BravesPaul

#Braves and stats, and more. Husband, father, son, brother, Puppy Brother, @baseball_ref Brand Ambassador.

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You can't spell Drake Baldwin without rake and win.

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@BauerOutage You’re allowed to go back to work. Unfortunately for you it seems the employer you specifically want to work for isn't interested in your services.

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@ATLbaseballinAR Cal Ripken (95.9) and his dad Cal Ripken (0.0) though

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Which two players with the same first and last name had the best combined career?

Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey? (probably)

Vladimir Guerrero and Vladimir Guerrero (maybe one day?)

Frank Thomas and Frank Thomas? (oooh, interesting)

Who else?

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@omgsidewalks United Statesian

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@BillShanks Don't let Bill's plate fool you! They have a variety of delicious options!

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Falcons rookie class is here at Truist Park, each receiving a jersey with their name.

Matt Olson and Michael Harris II, two huge Falcons fans, greeted them.

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@MerriamWebster I use "wifi" because I use it generically.

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@Dbor32 @Stathead All I'm saying is if he hits 8+ home runs in June, he's right in the thick of it.

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Hear me out: All-Star Austin Riley.

I'm not saying he's earned it. Yet. But I would like to get there.

Just look at this @Stathead Batting Season query of NL third basemen this year. Riley is one sustained hot streak from making some noise.

I would like to hear that noise.

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@Dbor32 @Stathead Compare this to three campers trying to outrun a bear, and Riley and Muncy are two of the campers. Riley doesn't need to outrun the bear. He needs to outrun one of the other two campers, and it doesn't have to be Muncy.

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@thepmill That's fine. I do too. My entire point was Drew was not an indicator of going for it all -- he was only a replacement for Sheffield, and they didn't need him as much as they needed to keep Wainwright and especially Marquis for 2004.

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Adam Wainwright was only a prospect at the time, and a good one. He won *200* MLB games and had four different 6+ WAR seasons.

2003 was JD Drew's *only* 6+ WAR seasons and we could have won that division without him.

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@toby_barker @jworkmoore @RealWilliamCarr @BillShanks Jd drew with an 8.3 war season and MVP-6. Better than any single season of Wainwright. Make that trade every time.

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Investigative report: I just asked Acuña what he was doing here. He laughed and said that he kept staring at the balls because it looked like one ball was bigger than the other. Stay tuned for further updates.

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@jaysonst Batters facing...

Sanchez:
25-for-138, 4 2B, 3 BB, 1 HBP, 0 R, .204/.210/.414

Misiorowski:
14-for-129, 1 2B, 6 BB, 1 HBP, 1 R, .109/.154/.116

I know Sanchez allowed ZERO runs, but you can't convince me he out-pitched the Miz in May!

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@thepmill No, we don't agree.

With knowledge that Wainwright turned into an ace with multiple Top-3 CY finishes both before and after missing a year, you absolutely do not trade him for just one good year of one guy who's only one of nine in a lineup.

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@TroyPSilva @MLB You might want to check with the @MLBUA on that.

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@RhubarbBrown @JeffPassan @Buster_ESPN @subaru_usa Welcome back, Josh.

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@BeaneaterB @JacobBSpeaks If he puts up 9 WAR he'll be in the conversation... but how is he doing it while playing (mostly) left field? Is it because he's playing a decent amount of center field? He has the WAR but he's not standing out in any particular area.

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@LoveSportsFacts George Foreman
George Foreman, Jr.
George Foreman, III ("Monk")
George Foreman, IV ("Big Wheel")
George Foreman, V ("Red")
George Foreman, VI ("Little Joey")

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@JacobBSpeaks He looks like a less-high Jordan Schaefer.

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@LoveSportsFacts Adam Jones (MLB)
Adam Jones (NFL)
Adam Jones (Tool)

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@thepmill If we're just doing 9 seasons, Wainwright won 99 games in those same seasons, including a cup of coffee debut, a relief season, and a season missed due to injury.

Drew had his best year in Atlanta. It worked out well for that one year, but it was unexpected. Braves overpaid.

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@grinchmeritt Exactly! And why should some of the employees, without whom the entire operation doesn't exist, be left out of the conversation?