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Darvish, musgrove, snell, wacha, lugo, and weathers are the padres starters. Only weathers spent one day in their system.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentSteel16
Braves have developed to this point as good as anyone. That doesn't mean they're the best, but they're in the elite. Houston, LAD, and TB are certainly up there tooQuote:
Originally Posted by SilentSteel16
Well if we are having a measuring contest then …. Houston has won 2 WS titles and 4 AL pennants in past 6 years. ALWest 5 times.
You left off an asterisk on the 2 WS. You were in a 3rd WS tooQuote:
Originally Posted by SilentSteel16
You asked a question and I answered. Or was that a rhetorical question with a strong serving of bias???Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
You do know that a AL/NL pennant means a WS appearance correct ?Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Just reminding you of 1 in particularQuote:
Originally Posted by SilentSteel16
You said the braves weren't even top 10 unless you took these teams off. You're an effin idiotQuote:
Originally Posted by SilentSteel16
I am sure you remember that one, I mean it took what 20 years ?
Careful 7 you are venturing into waters that go well past the knee.
Reading comprehension is a wonderful thing. I said if you take those 6 out then Braves are EASILY in top 10.
Just applying the inverse to your statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentSteel16
ETA... you don't have to exclude anyone to have the braves solidly top 10 the last several years
It is ok to just admit, Hey I misread what you said….. but doubling down and calling someone an effin idiot, well that doesn’t exactly do you any favors. Borders on KB21 territory.
But it is ok, I forgive your transgression and lack of knowledge on this matter. But A+ on the fandom though.
I would agree with your edited response there, they were and are in top 10 but they ARE ranked per MiLB after those 6, which would in fact make them EASILY in top 10 after those 6 are removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Not that I agree with it BUT ranking farm systems is subjective, and there is one national org that actually has the Braves as dead last in their rankings, farm system wise.
https://www.prospects1500.com/milb/2...stem-rankings/
The Brewers' farm system and current team are both middle of the pack, they're not doing anything overly impressive. The Rays have a fantastic FO, no one will question that. The Mets have a good farm system but have been up and down on the field, and they have ridiculous money too. The Yankees obviously have crazy money, their farm system is decent but not amazing and once Volpe is off lists, it will fall quite a bit. The Cardinals had a great 2020 draft and you're now seeing the results of that; they were below the Braves 2 years ago. That's how quickly it can change.Quote:
Originally Posted by shoeless joe
That is based on current players in the farm system, it's not an overall ranking of the organization. Everyone knows their current system is lacking in talent. Everyone also knows that you'd have a tough argument to state any organization has been better at graduating legit talent over the last 5 years than the Braves.Quote:
Originally Posted by SilentSteel16
Also, look who is also at the bottom of that ranking - San Diego and Houston. Why? Because once you graduate tons of talent and build a competitive major league team, you deplete your farm system and start to make moves geared toward the major league roster.
When we are healthy we have 4 legit starters. My mistake
Speaking of farm, does anyone know what's up with Richie and Murphy? Pretty surprised they haven't pitched yet
They are in Low A.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Murphy finally pitched last night...Quote:
Originally Posted by parabrave
4.0 ip 2 h 0 er 1 bb 6 k
Richie starts today
Geez. How much more FAILURE does Snit and/or AA want before they bench Ozunas ass for good? He is good for nothing but a lazy fly ball, double play, or K. He has been outplayed by Pillar, White and Hilliard and they are all journeymen.
The team is killing it with some pretty big injuries. I would just chill on it... when guys start coming back, ozuna will be gone if he hasn't turned it aroundQuote:
Originally Posted by RockyDog
When you're on the hook for tens of millions the second you cut him.... you rationalize giving it another week or two to see if he can figure it out. Plenty of slow Aprils turn into banger summers, gotta be patient.Quote:
Originally Posted by RockyDog
I agree. If we were like the Phillies right now, maybe you exercise less patienceQuote:
Originally Posted by BoomBoom
I'm gonna guess that when MH2 comes off the IL, that Ozuna will be cut to make room, assuming the OF callup(s) haven't been horrible in the interim.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I'm sure they will send Eli White down when Harris is ready. More likely that the situation will be addressed when a spot is needed with the return of either Darnaud or Soroka. Hell at this rate he is going, Ozuna is going to get paid a million dollars per hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoomBoom
Big series with SD coming up. We owe them some payback.
He's 1 for 9 on the season so far. So yeah thats likely. But I don't think he's someone who they feel needs AAA ABs, so if he plays decent the next week or two till MH2 is back, and MO is still horrible, I think that's the point where they cut bait.Quote:
Originally Posted by RockyDog
I think they should play ozuna every day until he hits 100 PA to be sure. Babip is .040. His exit velocity (90.2) is at highest level since 2020. His hard hit % is 48.1 (career 45.0%). His barrel % is 14.8 (career 9.7). His bb rate is 13.0% (career 7.9%)
Agreed. Kinda odd to see the worst hitter in MLB have decent metrics.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
What a gem. Lol. Half that clown?s called strikes were outside the strike zone. It was almost like watching an SEC ump.
How about those WS favorites, did they just get swept by my Astros, who are without Altuze and a CF, Verlander…….
Minter sucks. Rosario sucks. Ozuna sucks. Pillar, white, and Hilliard do the best they can as AAAA players. Grissom is a lost cause at SS. Acuna, Olson and Riley are streaky as hell. Murphy is trying to carry the team but is getting no help.
It?s time for AA to earn his salary for sure.
This was a tough weekend. I certainly melted down a couple of times, but it'll be ok. Braves led in all 3 games, and I don't expect the pen to be bad once mchugh and iglesias are back. Apparently we will have mchugh this week, and iglesias soon after.
Grissom's defense is my concern, and it was during ST. I think it may be time to give shewmake a shot. Shewmake is starting to hit now in AAA; he's at .793 ops after a horrible start.
Harris and TDA will be back soon. At that point, I think it becomes pillar and Hilliard platooning in lf. Solak in AAA will most likely replace pillar once his inevitable cold streak comes. TDA will probably DH most of the time after his latest concussion, so my prediction is ozuna or Rosario get axed once TDA and Harris are activated.
All baseball players are streaky. The Braves are in great shape.Quote:
Originally Posted by RockyDog
Sure hope Acuna isn't out for a long stretch. Ouch. If anything, a DL stint only extends Ozuna's time on the roster. Hopefully, we can get Harris's bat going again then get TDA back so Murphy can get a break behind the plate and continue to do damage as a DH. Gotta get another bat in there to hopefully move Riley out of the 3 hole for now. He is struggling badly.
I wouldn't mind seeing Acuna, Olson, Ozzie, Murphy, and then Riley at 5 or 6
Bruised shoulder
Guess Mr stubborn Snit is going to ride Riley in the 3 hole til he flirts with the Mendoza line. He is a swing and miss or ground ball machine.
Olson is striking out a ton but he is still near the top of the league in walks, homers and RBI
Thought I would bump for the hilarity of some freezing cold takes in this Braves thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by RockyDog
2nd best record in MLB. +114 run differential. 19-4 in June. Acuna having a borderline historic season (likely first ever with 20HR/50RBI/40SB at the All Star Break)
Yep some really really bad takes on the Braves early on. It?s why you have to have patience in baseball. It?s a long long season.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg