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The All-Time Leader in Lost Wins It’s amazing the number of times I go to the Internet to find the exact phrasing of some quote I want to use, only to discover that I’m completely wrong about who said it. The...
Read Moreby JonathanF | Oct 25, 2020 | Commentary
The All-Time Leader in Lost Wins It’s amazing the number of times I go to the Internet to find the exact phrasing of some quote I want to use, only to discover that I’m completely wrong about who said it. The...
Read Moreby JonathanF | Apr 22, 2019 | Commentary
As promised last week, I want to put my economist hat on for just a minute to discuss the Albies extension, in which people argue that Albies and his agent are leaving $100 million or more on the table. There is nothing in...
Read Moreby JonathanF | Nov 20, 2018 | Commentary
I like baseball. But like most baseball fans, I’m selective. I happen to like the game played on the field by two professional teams and managerial game strategy and the performance of humans under stress and the things...
Read Moreby Rusty S. | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018 Recaps, Where Do We Go From Here?
One thing clearly apparent from the playoff series against the Dodgers is that the Braves bench has a long way to go to be playoff quality. While the Dodgers were at various times bringing the likes of Max Muncy, Joc Pederson,...
Read Moreby Alex Remington (Another Alex R.) | Oct 26, 2018 | Where Do We Go From Here?
There is a proverb that goes like this: Rabbi Simcha Bunim taught that every person should carry two pieces of paper, one in each pocket: in one pocket “For me the world was created.” and in the other “I am but...
Read Moreby Rusty S. | Oct 24, 2018 | Where Do We Go From Here?
Last year at this time I wrote a series on the position players, “Where Do We Go From Here?” Think of this as “How Did We Come From There?” The Atlanta Braves reversed a 72 – 90 record in 2017 to...
Read Moreby Rob Copenhaver | Oct 20, 2018 | 2018 Recaps, Where Do We Go From Here?
Boy, did we have a weird outfield last year. The right fielder played like an MVP candidate for half the season and then like Nick Markakis in the next half, the centerfielder played like BJ Upton for half the season but would...
Read Moreby Rob Copenhaver | Oct 17, 2018 | 2018 Recaps, Where Do We Go From Here?
As mentioned in Part 1, there are still plenty of needs on the pitching side. By my count, there are currently 12 starting pitchers in the organization who could factor into the rotation at some point in 2019: Mike Foltynewicz,...
Read Moreby Rob Copenhaver | Oct 15, 2018 | 2018 Recaps, Where Do We Go From Here?
You’ve already heard at length how much the team exceeded expectations this year. They improved their win total by a whopping 18 games to go from 72-90 to 90-72. They needed several rookies and young players to hit all at...
Read Moreby Sam Hutcheson | Dec 18, 2017 | Open Threads, Where Do We Go From Here?
Let’s new-thread. Here. I’ll provide a conversation starter via Peanut: “With his first significant move as the Braves GM, Anthopoulos cleaned the lingering mess from the Olivera trade, which was fueled by...
Read Moreby Rusty S. | Nov 28, 2017 | Where Do We Go From Here?
Since the series began, we’ve hired a new GM and lived through the Acoppolypse. For your shopping convenience, here’s an overview of the position players in one shot. First, a brief look at where we (think) we...
Read Moreby Rusty S. | Nov 11, 2017 | Where Do We Go From Here?
The Incumbents The incumbents should be familiar; they are the same incumbents as last season - Matt Kemp, Ender Inciarte, and Nick Markakis. In his 3 seasons as the Braves right fielder Nick Markakis has hit 24 home runs in...
Read Moreby Rusty S. | Nov 3, 2017 | Where Do We Go From Here?
The Incumbent Dansby Swanson played 142 games at shortstop for the Braves in 2017, interrupted by a July demotion to AAA Gwinnett, at which point he was hitting .213. Swanson only got 11 games at AAA (batting .237) before a...
Read Moreby Rusty S. | Oct 30, 2017 | Where Do We Go From Here?
It’s complicated. It gets that way when you don’t have a General Manager in place, or really even know what your front office is going to look like, or how many of your prospects are going to be cast into free agency. One...
Read Moreby Alex Remington (Another Alex R.) | Jan 17, 2017 | Where Do We Go From Here?
As an overview of the position players, here’s a brief summary of my findings and opinions from the “Where Do We Go From Here†series. The hard truth is that the Braves had only 2 position players (Freddie Freeman and...
Read Moreby Alex Remington (Another Alex R.) | Jan 9, 2017 | Commentary
Here we are at the beginning of the year arguing about Mark Kotsay, as usual. But did you know that according to my rankings method—see last year’s inaugural post—Mark Kotsay isn’t actually one of the best players in...
Read Moreby Alex Remington (Another Alex R.) | Dec 13, 2016 | Commentary
The change in the CBA which now will end the experiment to make the outcome of the All Star Game determine home field advantage in the World Series has met with general acclaim; this is mostly because people didn’t like the...
Read Moreby Alex Remington (Another Alex R.) | Dec 8, 2016 | Where Do We Go From Here?
Ed. note: Every year we publish a series of articles entitled “Where Do We Go From Here?” in which we analyze what the Braves need to do in order to get better the following year. Here’s the intro to the...
Read Moreby Alex Remington (Another Alex R.) | Nov 18, 2016 | Where Do We Go From Here?
Ed. note: Every year we publish a series of articles entitled “Where Do We Go From Here?” in which we analyze what the Braves need to do in order to get better the following year. Here’s the intro to the...
Read Moreby Alex Remington (Another Alex R.) | Nov 11, 2016 | Where Do We Go From Here?
Ed. note: Every year we publish a series of articles entitled “Where Do We Go From Here?” in which we analyze what the Braves need to do in order to get better the following year. Here’s the intro to the...
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