2023 Season | Series #28 | Braves @ Guardians | July 3-5, 2023

[Stark]

I've seen enough for tonight. Maybe I'm jinxing them.

 

[Tondo]

I give up, lol

 

[Gson]

and once again.. the rally fizzles.. Amed spanks one to the RF'er who makes the catch just stepping onto the warning track...

 

[redscoon]

Watching Bell and Straw in the same line up every night is really difficult to stomach.

 

[sportscoach]

Lavastida just out down a bunt for a hit at the AAA game... I am listening to Hammy while I got the AAA game on the TV aka commitment lol

Edit - correction, it was Roller who go thrown out not Lavastida lol

Cleveland is 0-9 with runners in scoring position...

 

[Kiddo]

The front office struck out on free agents.

They’ve been striking out frequently as of late. Free agents, trading away hitters that could be helping. Not trading guys even though they’re not here for the long term. Not trading for Murphy/Olson. Braves are so lucky to have them both

 

[Kiddo]

Watching Bell and Straw in the same line up every night is really difficult to stomach.

Imagine if Rosario was still slumping. It would be unwatchable

 

[CBBI]

I'm still not ready to give up on Herrin quite yet.

99 from the left side is no bullshit.

 

[Tondo]

They’ve been striking out frequently as of late. Free agents, trading away hitters that could be helping. Not trading guys even though they’re not here for the long term. Not trading for Murphy/Olson. Braves are so lucky to have them both

And they gave up absolutely nothing of consequence. The guy the A's were obsessed about, Esteury Ruiz, is now their no 9 hitter because he's not getting on base. They gave up nothing for 2 All Stars, highway robbery

 

[Gson]

I'm still not ready to give up on Herrin quite yet.

99 from the left side is no bullshit.

He does have a ML arm.. it's a matter of working him from the "loss" group of RP's to the "win" group of RP's... There is a future for him...

 

[Gson]

And they gave up absolutely nothing of consequence. The guy the A's were obsessed about, Esteury Ruiz, is now their no 9 hitter because he's not getting on base. They gave up nothing for 2 All Stars, highway robbery

but he leads the league in stolen bases !!

 

[Stark]

And they gave up absolutely nothing of consequence. The guy the A's were obsessed about, Esteury Ruiz, is now their no 9 hitter because he's not getting on base. They gave up nothing for 2 All Stars, highway robbery

I agree that they gave up pretty much nothing, but Ruiz is still their leadoff guy and has already set the A's rookie stolen base record in early July.

He's a piece, just not a headliner for a premiere guy like Murphy.

 

[BimboRightplateau]

I hope this is Francona’s last year. I don’t want to ruin my opinion of him and how I’ll feel about him a few decades from now by him hanging on longer than he should,

But the game has passed him by. This is a young kids game now. De la Cruz, Rutschman, Franco all took the ball running and their teams followed them. But Tito doesn’t even trust his young guys over the likes of Myles Straw.

I don’t think the position player prospect hit rate changes until Tito is gone.

 

[Gson]

Two on.. RISP.. here comes the Guard's 10th chance tonight.. so far.. it's been pretty fugly....

oh-fer-ten.. ugh..

 

[Tondo]

I agree that they gave up pretty much nothing, but Ruiz is still their leadoff guy and has already set the A's rookie stolen base record in early July.

He's a piece, just not a headliner for a premiere guy like Murphy.

Ruiz is hitting 9th vs RHP now and only leads off vs LHP. His OBP is 308, that's worse than Straw's