The Atlanta Braves

[Vercingetorix]

I’m not anywhere near a hockey guy, but Kane and Kopitar aren’t stars? I will say a halfway decent PP and they probably get the 1 seed and at least get to the Semis again.

And I mean talent isn’t the issue. It seems more the coaching with the lack of strike throwing. Like I said a 2020 rotation of Folty/Fried/Gausman/Soroka/Wright is about as talented as you fine. And again you can find bullpen arms.

I’d rather have built through position players like the Cubs and Stros (though a core of Acuna/Ozzie/Dans/FF/Pache is good), but I think they’ll find enough pitching to potentially win a title. Or use the farm to find stud pitching.

Kane and Kopitar are (were) good but not elite offensive hockey players, fairly close to the same tier as a couple of guys the Preds have right now. You can always find spots to improve, but Nashvlle doesn't really _need_ anything else other than for the breaks to go their way in the playoffs. (Other than fixing the godawful PP, of course, which again I'm assuming should be straightforward, since it seems entirely schematic.) I know it sucks right now for these guys but IMO they're still as likely as anyone to win the Cup in the next two or three years.

I'm less bullish on the Braves' short-term prospects simply because I'm nowhere near as confident as you that it'll be easy for this front office to convert all this raw pitching talent into a functioning staff. So far they won't sign anybody, they won't trade for anybody, and they won't even decide on roles for the guys they've got. You can find bullpen arms, as you say, but I'm not even sure the Braves know they 're supposed to be looking.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Did Flowers just throw out a guy?

It was an accident

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Dansby!

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Come on Flow dont suck here

 

[Wickman]

Dansbae

 

[vols 30]

Horrible AB by Flowers

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Flowers. My God, man.

 

[Blake25p]

Wish we would run more

 

[mr.checkerboards]

And of course Flowers sucks

 

[Blake25p]

About to be an inning Ender

 

[mr.checkerboards]

PH camargo for Ender here then move Acuna to center and let Camargo play left

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Come on Flow dont suck here

Narrator: “he sucked here”

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

PH camargo for Ender here then move Acuna to center and let Camargo play left

Common sense move. Let’s see what Snit does.

 

[Wickman]

Ace Minor has the 2nd ranked Change Up in baseball

 

[vols 30]

Pinch hit Camargo here?

 

[Vercingetorix]

The catching situation is so unnecessarily depressing

 

[vols 30]

Shocker - Ender rolled out to 2nd on the first pitch

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Sheesh

 

[mr.checkerboards]

And Ender predictably hits a weak grounder to second

 

[Kingston Vol]

We all ****ing knew exactly where that ball was going.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Common sense move. Let’s see what Snit does.

Narrator: “Snit didn’t follow the common sense move”

 

[NochNoch]

And of course Flowers sucks

Ender: Hold my beer

 

[TBrown]

Pinch hit Camargo here?

Of course not!!

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I would be cool if Kelsie brought me food

 

[Wickman]

Every update on my phone about a Braves pitching change should say “The Atlanta Braves have replaced Ass with More Ass.”