2023 Atlanta Braves

[LowerWolf]

The last time I started one of these, the season turned out pretty well.

I'm surprised they're going with Arcia at SS to start the season.

[Amoo316]

I've not seen an official filing yet, but all signs point to Fried being put on the 15 day. At least we have both Soraka and Anderson to call up. I'm personally pulling for Soraka to find it again as he was supposed to be our Max Fried.

[Amoo316]

I feel both our kids looked pretty good this week.

Dodd only gave up 1 yesterday. Shuster had a Glavine first inning then seemed to calm down.

Considering they were their first official MLB starts as part of the rotation, I'm pretty happy with what we're seeing out of both of them.

Morton gave up 3, but avoided the long ball which was his issue last year. I'm concerned he gave up 9 hits in a little over 5 innings, but at least he has the veteran poise to get out of trouble. If he gives us an ERA anywhere under 4, I'm not going to complain about that.

[KSUowls]

Despite not watching a baseball game since the great game 6, my news feed will never stop giving me baseball updates lol.

This hit my feed today

Quote:

Freddie Freeman since signing with the Dodgers 207 of a possible 210 games played .324 AVG .404 OBP .520 SLG 156 wRC+ 9.1 fWAR

I need to trade for him on my next OOTP play.

[LowerWolf]

Earlier in the week, one of my Braves buddies said this team really missed having someone like Joc in the clubhouse to keep things loose in the postseason. Fair statement?

[canes21]

Arcia was supposed to somewhat be that guy. I'm not sure that was the main issue, but I would welcome Joc back with open arms.

[Sportsforever]

Quote: Originally Posted by LowerWolf

Earlier in the week, one of my Braves buddies said this team really missed having someone like Joc in the clubhouse to keep things loose in the postseason. Fair statement?

That’s a great point; Joc had an attitude that has been sorely missing the last two years. The team is full of talented players, but maybe they need that piece that brings the mental toughness/looseness to the team.

IMO, AA really needs to go get an ace or two, like a Wheeler/Gallen type of guy. I know Strider is developing into that, but this is 3 straight post-seasons of the rotation being in shambles (that gets overlooked because we won in 2021). I think that the uncertainty of what you’re getting on the mound also puts a lot of pressure on the offense. Will be an interesting offseason for sure…


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[LowerWolf]

It's funny that the entire rebuild centered around starting pitching, and yet starting pitching remains the biggest question mark - other than will the offense actually show up in October.