Atlanta Braves Thread

Uggla and BJ Upton started the new year off like they ended the last one. Hitless.

 

At least Dan is currently making solid contact. Upton will most surely be cut or an expensive back-up.

 

Uggla sitting on the .200 line and Upton trying to climb above .150.
Hopefully they will start to fall in for them.

 

Two struggling to get going are Chris Johnson and Heyward.
The leadoff hitter can`t continue with a .150 avg and last night marked the second time so far this season that Johnson had 4 strikeouts in a game.
The Braves only had 7 as a team.

 

It took Johnson a couple of days on the bench to dramatically improve and the pitching has been fantastic. I couldn`t have thought they would be this consistent without Medlen and Beachy.
I hope it continues and I`ll be curious to see how Minor comes back from his medical issues.

 

Kent Mercker pitched the Braves' last no-hitter in 1994.

 

The Bravos` relief pitching has started out like a house of cards.
Crumbling at the first opportunities.
Kimbrel,... chillax brah.
Here is a snippet from an ESPN article:

They scored twice off the hard-throwing right-hander, who loaded the bases with a two-out walk to Lucas Duda. That's when Gonzalez went to the mound and lifted Kimbrel, who wasn't happy about it.

"That's what makes him good," Gonzalez said. "At that point of the game he don't care about his arm, he don't care about anything, but he wants to finish that inning."

Kimbrel waited an extra moment or two before reluctantly handing over the ball.

"I'm a competitor and anytime you get taken out, obviously you get upset about it and I did," said Kimbrel, who apologized to Gonzalez after the game. "That's disrespectful to him, to the team and it's just not the type of person I am and I felt awful about it."

 

Alex Wood pitches 8 innings and allows 1 run while striking out 11 Marlins and loses the game.
Now that some shit.

 

Some of the best team pitching I`ve ever seen.
Can it continue?

 

no