been a little undercooked.
I only have the SF feed, was Brandon Crawford awarded the Zaxby’s Indescribably Good Play?
The first cut of veal is pretty good but the second cut is extra satisfying
92- Nah, I consider Veal to be inhumane. To the fans.
Fortunately Blanco didn’t get the message that as a former Brave he’s supposed to kill us.
You guys are going to have to cut the Veal jokes. I hear he’s really tender.
@95: It’s a calf injury.
Oh come on let’s get an out and go home.
Grilli gotta make it interesting
Thank you Nick.
Holy cow that was interesting grilli!
100- And we mean to make it clear that isn’t a compliment.
Never in doubt for a minute.
How in the world did they manage to split THAT series?
Nick Masset with the win
That was unexpected.
This team isn’t terrible. At the start of the season, I thought this trip would put us away.
I think Peterson is going to be a very good player for us.
The D’bags are going to have no bullpen tomorrow.
It’s not that they’re terrible – they just have no margin for error. They can’t hit for power and the mid part of their bullpen is a train wreck.
Donnie Veal now has just two blown saves in his career
Getting cut from the team while on the road would suck.
Recap is up.