The Atlanta Braves Thread

[05_never_again]

As much as we complain about the Braves not being a serious franchise...

...that, my friend, is not a serious franchise.

 

[Carp]

I can't speak for Harris' struggles, but it's worth noting for Albies and Riley that they are still less than 1 year removed from a broken wrist. Wrist injuries sometimes take a lot longer to fully regain strength. Freddie had a notable dip in power in 2018 following his broken wrist in 2017 and he mentioned he was struggling with regaining his bat speed.

Ozzie may just be cooked. But I choose to be optimistic and believe that he will improve from his current level.

 

[zjcvols]

I can't speak for Harris' struggles, but it's worth noting for Albies and Riley that they are still less than 1 year removed from a broken wrist. Wrist injuries sometimes take a lot longer to fully regain strength. Freddie had a notable dip in power in 2018 following his broken wrist in 2017 and he mentioned he was struggling with regaining his bat speed.

Ozzie may just be cooked. But I choose to be optimistic and believe that he will improve from his current level.

Riley still has enough red in the baseball savant page that I'm not overtly worried (Other than the K rate is higher). Elite bat speed and still squares it up. He just looks in-between which isn't unusual.

Albies is done as a good hitter. There is nothing positive to look at it other than he makes contact. Everything else makes me shudder.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

 

[LotteryPick]

Dude’s just injury prone

 

[AV_12]

Dude’s just injury prone

Our system is a disaster

 

[volsarelife1]

 

[mr.checkerboards]

This whole Franco case is weird.

 

[vols 30]

 

[Blake25p]

Just popped his Achilles

 

[vols 30]

Murphy is terrible.

 

[vols 30]

Snit probably letting Holmes face 1 batter too many

 

[AV_12]

Riley might as well just close his eyes

 

[zjcvols]

What up doe

 

[vols 30]

Murphy 0 for 3 and you probaly can guess it was 3 strikeouts.

Murphy, Harris, Ozzie and Green in the lineup means we basically play with 5 batters

 

[vols 30]

What up doe

Tobias still a Piston going into next year?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Not taking 3 in this series is a massive failure.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Also, I have a new public enemy 1 as far as sports coach.

1. Tim Hyers
2. Mid Barnes

 

[vols 30]

Harris ABs are just sad now. Watching a player lose the ability to hit at 24 is a tough watch

 

[zjcvols]

Gonna have to explain to the girl what Summer League is with Zakai and Chaz on the Pistons

 

[raw dog]

Julio Franco didn’t play his first game as a Brave until he was 42. He went on to hit .291/.363/.424 over the course of 6 seasons and 500 games. Incredible to think about.

 

[GAVol]

Julio Franco didn’t play his first game as a Brave until he was 42. He went on to hit .291/.363/.424 over the course of 6 seasons and 500 games. Incredible to think about.

All while looking like he was 50 and swinging a tree trunk with the most exaggerated opposite field approach ever.

 

[Blake25p]

Talk about an overreaction

 

[GAVol]

 

[05_never_again]

Talk about an overreaction

I understand why he's sensitive about it, but it's pretty clear that was just a yo momma joke and he likely had no idea his mom had died.

The way the media had been describing it (as the fan making references to his dead mother) made it sound like the fan knew his mom had been killed in a car accident and was making jokes about that.