Pretty awful weekend for the Braves. Sounds like J-up will be okay though and hopefully Heyward and FFF can heal up over the break too. Having BJ go on the DL is probably a good thing as maybe that'll help him get his head on straight. Costanza made some nice defensive plays this weekend, but good night that lineup the Braves put out yesterday was AAA/Astros level.
7/15/2013 7:30:13 AM
the ASB is coming at a perfect time. We were lucky to split with the Reds. Maybe they'll take their time with BJ's rehab assignment and leave him down in Gwinnett for awhile to get right.
7/15/2013 7:45:50 AM
BJ had a solid 2nd half last year so I am sure the Braves brass will get him back up to the bigs as soon as he is healthy in order to hopefully save face on what looks like one of the worst FA signings in history at this point.Did not realize the Braves are the youngest team in baseball. At least the future is bright? Maybe?
7/15/2013 1:03:50 PM
^I'm not sure i believe that. Uggla and McCann, both uptons.. The marlins have to be younger don't they?
7/15/2013 5:36:07 PM
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rosters/_/sort/average_age/order/false
7/15/2013 5:40:27 PM
^^ Just going off what Chip Caray said on the DG show today. I took it at face value, but yeah you would think the Astros or Marlins would have to be younger than the Braves.
7/15/2013 5:59:52 PM
Kimbrel you're garbage.
7/16/2013 10:45:26 PM
7/16/2013 10:57:55 PM
Kimbrels not on the hook for the loss.
7/16/2013 11:00:11 PM
NL looked like garbage last night.
7/17/2013 7:44:29 AM
NL looked like ass last night. Could not hit, played shitty defense, and the pitching was meh. Kimbrel gave up a run, but the first two hits he gave up were weakly hit balls to good spots and then on the double, Dominic Brown misplayed the shit out of that ball. 8 out of 11 years since the All Star game went to this WS home field advantage thing, the AL has won it. Not cool...
7/17/2013 8:22:28 AM
AL Lineup was absolutely ridiculous though. I mean, a team of TroutCanoCabreraDavisBautistaOrtizJonesMauerHardyIs just crazy. 123 HRs between those first five guys.
7/17/2013 9:50:44 AM
comparing the AL and NL lineups was not fair at all. The AL's lineup overmatches the NL lineup so bad it isn't even funny.
7/17/2013 11:50:08 AM
RT @danconnollysun: Jair Jurrjens has been outrighted to Norfolk. He declined the assignment and is a free agent eligible to sign w anyone.— David O'Brien (@ajcbraves) July 18, 2013
RT @danconnollysun: Jair Jurrjens has been outrighted to Norfolk. He declined the assignment and is a free agent eligible to sign w anyone.
7/18/2013 4:42:25 PM
Damn.
7/18/2013 8:16:04 PM
Nice start. The team is hitting the ball well. Nice booster game for them.
7/19/2013 8:47:29 PM
Wow. We give Maholm a 4 run lead, and then he promptly loads the bases, gives up a run scoring single and then a grand slam to Alex fucking Rios, who was like 1 for his past 25. Oh well, shit happens[Edited on July 20, 2013 at 5:13 PM. Reason : /]
7/20/2013 5:12:55 PM
Wasn't able to see the game today but SC on my phone said Mahlom left after 3 innings with a wrist injury and 7 runs. Why did they keep him in that long
7/20/2013 10:12:09 PM
well he gave up the GS with no outs in the 3rd and was able to get out of the inning after that. promptly put two runners on in the 4th before leaving with the injury. so those two runners eventually scored and were charged to him.
7/21/2013 12:10:50 PM
Gotcha. Damn reed gettin robbed of a 2 run shot. That was a clutch catch
7/21/2013 4:45:18 PM
losing 2 of 3 to the Chi-Sox is pretty embarrassing. No way we should have lost yesterday. Minor pitched great, but fuck did we leave too many men on base again. The only consolation is Washington and Philly shitting the bed as well this weekend.
7/22/2013 7:56:49 AM
Yea I agree loaded bases twice in the first 3 innings. Something had to happen. A squeeze play or something. Lucky for us we go to the mets and really need a sweep for some validation. God knows I Don't want to go to St. Louis and get embarrassed on national tv again. What's the word on laird? He got hit pretty hard yesterday.
7/22/2013 9:21:02 AM
The Braves are a putrid road team. Just flat suck away from the Ted.I kind of hope Maholm is put on the DL because he just sucks right now. Reminds me of Mike Hampton once he got shitty. Just a junk baller throwing slow ass crap right down the heart of the plate. I was watching Saturday when the Braves went up 4-0 and I turned the channel. I turn it back 30 minutes later and it's 4-6 At least they will miss Harvey in this series with the Mets. Dude is sick...
7/22/2013 9:41:43 AM
Maholm to the 15 day DL. Alex Wood in the rotation.
7/22/2013 4:42:45 PM
So when were they bringing beachy back again?
7/22/2013 4:46:03 PM
^^ Kind of what I was hoping they would do. Also makes it fairly obvious who is the odd man out if/when Beachy returns. Maholm can just go into long relief now...Maybe with BJ Mendoza and Maholm both out, the Braves will open up their division lead. Thank God the NL East is awful.
7/22/2013 5:30:35 PM
God wtf is this shit. The mets about to no hit the braves
7/22/2013 8:47:52 PM
i really don't understand why you pinch hit Turd O' Slavich there when you have Reed Johnson available. Turd O' has done a lot of nothing since being called up and that strike three whiff proved it. Hate Laird went out because he would have been a good option there too.
7/22/2013 9:21:25 PM
Thank god the pirates are winning
7/22/2013 9:23:03 PM
LET'S GOOOO!
7/22/2013 9:59:30 PM
Atta Boy, Reed!
7/22/2013 10:00:20 PM
Oh look, more Kimbrel trouble.
7/22/2013 10:09:12 PM
Fuck
7/22/2013 10:17:09 PM
Thank you jay hey!
7/22/2013 10:21:04 PM
7/22/2013 10:21:56 PM
holy shit
7/22/2013 10:22:54 PM
What a grab. To be honest I don't see another Braves OF making that catch in that situation. Unreal.
7/22/2013 10:25:16 PM
Clutch.
7/22/2013 10:40:48 PM
My jaw literally dropped when I saw that catch, that will be extremely hard to top for the rest of the season.
7/23/2013 12:42:16 AM
The rout is on
7/23/2013 7:14:36 PM
more like a rout to the concessions stands
7/23/2013 8:02:42 PM
how does marlon "brady anderson" byrd already have 17 HR?
7/23/2013 8:40:21 PM
Marlon Byrd looks like Janet Jackson mixed with a Ninja Turtle
7/23/2013 9:57:45 PM
2-5 against bottom feeding teams.
7/23/2013 9:59:39 PM
Nice job Freddie for breaking the camera box!
7/24/2013 7:25:36 PM
Gattis just crushed one.
7/24/2013 7:32:32 PM
Hefner should have just walked him. That first foul ball was a sign
7/24/2013 7:36:01 PM
Thank you hefner
7/24/2013 8:51:41 PM
Well, that doesn't look good
7/24/2013 9:35:57 PM
Well fuck... Call up Beachy
7/24/2013 9:37:42 PM