Kind of hard to believe the Braves have made up so much ground since NYM have gotten into their easy stretch of the schedule. But I'll take it.
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Kind of hard to believe the Braves have made up so much ground since NYM have gotten into their easy stretch of the schedule. But I'll take it.
Braves are better equipped for the postseason juiced balls. Is what it is. Annoying MLB cant give out consistent baseballs but if they did then the Mets would be struggling for a wildcard cause we can't keep up in the slugfests.
But good luck with Devil Magic Cardinals. It's their storybook year. I'm confident in Citi Field to neutralize the balls enough against SD. Then it's fun against the Dodgers.
Hey tater, no one can take that august 4 of 5 from you.
Mets, dodgers, and padres all on same side of bracket. I love our position
Good thing they don't crown champs in August! Go Braves! Magic number is 1!Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Mets collapse is complete. The only thing that can complete this season would be Judge failing a drug test. Bout as bad of a September as possible. At least Albert hit 700.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I wouldn't wave the white flag just yet. I still think the dodgers are the best team, and beating them in a 5 game series is easier than 7.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tater
You deserve to be ridiculed though bc I told you the braves would respond, and you said the Phillies (the Phillies lmao!) were the bigger threat.
Since the whipping the Mets issued us in august...
Braves 36-13 (.735)
Mets 27-22 (.551)
The Mets are incredibly unlucky that they had a buzzsaw in their division
I'm not gonna count it until we get this last one done. Looking to the playoffs though, I hope Strider is back and healthy because I don't trust Morton at all. He's good for 2 home runs a game, he just hasn't been the same this year and he's a gopher ball waiting to happen. Honestly I would rather see Elder pitch than Morton but I know that'll never happend. We need Strider back. Fried, Wright and Strider is stout.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Kyle Wright sitting here at 21 wins, I never would have imagined that.
Striders strikeout total is unreal.
I Wish Soroka wasn't one injury after another after another. Ozzie too.
Regardless, This team can do it again. I have no doubts.
Hopefully they weren't lying to us about strider. They said he coulda pitched, but just giving him timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
Same here. I always worry when they say "yeah he could've played but we're just being cautious", that's never a good sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Took care of business. On to the playoffs...
5 in a row baby!Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Never doubted it. Five in a row in the East. Let's make it Back to Back World Series Champs.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
And who cares about Judge hitting 62 - Puljos becoming #2 in RBIs, and walking off Sunday night with Waino and Yadi was way more powerful to me (and I say that as an die hard Brave).
I agree with you on all that! 100%Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
LOL!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
They haven't said it, but total innings pitched for the year probably plays into it as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
AA said last night that strider was looking good for NLCS, but then corrected himself to NLDS. He said Ozzie would be at best NLCS
Strider is very important to our WS chances
Yes, huge!Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
A month ago, the Cardinals were my biggest fear in the NL. They were hot. They've cooled off a bit lately, hope that trend continues.
Looks like the Mets season is now officially over. I honestly thought they had a decent chance to knock off LA had they won their wildcard series.
Naw mets folded like a cheap umbrella down the stretch and losing to the Padres made the collapse complete. Their gazillion dollar pitching staff crapped the bed when it counted most.Quote:
Originally Posted by trob115
Hopefully the braves don't follow the Mets to the exit. First 2 games are day games, and the braves have been miserable in day games
Nola and wheeler won't be pitching until Wednesday at earliest so that helpsQuote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Wheeler should be Wednesday, right? That would be on regular restQuote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
Yeah I miscounted and changed the post after I looked at it so yeah wheeler should go Wednesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Need strider back bad he's owned the Phillies
Played the first game with the juiced balls and complained to get them swapped back to the grippier-pitcher friendly balls. Then just hit balls all night right to Padres players while they hit em where they ain't. Got baseballed. (The grippier ball explains the spin rate uptick that Musgrove had tonight, not the Icyhot on his ears.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
I hope MLB sticks with one ball next year. I don't care which. It's crap to have shit changed. Mets are set up to suck with the homerun inducing balls that MLB wants to push, but I'd rather that than swapping between them and seeing wildly different spin rates when the grippy balls come in and you have to question an all time great performance by a guy. Mets wouldn't have even made the playoffs and Judge probably threatens Bonds record with a full season of those balls, but at least it's consistent and fair. The swapping is the unfair part. Let this team be either the 80 win team it is giving up several homers or the 120 WS Champs it would be if no one could touch the spin from the pitcher. Don't change the product on a whim. Then you become NASCAR with the tinkering.
Braves extend strider, 6-years 75 million. Braves really look like they're gonna be a contender for at least 5-6 more years
Strider should be good to go.
Need the G1 win, then I’d go Wright in G2 and give Strider the extra rest to either take the sweep or put us back up 2-1 if we lose G2.
Wright is a groundball pitcher though, so I can see using him in citizens. I'm fine with either one in game 2Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
Wonder if this means a Fried extension won't happen.
Which if I have to choose one to extend, it's Strider, but I'd like to keep Max too.
Wright has also been good in day games - 6-2 with a 3.38 eraQuote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Nice find.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
I don't think fried is willing unless it's a monsterQuote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
I'd say at this point it may be a Max decision. He's arbitration eligible this season, so he may be looking to see where the numbers are set before he looks at an extension.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
I don't get this deal. The savings for the team are minimal, even if Strider stays healthy and is a beast. One FA year at $20M+, and he gets a $5M buyout of it if he's not healthy or a bust? Great deal for Strider.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7