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2020 Atlanta Braves season long in-game thread

Posted on 1/22/20 at 1:27 pm
Posted by Murph4HOF
A-T-L-A-N-T-A (that's where I stay)
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Posted on 1/22/20 at 1:27 pm
Signing Ozuna means the 40-man roster is full.

Braves just released their list of Non-roster invitees to Spring Training:


Pitchers and Catchers report 3 weeks from today (Feb. 12th) and position players report on Feb. 17th.
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 1/22/20 at 2:22 pm to
quote:

2020 Atlanta Braves season long in-game thread


I swear to God if the Nats winning series screws with my $5 tickets every time the Braves are in town I'm going to be pissed.

They're fair weather enough so I think I'll be okay.

Taking my grandmother to the Mets game in Atlanta on the Saturday during Memorial Day weekend. She's a huge Braves fan and has only been able to go to 1 Braves game in her life. This will be first time in the new park for the both of us.
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
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Posted on 1/22/20 at 2:29 pm to
Posted by theGarnetWay
Washington, D.C.
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 1/22/20 at 2:36 pm to
Repost from after the NLDS:

This post was edited on 1/22/20 at 2:37 pm
Posted by DirtyDawg
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Posted on 1/22/20 at 2:59 pm to
I'm finally over the shite show from last October.


Let's ride
Posted by Hailstate15
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 11:46 am to
world series!!
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:21 pm to
In
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 6:06 pm to
Jeff Schultz did an interview with AA on the Athletic today. Obviously behind a paywall, but here's the LINK.

Some highlights:

Braves could have afforded Donaldson but AA wasn't comfortable with the combination of years/dollars. Braves wanted JD and JD wanted to come back.

If we had signed JD, we wouldn't have gotten Ozuna.

AA was very, very uncomfortable with the years on the starting pitchers like MadBum, Wheeler, and Ryu.
This post was edited on 1/23/20 at 6:08 pm
Posted by diremustang
Member since Oct 2017
2287 posts
Posted on 1/23/20 at 8:34 pm to
I see a lot of people melting on other sites, but I actually feel pretty good about this year.
Relievers are always volatile, but I fully expect that we will have one of the best pins in the game. That would have made a big difference in the record last season, and the added depth will be important in October.
There are a lot of question marks in the rotation, but Soroka is an ace and I expect fried to improve a lot. Hamels should be decent and a good teacher, and we have enough options with young guys at the back end that we should at least end up with replacement level. If we get good Folty then its a great rotation. Bad folty means that we are probably on the wrong side of league average by a slot or two.
I think a lot of our hitters actually underperformed last year on the season, and while Ozuna is a step down from Donaldson, other guys will step up.
Obviously the annual playoff meltdown was horrible, but lets not forget that almost all of our starters and depth pieces were either unavailable or playing hobbled.
This post was edited on 1/23/20 at 8:36 pm
Posted by 7nette
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 10:09 pm to
Chop fest Saturday!

Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
40582 posts
Posted on 1/24/20 at 6:39 am to
I was 2 games over in 2018 and 3 games under last year. Im going 94-68 this year and win the east for the 3rd straight year
Posted by DoubleDown
New Orleans, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2008
13077 posts
Posted on 1/24/20 at 9:45 am to
What does the pitching rotation look like? It can't be very impressive and that has me worried a good bit.
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
40582 posts
Posted on 1/24/20 at 12:22 pm to
1) Soroka
2) Hamels
3) Folty
4) Fried
5) Newk/King Felix


is what I would imagine.
Posted by devils1854
Franklin
Member since Aug 2014
6388 posts
Posted on 1/25/20 at 4:51 pm to
Wright and Wilson will get shots as well. I think its time to see what we have in Wright.
Posted by Prettyboy Floyd
Pensacola, Florida
Member since Dec 2013
16166 posts
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:53 am to
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AA was very, very uncomfortable with the years on the starting pitchers like MadBum, Wheeler, and Ryu.


He's uncomfortable with anything that involves investing money long term that isn't a deal that is strongly in the owners favor. Let's be real
Posted by VADawg
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 2:56 pm to
quote:

He's uncomfortable with anything that involves investing money long term that isn't a deal that is strongly in the owners favor. Let's be real


All of his moves so far look like they're intended to not have any "dead money" on the books. Dead money in this case means overpaying players who can't play anymore on the back end of their contracts.
Posted by Murph4HOF
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Posted on 2/4/20 at 7:59 am to
Watching the Chiefs win the Super Bowl and hearing their fans do the chop made me think maybe some curse is lifted for the Braves.
Posted by adp
Member since Jul 2015
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Posted on 2/10/20 at 12:02 pm to
Possibly a dumb idea - why not trade ender? Prove me wrong.
Posted by devils1854
Franklin
Member since Aug 2014
6388 posts
Posted on 2/10/20 at 1:17 pm to
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Possibly a dumb idea - why not trade ender? Prove me wrong.


What value does he have?

Puig, Kevin Pillar, Cameron Maybin, Ben Zobrist.

Those are free agent outfielders that are still available that dont cost anything but money to sign.

Kole Calhoun(2/16), Avisail Garcia(2/10), Corey Dickerson(2/17.5).

Who is going to take Ender, who is at his lowest value since his rookie year, and pay him 2/16.5 when there are better players getting equal deals or still available.

This isnt MLB The Show.
Posted by VinegarStrokes
Georgia
Member since Oct 2015
13604 posts
Posted on 2/10/20 at 2:34 pm to
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I was 2 games over in 2018 and 3 games under last year. Im going 94-68 this year and win the east for the 3rd straight year


Braves are winning 100 this year.
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