Off-season goals

1.) Resign Freddie
2.) FIND A ****ING CLOSER GOOD LORD WILL SMITH IS TRASH

metcalfmafia said:

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Off-season goals

1.) Resign Freddie
2.) FIND A ****ING CLOSER GOOD LORD WILL SMITH IS TRASH

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Yeah, no way Will Smith can be the primarily 9th inning option once the playoffs start. They need to find an alternative and go ahead and start prepping him now.

#Braves closer Will Smith has allowed 5 runs and 4 home runs in 11 1/3 innings over his past 12 appearances, with 2 blown saves in 8 opportunities and a .953 opponents' OPS.

#Braves closer Will Smith has allowed 5 runs and 4 home runs in 11 1/3 innings over his past 12 appearances, with 2 blown saves in 8 opportunities and a .953 opponents’ OPS.

— David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) September 18, 2021

Buster Olney

Max Fried since the All-Star break:
13 starts
86 innings
59 hits
16 walks
6 homers
1.78 ERA
.193 opponents batting average

Most Madduxes in single season, Braves since 1988 (pitches counted):

1998 Greg Maddux: 3
2021 Max Fried: 2
2015 Shelby Miller: 2
2000 Greg Maddux: 2
1995 Greg Maddux: 2
1993 Tom Glavine: 2

* Maddux = 9-IP SHO on fewer than 100 pitches https://t.co/isiVWAYFxG

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) September 25, 2021

.@Braves utility man @soncaballos is so versatile he keeps 7 gloves in his locker!@alannarizzo | #HighHeat pic.twitter.com/Pi2GRl4hmL

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) September 26, 2021

The @Braves’ push for an NL East title continues next on MLB Network! (or SEA at LAA) pic.twitter.com/ZzbWFYQn1y

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) September 26, 2021

Bring on the damn Brewers. Four straight division championships!

metcalfmafia said:

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Bring on the damn Brewers. Four straight division championships!

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What a damn accomplishment after losing Soroka and Acuna Jr for the season.

AA should be exec of the year for this salvage job. Huge acquisitions in the middle of the season.

My BIL got tix today for Milwaukee next Friday. Bring it on!!

465 ft!

Tied for the longest home run Jorge Soler has hit tracked by Statcast (since 2015) https://t.co/mzQ0lC1QQA

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) September 30, 2021

Jorge Soler: 12 HR since the #Braves traded for him.

Adam Duvall: 13 HR since the Braves traded for him.

They're the first team ever to trade for 2 outfielders in July who then hit 12+ HR for their new team.

Thanks to @StatsBySTATS for that great note, from my Sept. 17 column.

Jorge Soler: 12 HR since the #Braves traded for him.

Adam Duvall: 13 HR since the Braves traded for him.

They’re the first team ever to trade for 2 outfielders in July who then hit 12+ HR for their new team.

Thanks to @StatsBySTATS for that great note, from my Sept. 17 column.

— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) September 30, 2021

"He has become an absolute 🌟"

Friend of the program, @austinriley1308's bat helped carry the @Braves to their 4th consecutive NL East title. @markdero7 I #ForTheA I #MLBCentral pic.twitter.com/gCEjz8gpl8

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) October 1, 2021

At 37 years & 330 days old on Friday, Charlie Morton will be the 3rd-oldest pitcher in Braves' franchise history to start a postseason game, younger than only:

1982 NLCS G2 Phil Niekro: 43 y, 191 d
2005 NLDS G2 John Smoltz: 38 y, 144 d https://t.co/kwAH3zY23H

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 2, 2021

Kings of the NL East 👑@Braves | #ForTheA pic.twitter.com/5aWBNEYHjx

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) October 2, 2021

Hands down, *the* best artifact at the @braves @TruistPark: #SidBream's knee brace from the 1992 NLCS. pic.twitter.com/a8SmDRB2uy

— Tim Peeler (@PackTimPeeler) October 2, 2021

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metcalfmafia said:

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Bring on the damn Brewers. Four straight division championships!

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What a damn accomplishment after losing Soroka and Acuna Jr for the season.

AA should be exec of the year for this salvage job. Huge acquisitions in the middle of the season.

My BIL got tix today for Milwaukee next Friday. Bring it on!!

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The way they've been hitting, and Morton / Fried have been pitching, wish we didnt have a 5-day layoff.

Career-high 113 RBI for Duvy.

What a season. pic.twitter.com/xilSnTdz7f

— Bally Sports: Braves (@BravesOnBally) October 4, 2021

I'm looking forward to the year the Braves make the playoffs opposite teams other than from LA, BOS, NY and/or CHI, and can get some evening games.

Of course, just get one more win here, and they'll definitely get some evening games then.

Packchem91 said:

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I'm looking forward to the year the Braves make the playoffs opposite teams other than from LA, BOS, NY and/or CHI, and can get some evening games.

Of course, just get one more win here, and they'll definitely get some evening games then.

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Joc is da man but good lord how good has the pitching been?

Joc's definitely got some of that Gronk irreverence-combined-with-talent-and-keeping-everyone-loose thing going on.

Civilized said:

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Packchem91 said:

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I'm looking forward to the year the Braves make the playoffs opposite teams other than from LA, BOS, NY and/or CHI, and can get some evening games.

Of course, just get one more win here, and they'll definitely get some evening games then.

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Joc is da man but good lord how good has the pitching been?

Joc's definitely got some of that Gronk irreverence-combined-with-talent-and-keeping-everyone-loose thing going on.

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The Dodgers are so loaded they won 106 or so games and both winning hits in the completed playoff games were made by ex-Dodgers.
Lets go Giants! (who are loaded w/ex-Braves!!).

Told my sons....if you're going to step up to home plate with an old lady's pearl necklace on, you better be able to ball...and Joc has delivered. I'd guess its been a long while since a guy had 2 pinch hit HRs in the same playoff series

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Packchem91 said:

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I'm looking forward to the year the Braves make the playoffs opposite teams other than from LA, BOS, NY and/or CHI, and can get some evening games.

Of course, just get one more win here, and they'll definitely get some evening games then.

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Joc is da man but good lord how good has the pitching been?

Joc's definitely got some of that Gronk irreverence-combined-with-talent-and-keeping-everyone-loose thing going on.

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Pitching..one swing from 3 stright shut outs....but I have to give a little credit to the defense. Much better than defense played in the Red Sox - Rays series.....

Two years in a row. Go Braves boys.

metcalfmafia said:

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Two years in a row. Go Braves boys.

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As fun as watching great pitching can be, man, seeing guys getting clutch hits is just awesome. Especially Freddie -- that had to be the single biggest hit of his career?

It's pretty impressive how Duvall has gone from being a platoon player the past 5-6 years, bouncing around from team to team, to being the league leader in RBIs.

Even though he's 33 and entering the twilight of his career, he's likely set himself up for a nice 2-3 year contract that will pay him far more than he's made (in total) thus far in his tenure.
Good for him.

Packchem91 said:

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metcalfmafia said:

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Two years in a row. Go Braves boys.

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As fun as watching great pitching can be, man, seeing guys getting clutch hits is just awesome. Especially Freddie -- that had to be the single biggest hit of his career?

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100%. Has to be.

There are around 350 pitchers in baseball and you literally wouldn't want any other pitcher up in that spot against Freehugs. He just won.

The statistical improbability of going yard on Hader there was astounding. The Athletic recapped it this morning:

According to Codify Baseball, this was his 799th career plate appearance (counting the postseason) against a left-hander from the eighth inning on 179 of them with his team tied or trailing by no more than two runs. Those at-bats had somehow led to only seven go-ahead hits … until Tuesday.

So now you can make it eight go-ahead hits and two of them are homers off Josh Hader.

And how many other left-handed hitters on Earth can say they've hit two home runs off Hader go-ahead or any other kind? That answer is none. Just Freddie Freeman.

Hader's .127 opponent batting average and .193 opponent slugging? They were the lowest against any pitcher in baseball who faced at least 200 hitters this year.

That .124 career average by left-handed hitters against him? It's the lowest for any left-handed pitcher against left-handed hitting fellow humans.

Hader threw 228 pitches to left-handed hitters this year (regular season and postseason). How many of those 228 pitches were hit for a home run? That would be zero. (H/T to @MLB_Metrics)

In his five-year career, Hader has thrown nearly 400 sliders to left-handed hitters. One of them had ever been hit for a home run (by Cody Bellinger, on April 21, 2019) as opposed to 88 that were swung at and missed, according to Codify Baseball.

In that career, before Tuesday, Hader had faced 350 left-handed hitters (regular season and postseason). How'd that go? How about 150 strikeouts and 15 extra-base hits.

Over just the last two seasons, this guy allowed precisely two extra-base hits to left-handed hitters. An Eric Hosmer double five months ago was the only one this season. A Jason Heyward homer on Sept. 12, 2020, was the only one last season.

And even though Freeman had once hit a walk-off homer against Hader off a fastball, on May 18, 2019 nobody had ever hit two go-ahead homers against him.

Just unbelievable!

Great info --- and Hader was on last night...he'd made Rosario (lefty) look like me bailing out up there, and made Dansby look bad.
But in the world of baseball, it only takes one, and that last pitch to Freddie looked like it hung up.

Whether it was a bad pitch, a great at bat, or a combination of both....it sure was fun to watch.

NLCS game times are set for Games 1-2:

Game 1 is Saturday at 8:07 et/5:07 pt, regardless of who wins tonight.

Game 2 is Sunday at 8:07/5:07 if it's #Braves at #SFGiants.

That Game 2 time moves up 30 minutes - to 7:37/4:37 - if it's #Dodgers at Braves

Go Dodgers

JCooke93 said:

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Go Dodgers

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Boooooooooooooo

Guess I'm gonna have two TVs in the living room tomorrow night.

JCooke93 said:

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Go Dodgers

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As a lifelong Braves fan, absolute sucks to draw the Dodgers. They are like our achilles heel. I can see Will Smith hitting 4 HRs, those Turner boys both hitting about 500, Bellinger, Seager, etc.
And than Urias -- not sure a pitcher scares me as much as that guy since Randy Johnson.

Was really pulling for the Giants to slay the beast.

Buster Olney

The ATL decision to go with Anderson in Game 2 and Morton in Game 3 may well have been all about managing rest -- they don't want Anderson to go too many days between appearances (he last pitched Oct. 11) and they give the 37-year-old Morton two extra days before his next outing.

response to tweet
That and it also sets up Morton going game 7 instead of Anderson if it goes the distance.

The lucky jersey is already on boys.

Trae Turner just had another ball like the UCLA "home run" at the CWS....crushed one to lead off the 9th, but the cool Atlanta air helped knock it down, and it was caught against the wall. This time though, I was happy, and breathing a sigh of relief

LETS GOOOOOO