Braves

[BoomBoom]

Bethancourt: No. He can't hit. Not surprising, considering he's never hit at any level of baseball. Another reason trading Gattis was fooking stupid.

Peterson: Ditto. He's nothing more than a placeholder until Peraza is ready.

Maybin: Has looked decent so far. Been starting almost every day lately. Got a routine night off tonight. Calm down.

Bethancourt has never hit in the minors, but that doesnt mean he never will.
Peterson is a lot better than everyone thought.

[War Machine Dawg]

Bethancourt has never hit in the minors, but that doesnt mean he never will.
Peterson is a lot better than everyone thought.

Do you realize how damn dumb that statement/logic is? A guy who never hit MINOR LEAGUE pitching is suddenly going to hit MAJOR LEAGUE pitching? Ridiculous. Even the worst MLB 5th starters are the top .5% of pitchers in the world in terms of talent. But Bethancourt is suddenly going to hit the same guys that wore him out in the minors. Ok.

[BoomBoom]

Do you realize how damn dumb that statement/logic is? A guy who never hit MINOR LEAGUE pitching is suddenly going to hit MAJOR LEAGUE pitching? Ridiculous. Even the worst MLB 5th starters are the top .5% of pitchers in the world in terms of talent. But Bethancourt is suddenly going to hit the same guys that wore him out in the minors. Ok.

Its not dumb you moron. It happens. Usually guys who's glove is far ahead of his bat, so he advances faster than he would have otherwise, thus his bat is always overmatched, but is still progressing. Usually those types struggle when promoted but steadily progress.

[smootness]

Peterson has been horrible offensively. I am a fan and had hopes for him, but he may just be a utility guy.

[starkvegasdawg]

Just saw over half our starting lineup today is hitting .219 or lower. Pathetic.

[shoeless joe]

I've seen enough...

Cahill ain't got it anymore, bring up a youngster and get em some experience.

[msstate7]

I've seen enough...

Cahill ain't got it anymore, bring up a youngster and get em some experience.

Speaking of youngsters...

2:44 PM
@mlbbowman
Folty has notched nine strikeouts while limiting Durham to two runs through five innings. He's thrown 93 pitches (61 strikes). #Braves

@KevinMcAlpin
Meanwhile in Durham, Mike Foltynewicz has allowed 2 R on 6 H over 5 IP with 3 BB & 9 K. His season ERA sits at 2.08
#Braves

....

Cahill seems to be getting control of this game now.

[msstate7]

FF's defense has been pathetic this year. He has gotten 2 doubles today to get his avg up to .235. Needless to say, FF needs to pick it up.

[msstate7]

Philly takes 2 of 3. Both game winning runs were off FF errors. I expect much better from our best player. Get your head out of your butt, FF

[War Machine Dawg]

Philly takes 2 of 3. Both game winning runs were off FF errors. I expect much better from our best player. Get your head out of your butt, FF

Freeman has sucked ever since signing that big extension last offseason. That contract is starting to look really bad. Yet another great "gift" left to us by Wren.

[msstate7]

Freeman has sucked ever since signing that big extension last offseason. That contract is starting to look really bad. Yet another great "gift" left to us by Wren.

I'm not writing him off. I think he'll turn it around, but we need him now

[War Machine Dawg]

I'm not writing him off. I think he'll turn it around, but we need him now

Don't get me wrong, he's plenty capable of turning it around. And I hope like hell he does. Otherwise we're going to be right where we started with another Dan Uggla/Melvin "BJ" Upton situation on our hands. And we can't afford another one of those while trying to rebuild.

[War Machine Dawg]

Peterson has been horrible offensively. I am a fan and had hopes for him, but he may just be a utility guy.

This. Peterson is a utility guy who's holding down the fort until Peraza is ready. I'd take Peterson over Callaspo, but neither are great options right now.

[msstate7]

This. Peterson is a utility guy who's holding down the fort until Peraza is ready. I'd take Peterson over Callaspo, but neither are great options right now.

We're about to find out what we have in Peterson. Fredi said he's gonna play Peterson every day for a while.

[smootness]

Peterson's basically been playing every day already. He just doesn't seem to have it, at least not yet.

[msstate7]

Peterson's basically been playing every day already. He just doesn't seem to have it, at least not yet.

While he's played in pretty much every game, he hasn't started and gotten at bats likes a starter. Simmons has 68 ab's compared to peterson's 48 even though they've batted in the same area of the lineup until Simmons moved up yesterday.

[msstate7]

Peterson has looked good at the plate tonight vs a good pitcher

[dawgs]

Well that play at 3rd was the epitome of the nats' season thus far. Error, injury, and a freak incident where the runner is out by 10+ feet but literally kicks the glove completely off the hand of Escobar sending the ball rolling away.

[msstate7]

Well that play at 3rd was the epitome of the nats' season thus far. Error, injury, and a freak incident where the runner is out by 10+ feet but literally kicks the glove completely off the hand of Escobar sending the ball rolling away.

Was tough luck

[msstate7]

Please Lord don't let uggla hit a hr here