re: ATL Thread 8/6 | Brewers @ Braves

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Getting less ABs leads to less potential for stats, it's pretty common sense.

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That's not how it works at all

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He could very easily lose ROY because he gets a game or two less ABs a week the rest of the way

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Jesus frick

I guess no one cared about my musings of our off season analysis

8 games in a row coming up between the Fish and the Mets. What is our record in those games? 3-5? Am I being overly optimistic?

I'm thinking the Brewers might not lose again this year?

I don’t particularly like the idea of trading Baldwin but your logic is sound.

Something it also does it opens up the DH spot to be way more fluid which is something I touched on earlier. As good as Ronald can be at RF at times even if his underlying metrics say otherwise, it’s going to be particularly important moving forward to have the option to DH him a solid bit due to his already two acl injuries.

As much as it pains me to say this since Ozzie is the longest current tenured braves player, he has been dreadful this year and his performance at 2B is also becoming a problem, particularly his arm has cost us a lot of double plays. His contract is so cheap though I think it would be wise to pick up his team option but he might not be an everyday player if we can’t move profar. He’s been pretty bad in LF but I imagine he would be a defensive improvement at 2B. Harris has shown dramatic improvement post AS break so we won’t be moving on from him and his underlying numbers have been solid all year unlike Ozzie, Harris hits at a near 300 clip when he swings at pitches in the zone. He just need an approach change and it’s one of the best defensive CF in baseball.

One thing is also certain, as good as nick allen is at defense we cannot enter 2026 with him as our SS

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his performance at 2B is also becoming a problem, particularly his arm has cost us a lot of double plays

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This became very noticeable last season when Whit Merrifield filled in for him. Whit turned several double plays that Ozzie wouldn't have been able to with his long windup and weaker arm.

Yeah and it’s gotten even worse this season imo. Ozzie has always been a very hot and cold hitter who relied heavily on his ability to hit home runs to be a valuable batter.

Idk if it’s his long history of injuries catching up to him or maybe his age but his total drop off in power this year makes him nearly unplayable. I think he has gotten a longer leash than anyone else would though because of what I said above and how much he means in the clubhouse

Yeah if you look at his career splits it’s insane how much better of a hitter he is right handed.

If you just look at his counting stats like a normie you might not realize it because obviously he has way more AB left handed since there’s way more right handed pitching so he has way more HR from that side, but proportionally he’s a far far better hitter when is batting right handed.

I feel like him and other certain players simply switch hit because they think it’s a novelty that’s cool but it doesn’t actually make them better. It’s hard to prove this objectively since as you said we don’t live in an alternate universe where he has been a right handed hitter only his whole career

Holy shite I didn’t realize he had been that bad from the right side this year. Zero home runs is absolutely ridiculous. He has 12 I think on the year and it’s clown worldish they’ve all be left handed I guess

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wise to pick up his team option but he might not be an everyday player if we can’t move profar. He’s been pretty bad in LF but I imagine he would be a defensive improvement at 2B

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Man, Profar most certainly can't play 2B. Last time he started at 2B was 2019, and he was the worst defensive 2B in baseball. He had zero range. Ozzie is still at least average to a smidge below defensively. Profar is awful in LF, much less 2B.

Like you said, I can't see them not picking up Ozzie's option given how it's structured. I'll be extremely surprised if he's not our starting 2B. The one thing in our favor is wrist injuries take a while to recover from, and for Ozzie it hasn't even been a full year since he recovered from his, so there is hope the power comes back a bit. Same for Riley.