@BeaneaterB Remember when Beans was defending S. Murphy when everyone wanted Baldwin? Saying, relax, he's new...the pitchers will figure him out and then they never did. Now, he's hyping a SS with barely more than a week under his belt.
@BeaneaterB Alright, I think I've figured Beans out. He's all about the players individually, not the Braves as a whole. Bean, you can have all the shinies you want, it doesn't necessarily mean the team is good, as a whole.
@BeaneaterB Ya know, if you projected Mateo's hits to match Acuna's ABs (195), he'd have just 3 less hits. Point is, Mateo is a part-time player. You go out and try to stay sharp when you don't get the playing time. Mateo has had some solid moments this year when he was playing regularly.
@mike_pavao@MHIIisKing I totally agree with trading Murphy. Way too much money for a backup catcher that has played about 43% of games since he came here. But, they also need to trade Acuna for assets. Everyone knows they will not pay him what he is going to ask. So, smart move is to trade him.
@MHIIisKing Schwelly is not expected back until September, AJSS late July. Even so, you can't have great expectations from them. So, if you count on them to be solid starters and don't make moves to bolster SP by deadline, it could bite them in the ass.
@MHIIisKing The team, as a whole, was great in spite of him, I would say. Not like he was contributing very much this year, outside of a fantastic 3 games Cincy series.
@MHIIisKing Ritchie is going to be a superstar in a couple of years. Glavine, Maddux and Smoltz all struggled the first year. Ricthie has the pitches, he just needs the command.
@MHIIisKing Yeah, if you didn't see how the last 6 weeks fell completely apart, then happy. Unfortunately, realization has set in and the team has come back to earth and shown they are still the same team as the last 2 years.
@MHIIisKing Standings below, as of June 7th. Phools were 9.5 & Fish were 14 back. We've lost series to SF twice, STL twice, swept by SD, NYM and spit a 4 gamer with NYM. Going 10-19 since 6/7 against some really bad teams doesn't give hope to anyone, but the delulu.
@MHIIisKing And you're basing this off what? Your feelings? You should be ore concerned that they are just 5 games away from being totally out of the playoff picture all together. This team currently resembles the 2024 and 25 teams, making April and May look like an anomaly.