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The ATL Thread - 8/18 - Back to Playoff Lineup

Posted on 8/18/26 at 3:23 pm
Posted by 257WBY
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 3:23 pm
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 3:42 pm to
Posted by auyushu
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:53 pm to
Mahle looking like shite tonight, throwing meatballs.
Posted by Volsfan82169
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:05 pm to
Meanwhile, we are making another pitcher with an ERA over 5 look really good.
Posted by RD Dawg
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:19 pm to
Cannot stomach another weak arse AB by Sean Murphy.

Enough already.
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:32 pm to
This offense is arse
Posted by Ryan3232
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:32 pm to
This is a good team and it’s been a great season so far… But we going to be the 3 seed and lose the NLDS in 3 games.

The writing is on the wall.
Posted by Ryan3232
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:35 pm to
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Cannot stomach another weak arse AB by Sean Murphy.
Blows my mind he even hit for .250 and .251 in back to back seasons.
Posted by infantry1026
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:39 pm to
This team is fricking terrible right now
Posted by dhuck20
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:43 pm to
BravesVision get their talking points directly from Liberty or AA?
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:44 pm to
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This is a good team


Not really. Lot of smoke and mirrors early. The offense is below average for the season.

AA should be on a hot seat for ignoring the black holes in this lineup for the last few years, but he won't be. He doesn't get a pass for Profar being suspended this season from me. After his first suspension, he needed to assume Profar's 2024 was a total fluke.

We need to add two real bats (not signings on the margins like Yaz) and two or three real starters this offseason.
Posted by auyushu
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:45 pm to
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This offense is arse


Hyers should have been gone after last season, but he definitely better be after this one. It may not make a difference with our crappy hitters, but our approach is terrible across the board night after night.
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:46 pm to
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BravesVision get their talking points directly from Liberty or AA?


Yeah I can't stand CJ Nitkowski. He's a know it all, condescending prick who thinks he is above fans and talks down to them regularly on Twitter, while blowing smoke up everyone's arse during the broadcast.

Radio guys are much better than TV guys. They aren't afraid to call it how they see it.
Posted by Ryan3232
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:49 pm to
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Not really.
Well come on. We have the 4th best record in the MLB almost 80% through the season. I even said “good” instead of “great.”



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AA should be on a hot seat for ignoring the black holes in this lineup for the last few years, but he won't be. He doesn't get a pass for Profar being suspended this season from me. After his first suspension, he needed to assume Profar's 2024 was a total fluke. We need to add two real bats (not signings on the margins like Yaz) and two or three real starters this offseason.
I agree with all this.
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:50 pm to
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fricking malpractice.

Nice to see Drake end his home run drought though
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Posted by Ryan3232
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 8:01 pm to
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fricking malpractice. Nice to see Drake end his home run drought though
oh I’m with you VA.
AA has been ruining things for the last 3 years. The Freddie Freeman situation initially pissed me off. (We got Olson, so water under the bridge I guess)

The Murphy trade was stupid. We had a rising Contreras.
After that, the last 2 offseasons have been baffling to me. We refused to even consider SS and ended up paying a shite ton for Kim which could have gone to a starter. We even lucked into Holmes/Martin/Elder being serviceable to this point. (We all know they are not NLCS/WS pitchers). When we didn’t go after a great starter before the deadline, I knew AA wasn’t serious about another WS.

It’s just been a piss poor approach to building a WS roster.
Posted by Broski
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 8:04 pm to
But at least Kyle Tucker dropped a pop up, right guys?
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 8:13 pm to
This feels a lot like 2024 where the pitching has to be damn near perfect most nights to win a game. A 2-0 1st inning deficit shouldn't feel insurmountable. Mahle has been pretty good tonight.
Posted by Broski
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 8:15 pm to
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Yeah I can't stand CJ Nitkowski.


He is easily one of the worst color commentators in the league.

You can tell how much more comfortable Gaudin is when Francouer is his booth partner.
Posted by 1801
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 8:17 pm to
this team went 15-5 out of the ASG and beat Miami 11-3 for a season high 8 straight wins and 25 games over .500 overall - and then went to yankee stadium - it's been in a 4-6 free fall since -

who's the leader of this clubhouse among the position players? this lineup is catatonic right now - just a blank stare from all the eyes in the batter's box -
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