Last night was a doozy…that I didn’t catch after the 6-1 lead, #DadLife. I knew when I woke that the game would be closer than 5, but I enjoyed watching the highlights knowing that the Braves won and the Dodgers almost came back, but didn’t. Max Fried takes on Julio Urias tonight and it’s advantage Braves right out the gate, but we all know baseball and anything can happen.
Transaction a Day AA
The 27th and 28th man on the roster, ladies and gentlemen. I hope Forrest Wall enjoys splinters. It’s good to have Dylan Lee back as he might be the most underrated player in the Braves pen. Sam Hilliard hasn’t really played much since going on the IL. For a few weeks, I thought it was a case of the phantom IL, but looks like it’s the real deal.
Braves Lineup
Happy Frieday, Y’all.
It’s good to have Dylan Lee back. He was having a really solid year before his IL stint. Hopefully he can continue his good work, especially against lefties.
No Iglesias tonight for sure. So a close game is going to be even more… ummm… interesting than usual.
Typical Ozzie swinging at both pitches after the pitcher just threw four straight balls.
Uhhh…what on earth was that, Eddie?
Looks brilliant if it works. Only second inning. Risky, but I’m ok with it.
I refuse to take seriously any team that has Amed Rosario batting cleanup.
Man…Acuña really is messing with these players heads.
About freaking time, Snit.
And forget what ERA says. This bullpen is a problem.
Agreed. Too many times caught without a backup plan if someone struggles.
I dunno. I thought Tonkin was a pretty good Plan B.
Olson is in a slump. He’s a streaky player and he’s in a cold streak.
He sure is. But we also know he’ll heat back up and if that’s by end of September, that’s fine by me. This team does not miss a beat even with one or two of its stars slumping. Deepest lineup ever.
HOW ABOUT MAX FRIED!!! What a great performance.
Ace.
I don’t get all the criticism of the bullpen. Yes, they’ve given up runs, but the Dodgers are a really good team. Our bullpen is still easily top 10 in baseball and considering our hitting, they are good enough to keep us in the game. Problem with any bullpen is sometimes they give up runs.
On another note, Roberts pinch hitting for Betts and Freeman and seemingly throwing in the towel down by 6 runs was bizarre. Kolten Wong (batting in the. 160s with 2 hrs) pinch hitting for Freeman and hitting a 3 run homer to put them in reach was even more bizarre.
Since we did not give it to Michael Bourn, I would like to move we give Max Fried All of the Money.
That is bonkers re: pinch-hitting for Mookie & Freddie. Roberts strikes me as being a little too cute by half sometimes.
Gosh, I really hope Anthopoulos can figure out a way to sign Max long-term. He is so integral to this team.
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