re: ATL Thread 5/1 | Braves @ Mets | Doubleheader

Yes he has. Getting that home run problem under control has been great.

How is Riley late on fastballs now while still chasing sliders?

This isn't just a slump. Something is wrong.

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How is Riley late on fastballs now while still chasing sliders?

This isn't just a slump. Something is wrong.

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I think he wants to hit the slider, which is why he swings at everything that spins, and isn't ready for the fastball. But then, I'm just guessing. Usually he's been a guy who hunts fastballs, but he gets so many sliders, because he struggles to lay off, that it seems he's sitting on it. Problem is he's not getting sliders in the zone, because why would he?

I don't know. Just trying to make sense of it.

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But he was chasing the sliders before.

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I know. That's what I was saying. He keeps chasing it, so he keeps getting it, and because he keeps getting it, he's not ready for the fastball. That's my theory.

I know Shewmake has never really hit at any level, but wow. He must be unfathomably bad for the Braves to pretty openly say they'd rather have Adrianza on the big league roster than him.

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My point is before when he was chasing sliders, he was still demolishing fastballs. Not the case now.

Also, Hilliard has officially come back to earth as an AAA player.

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He wasn't chasing them consistently. That's why he got so much better before the contract he signed. He started laying off crap, got more strikes, and hit them. Right now, he can't lay off anything, so he's getting a steady diet of junky sliders, and looks slow to react to the fastball.

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I know Shewmake has never really hit at any level, but wow. He must be unfathomably bad for the Braves to pretty openly say they'd rather have Adrianza on the big league roster than him.

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He's definitely a bad hitter. I guess they're leaving him down there in hopes he starts to hit. It seems like this is who he is at this point, though. Which was my expectation the day they drafted him. I was mad at that pick. Hoped to be proven wrong, but it is what it is.

this is random, but I thought Nimmo was my most-hated Met, but ratfrick McNeil might have surpassed him.

Eddie has been great at the plate lately.

Eddie was hitting the ball hard a lot early but was getting unlucky. He's always hit when he's been healthy throughout his career.