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That sequence from Soroka when they went up 4-1 was terrible. Every pitch right down the middle to the heart of their order.
 
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TBrown said:
Who is the 3rd starter

People cry bout Julio like jg

Least of your problems
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I wasn't crying about Julio and didn't mean for it to come across as Julio bashing. I don't fully trust him and get frustrated watching him nibble all the time. I just wished we got more starts like yesterday from him because he has the ability to be a solid pitcher.

I'm assuming we are talking about a playoff series. If Julio would consistently pitch like he did yesterday him and Soroka would be 1 and 3. I would probably have Dallas as my #2. That a righty, lefty, righty and I think Fried is a Lefty. If any of that matters, it keeps them from having back to back rightys or leftys starting. Typically, I would want a rookie as the 3 due to lack of experience. However, Soroka has shown a calm demeanor and doesn't appear to get too worked up. Dallas typically pitches the deepest in games of those 3. With all the travel days in a playoff series, I don't know how much of factor that is either. None of them are big strike out pitchers especially Dallas. When Max Fried is on with that curve, he should produce the highest strike out rate of that group. I would been fine with Soroka, Dallas, and yesterday's Julio in any order really.
 
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If the Blue Jays are indeed shopping around Giles, the Braves need to do whatever it takes to get him.

He pitched an inning tonight and struck out all 3 batters, so he is healthy now
 
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vols 30 said:
If the Blue Jays are indeed shopping around Giles, the Braves need to do whatever it takes to get him.

He pitched an inning tonight and struck out all 3 batters, so he is healthy now
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If you think Folty is a headcase.....
 
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vols 30 said:
He's had some up and down years, but he's pitching great this year. Better than anything we have now in the bullpen.

If you want to win it all, you need to roll the dice sometimes
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Lmao yeah, one of them actually gets MLB hitters out so I’ll take him
 
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Florida Stanley said:
you’ll take a 3.61 ERA but not a 1.64? Word.
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Giles has had a great year I just find it funny that people throw around head case all the time with pitchers and want the guy who punched himself in the head and has a 11.74 ERA in the postseason.
 
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zjcvols said:
Giles has had a great year I just find it funny that people throw around head case all the time with pitchers and want the guy who punched himself in the head and has a 11.74 ERA in the postseason.
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I’ll worry about his postseason ERA when we get there. We have (at best) 3 starting pitchers right now, with some question marks, and a bullpen that’s hilarious. The only runs we are scoring come from Ronald stealing bases and the team behind us has the best record in baseball over the majority of the season.
 
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ATLANTA -- Kevin Gausman spent the past six weeks on the injured list and took advantage of the chance to decompress. In doing so, he realized that to maximize his talents he needed to stop stubbornly believing he could be successful by simply throwing his four-seam fastball and sinker.
“It was just taking the necessary steps,” Gausman said. “I’ve been hard-headed at some points in my career. Maybe that’s what it was.”
When Gausman returns to Atlanta’s rotation to start Sunday night’s series finale against the Nationals, he’ll attempt to reap the benefits of the time he has recently spent with Braves director of player development Dom Chiti and director of pitching Dave Wallace.
Wallace and Chiti were on the Orioles’ coaching staff when Gausman was progressing through the early portion of his career with Baltimore. They convinced the veteran hurler he needed to start throwing a curveball again and to develop a cutter, which can replace the slider that essentially disappeared from his repertoire this year
Gausman was happy with how he commanded both of these pitches while recording 10 strikeouts over seven strong innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday night. Both pitches could serve as the horizontal complement to his four-seamer and sinker, which will continue to be his primary weapons.
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“I’ve really been pounding the zone with pitches during my rehab,” Gausman said. “That’s the biggest thing with pitches, you’re thinking, ‘How will they work when I get in the game?’ They’ve been even better in the game. That’s encouraging.”
Gausman looked completely lost as he allowed 19 runs and 25 hits while totaling just 8 1/3 innings over three starts from May 29-June 10. The Braves responded by placing him on the injured list with right plantar fasciitis.
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As Gausman spent some time working with Chiti and Wallace at the Braves’ Spring Training complex in North Port, Fla., he recognized the need to make changes that would prove beneficial this year and beyond.
Gausman’s four-seamer accounted for 57.4 percent of the pitches he threw before being placed on the IL, and he used his sinker 40.4 percent of the time. His feeling was he essentially had three pitches because the sinker had the look of a changeup.
But with the cutter and curveball, he now has a pair of pitches that could force opposing hitters to look for something with horizontal action and be cognizant of the possibility of having to cover a wider portion of the strike zone.
“I’m just excited to be back up here,” Gausman said. “I’ve been watching these guys and itching. I love watching the guys, but at the same time, it’s tough to watch because I want to be here and contribute.”
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Gausman returns from IL with two new pitches
 
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