Braves Opening Day Lineup
Young 8
Peterson 4
Markakis 9
Freeman 3
Bethancourt 2
K Johnson 7
Callaspo 5
Simmons 6
Teheran 1
Guess fredi serious about platoons with Gomes and Chris Johnson sitting
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Braves Opening Day Lineup
Young 8
Peterson 4
Markakis 9
Freeman 3
Bethancourt 2
K Johnson 7
Callaspo 5
Simmons 6
Teheran 1
Guess fredi serious about platoons with Gomes and Chris Johnson sitting
12:20 PM
@DOBrienAJC
#Braves newcomer Maybin is here, not in lineup. Quentin was told he'd be DFA'd, did not have to fly here.
#Braves will designate for assignment Carlos Quentin, who has $8M salary. Hope that an AL team will show interest in picking up some $
I'm excited to see what Peterson can do.
I also like Callapso over C Johnson.
But is K Johnson really better than Gomes?
Against a rhp probably so.Quote:
Originally Posted by cbrunt29
Interesting that fredi sat CJ bc CJ has hit Alvarez well
When Maybin is ready to play, I think we put him in CF and move Young Jr. to left
I want him in cf tooQuote:
Originally Posted by cbrunt29
Callaspo is garbage, I'm honestly not sure why he's even on the roster.
My guess is that CF will be more of a platoon than we want. Maybin should at least be given a shot to earn the job.
Peterson and markakis back to back singles = 1-0 braves
Put the barrel on the ball consistently and good things are going to happen.
Enjoyed seeing those nice approaches at the plate. All but one was a hard hit line drive/groundball
I can't think of any hitter not on the nats that I hate more than dee Gordon. He kills us. At least bethancourt gunned em down
Carl Crawford is another one. He's a Braves killer.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Alvarez's pitch count is ridiculously low so far.
no strike outs. Hard to run up a pitch count putting everything in playQuote:
Originally Posted by cbrunt29
Tough part of Marlins order. Be careful julio
I love Peterson. I'd be thinking hard about moving peraza to cf
Simmons... Wow! Simmons and Peterson are going to be maybe the best ss-2b combo in mlb defensively
That was one hellova double play.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Markakis 2 rbi's in debut
Extremely poor AB there by freeman. He always struggles vs the fish but I'da liked to seen a little more in that spot.
Thought so too. Only k of the dayQuote:
Originally Posted by shoeless joe
Teheran has been outstanding. I love the Marlins' lineup BTW. If morse hits, they're gonna be tough
These 'no strikeouts!!' and 'manufacturing a run, sure is fun to watch!' memes from the announcers are going to get unbelievably old.
Is the ability to bring in a guy from 3rd with 1 out with 'productive outs' a good thing? Sure. Are you viable as an offense when it's what you depend on? Of course not.
Most Braves fans understand this will be a long year without much offense, and most are ok with that. It's going to become unbearable if we can't watch a game without being sold that this is a great new philosophy.
We have Teheran on the mound. They have a very good pitcher. I didn't have a problem with itQuote:
Originally Posted by smootness
Well fredi left Teheran in there too long. Hopefully they only tie it
Wow... What a job by avilan and johnson
Three bad ABs by the 2-3-4 there.
Wasn't pretty, but Dunn is hell on lefties. It would be nice to big rh bat, so we could move FF to 3rd, rh bat 4th, and markakis 5thQuote:
Originally Posted by SapperDawg
First save situation post-kimbrel
No kimbrel, no problem...
I was very impressed with jim Johnson and grilli. They really look like they have plenty left in the tank
Fun game to watch. I think .500 is a realistic goal. Some things def need to go their way but this will be a pesky team that can cause issues for top tier pitching. However, I'm not sure any long term sustained offensive success Is possible.
Extremely impressed with bullpen and Johnson in particular. His stuff is nasty.
Unlike the last couple of years this team is very likeable and the big time "gamers" in Gomes and pierzinski didn't even play.
Even if the season falls apart, Jim Johnson and grilli could land us some nice pieces if yesterday was a preview of their seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by shoeless joe
Braves lineup
Young Jr. CF
Peterson 2B
Markakis RF
Freeman 1B
Bethancourt C
K. Johnson LF
C. Johnson 3B
Simmons SS
Wood P
Bethancourt hitting 5th is weird to me. I'd rather see...
Young
Peterson
Markakis
FF
CJ
KJ
Simmons
Bethancourt
I'm of two minds with Bethancourt. I can see that teams are going to pitch around Freeman and go after whoever is behind him and they might see a lot of fastballs. That may benefit Bethancourt in that scenario but I do think it will be something that will be changed around a good bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Just resigned Matt Capps
Braves chase latos in 1st inning. 7-0
Offensive juggernaut. We're going to lead MLB in runs!*********
Damn fun to watch this offense while it's working, though. Bethancourt batting 4 is a joke, though. We desperately need another bat to protect Freeman to be viable.
2 PH rbi singles tonight. I'm not sure we had 2 all of last season
Fun game to watch tonight. Guys legging out the extra base, batters working the pitchers for long ABs....hell, the M's pitchers had over 140 pitches by the 7th inning.
Awesome stuff tonight.
It really was. I know our offense won't be like this very often, but it doesn't have to be. If we can play good defense and get timely hitting, we could be a .500 team imo. I really like the pitching staffQuote:
Originally Posted by smootness