The Atlanta Braves - Hello darkness my old friend

[vols 30]

Smyly? More like Frowny. Amirite?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Just a bad waste of resources. We couldn’t afford to spend $11M on a guy who had 26 good innings and hasn’t stayed healthy in five years

Yup, his money shouldve gone to the bullpen

 

[mr.checkerboards]

It's batting practice. He's terrible

It is. Give me 95 and somewhat effectively wild over 89 and around the zone all day.

 

[Blake25p]

 

[TBrown]

Just a bad waste of resources. We couldn’t afford to spend $11M on a guy who had 26 good innings and hasn’t stayed healthy in five years

Had to do something. No SPs

 

[zjcvols]

Had to do something. No SPs

We signed Charlie and knew we had Max/Ian/Charlie then multiple young options as well. You can find pitching at the deadline. I’d rather Duvall and another solid right handed bullpen arm than Smyly.

 

[vols 30]

I know it's still early, but this year's team isn't giving me a good vibe.

Pitching and hitting

 

[zjcvols]

Goods news is Madison is a bum now

 

[mr.checkerboards]

We tried Drew Smyly with Tommy Milone, they are pretty much the same.

 

[zjcvols]

Someone for the love of god tell Chip nobody uses “back of the bubble gum card” to evaluate players anymore Jesus Christ

 

[zjcvols]

We tried Drew Smyly with Tommy Milone, they are pretty much the same.

That simply isn’t true

 

[TBrown]

I know it's still early, but this year's team isn't giving me a good vibe.

Pitching and hitting

Nah man it’s only 9.73618% of the NFL season. Nothing to worry about.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

That simply isn’t true

Soft tossing lefties who rely on the curveball.

 

[TBrown]

I think we’re somewhere around the two minute warning in Week 2. No concerns!

 

[zjcvols]

Soft tossing lefties who rely on the curveball.

Smyly isn’t a soft tossing lefty, dude hit 95 today

 

[TBrown]

We signed Charlie and knew we had Max/Ian/Charlie then multiple young options as well. You can find pitching at the deadline. I’d rather Duvall and another solid right handed bullpen arm than Smyly.

This is a hilarious statement in the context of both 162 games and trying to win a seven game series.

 

[volsarelife1]

Good day to enjoy some sun outside

 

[vols 30]

Nah man it’s only 9.73618% of the NFL season. Nothing to worry about.

I know. I just expected a better start to the season coming off a great year.

Lucky for us the rest of the division is in the same boat

 

[zjcvols]

This is a hilarious statement in the context of both 162 games and trying to win a seven game series.

In spring, we had Bryse, Kyle, Ynoa and figured to have Mike back by beginning of May. If we are the Yankees or Dodgers and have oodles of money, sure throw $11M on Smyly. We can’t afford that. It’s a poor allocation of funds. Would you rather have Duvall/Melancon right now or Smyly?

 

[TBrown]

I know. I just expected a better start to the season coming off a great year.

Lucky for us the rest of the division is in the same boat

I’m kidding. There’s plenty to worry about. We can’t hit, pitch or field right now.

 

[zjcvols]

In other news Vol Baseball putting up 20 runs today has been fun

 

[TBrown]

In spring, we had Bryse, Kyle, Ynoa and figured to have Mike back by beginning of May*. If we are the Yankees or Dodgers and have oodles of money, sure throw $11M on Smyly. We can’t afford that. It’s a poor allocation of funds. Would you rather have Duvall/Melancon right now or Smyly?

collectively accomplished absolutely nothing at the time of Drew Smyly signing

*thats the most optimistic case imaginable. No one in charge of decision making for any organization can do so through the lens of anticipating the most optimistic outcome possible

 

[TBrown]

Hindsight is always 20/20. We had to have starting pitching and we STILL need starting pitching despite Ynoa being way better than anyone could have expected

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Smyly isn’t a soft tossing lefty, dude hit 95 today

Hits doesnt sit. He sits 90-93 which is nothing when you cant hit your spots.

 

[zjcvols]

collectively accomplished absolutely nothing at the time of Drew Smyly signing

*thats the most optimistic case imaginable. No one in charge of decision making for any organization can do so through the lens of anticipating the most optimistic outcome possible

Maybe it’s my frustration that we’ve had literally 10 different pitching prospects make a top 100 prospect list since 2016 and we still have to sign a guy like Smyly for 8 figures. I don’t know. I wasn’t really a fan even if I thought he pitched well, I had no hope he would stay healthy. I just think AA could have used the $11M on other assets and have a better team. Jesus we are playing Alex Jackson and Guillermo Heredia and relying on Ehire Adrianza as our super utility.