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ATL Thread: 7/13 vs Metropolitans
Posted on 7/13/22 at 9:23 am
Posted on 7/13/22 at 9:23 am
Morton vs some frick
Posted on 7/13/22 at 9:33 am to auzach91
Much better...love seeing Harris back hitting in front of Acuna.
I wonder if we'll evolve to seeing Harris leading off with Acuna batting 2nd at some point down the road (not this year IMO, but next year or beyond)
I wonder if we'll evolve to seeing Harris leading off with Acuna batting 2nd at some point down the road (not this year IMO, but next year or beyond)
Posted on 7/13/22 at 10:06 am to VinegarStrokes
Hurris (BJ pronunciation) hit 9th last night.
I’m not sure about moving Ronald. He’s said many times he likes hitting leadoff.
Although he is not his usual self by any means lately.
I’m not sure about moving Ronald. He’s said many times he likes hitting leadoff.
Although he is not his usual self by any means lately.
Posted on 7/13/22 at 10:15 am to LCLa
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Although he is not his usual self by any means lately
I'm hoping the HR Derby helps him find his power stroke again
Posted on 7/13/22 at 10:19 am to Hailstate15
Jansen activated, O’Day to the IL with a convenient calf strain from getting hit with a line drive lol.
This post was edited on 7/13/22 at 10:19 am
Posted on 7/13/22 at 10:31 am to LCLa
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I’m not sure about moving Ronald. He’s said many times he likes hitting leadoff.
Yeah I'm aware, I'm just thinking out loud.
Honestly I think any combo of Harris/Acuna in the first two spots would work out just fine. For this season, I love Harris at the bottom. He sets the table for the top of the order while not having as much perceived pressure on him in his first season.
Posted on 7/13/22 at 10:41 am to auzach91
frick the Mets
Let’s go win this series today
Let’s go win this series today
Posted on 7/13/22 at 10:46 am to VinegarStrokes
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Honestly I think any combo of Harris/Acuna in the first two spots would work out just fine. For this season, I love Harris at the bottom. He sets the table for the top of the order while not having as much perceived pressure on him in his first season.
It really is a great spot for him given how deep the lineup is this season. It's a low pressure spot in the order and I love having him serve as a secondary leadoff hitter. If Acuna gets going again, you'll really start to see this pay off.
Posted on 7/13/22 at 11:07 am to sorantable
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Kevin McAlpin
@KevinMcAlpin
Matt Olson entered play tonight on pace for 85 extra base hits and 87 walks. Only two players in #Braves franchise history have reached those milestones in a season: Chipper Jones during his MVP season of '99 & Eddie Mathews (1953) when he was MVP runner-up to Roy Campanella
Posted on 7/13/22 at 11:10 am to SteelerBravesDawg
I broke this into 2 parts. It's a little long. Great read.
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Wash on Cano
“Because he still has desire. He still has passion. He still knows he can play,” Washington said of Canó, who was released by the Mets in May and was with the Padres’ El Paso affiliate on a minor league deal after struggling briefly with San Diego’s big-league team. “And he’s not about stealing money. He’s about being a part of something where he can be productive. That’s his mindset.
“He’s not young anymore. So all that wisdom and knowledge that he has now, he’s using it and he’s passing it on. All you’ve got to do is listen to him talk. So that’s why he went to Triple A. He knew he could still play, he just needed to start getting some consistent at-bats so the juices could start flowing and the mind start working right.
“And now he’s got his mind where he wants it. Now he’s just got to go ahead and, when he gets a chance to play, just make sure he doesn’t try to impress nobody and just be Robinson.”
“He can play,” Washington said of Canó. “The way they like to describe people in the game today, maybe his range is not what it used to be, but if he gets to a ball, he knows how to make a play. He’s intelligent. And in today’s game, we set the defense up and put you where you’re supposed to be. So, he can do the job. Snit’s just got to take care of him and make sure we don’t run him into the ground, you know what I mean?
But he can still produce. He’s still got his mind, man. You talk to that guy, you’re talking to a champion. I’m serious. He’s been around, man. He’s been on some pretty god**** good teams, when he had to keep his mouth shut (as a younger player). And he learned a lot. He’s a very smart guy, man. He’s aware. He understands the game.”
With that in mind, Washington was asked if the Sunday trade the Braves made to get Canó — acquired from the Padres for cash considerations, which was $1 — could be a nice addition to the Braves.
“Oh, it’s going to be a nice addition,” Washington said. “We know we don’t have Robinson Canó at 24, 25 years old. But we’ve got Robinson Canó.”
“Yeah, he ain’t about stealing money,” Washington said. “He could have took his $46 million and went home. But that’s not what he’s about. He’s a class act, man. I managed two All-Star Games with him in it, when he was with the Yankees at the time. Him, Derek Jeter, and anybody else that was a Yankee, when they walked in that clubhouse, they were clean as a whistle. Everybody else had on their jeans or whatever, not them Yankees. They walked in that son of a ***** representing.”
And that brings us to Canó in the Braves’ clubhouse. He was assigned a locker just a couple of stalls down from Ronald Acuña Jr. And from listening to Washington, that either was intentional or a potentially helpful coincidence for the young Braves superstar.
Posted on 7/13/22 at 11:12 am to SteelerBravesDawg
Part 2
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Not only what (Canó) might give us on the field, but what he gives us by watching the game and the questions people ask, and things he sees that he points out — those things are valuable,” Washington said. “All that’s valuable. We’ve got a bunch of babies here. They’re winning babies because they’ve been together, they’ve been successful. But they’re still babies. Some of them just reaching five years, some of them got three. But now to have him in the fold?
“It was like when that lefty was here, Cole Hamels. We gave him $18 million, and he pitched one game for us. But the difference he made with Max (Fried) — taught him how to think, taught him how to prepare, you know what I’m saying? That’s the value that they bring. More than what their talent might bring on the field.
“We know they know how to play, but that wisdom and that knowledge, man — you can’t buy that. And that’s what (Hamels) did. And this guy’s gonna rub off on Ronald pretty soon. Because sometimes Ronald still acts like a baby. But he’s gonna help him to grow up. That’s what he brings, man. That’s what he brings. I’m happy he’s here.”
And that brings us back to how Canó ended up on the field at 3 p.m. Tuesday, his second day with the Braves, doing one-on-one drills with Washington, two men with 109 combined years on this Earth and 70 spent in professional baseball, working and sweating more than four hours before the first pitch.
“I’d seen some things that I wanted to try to talk to him about, on the defensive side,” Washington said. “He was open. He went out there early and he was open to it, and he worked on it. And he tried it in practice. He’s 38, 39 years old, he didn’t have to do that. And I didn’t either. I didn’t force him to come out, I just gave him a suggestion. I just told him, the way my mind works, I see something and I can’t just see it and not say something. I can give you some things that can make you better, even though you’re 38, 39 years old, you’re Robinson Canó — I respect that. But I can give you some things that can help you, and he said, ‘I’m in.’ And he came out today at 3 o’clock and went on that god**** field and worked.
“And he told me, he’s Robinson Canó, and that’s the way people treated him — ‘Why do I need to go work with you, you’re Robinson Canó?’ A hitting coach — ‘What can I tell you, you’re Robinson Canó?’ Understand what I’m saying? I said, ‘You know what, I thought the same thing, but I’m a different animal. When I see something, I don’t give a **** who it’s for, I’m gonna say it and I’m gonna give it to you. I’m gonna give you an opportunity to decide if you want it or you don’t want it.’”
Washington and Canó is a match that took decades to happen, but for the Braves, it’s one that might prove more fruitful than imagined when they made a trade Sunday that seemed like nothing more than a no-risk flyer.
“I’m not gonna just say on my own, ‘Well, he’s Robinson Canó, he don’t want it,’” Washington said of approaching Canó about doing early work Tuesday. “Because the day might come when (Canó) starts teaching this ****. So everything you can learn, everything you can gain, you can make a difference in life. In a life. And all you want to do in this business is make a difference in a life, because you can’t get to everybody. But if you can get to one son of a *****? He gets to the other son of a *****. And he gets to the other son of a *****. You see what I’m saying? That’s how the **** works.
“He came out, man. He worked. And we’re going to do it again in Washington (this week). Just keep it going, you know. And I understand the heat. Don’t worry about the heat. I’m not gonna keep you out here in this heat. We’re gonna go get done what we’ve got to get done, and we’re gonna get out of there. And the rest of this ****, we’re gonna talk about.”
Posted on 7/13/22 at 11:13 am to auzach91
rubber match, 12:20ET FP
ETA: frick THE BARVES
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Starting pitchers
Chris Bassitt (6-6, 3.94 ERA): In his first season with the Mets, Bassitt has pitched to a 1.14 WHIP with an OBA of .230 across 16 starts. In his previous start last Friday, he allowed six hits and two runs across 6 1-3 innings vs. the Marlins.
Charlie Morton (5-3, 4.21 ERA): The two-time All-Star was Atlanta's ace during their run to the World Series in 2021. He got off to a rough start this year, pitching to a 5.67 ERA through the middle of June but has since settled into a groove. In his last five starts, he has a sizzling 1.60 ERA with a 0.77 WHIP across 33 2-3 innings.
ETA: frick THE BARVES
This post was edited on 7/13/22 at 11:15 am
Posted on 7/13/22 at 11:21 am to Dale Murphy
Lol. Garrett Cooper was picked as an ASG replacement for Harper instead of Riley. That is pathetic.
Posted on 7/13/22 at 11:23 am to auzach91
I need to know why Nemo (BJ pronunciation) doesn’t sprint to the dugout.
One of you Mutts let me know please.
One of you Mutts let me know please.
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