Thursday, April 14, 2011
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE LINEUP- BRAVES OFF TO A ROUGH START
I think its time Fredi has to do something- the braves are struggling right now- they cant get the big hit and the offense isnt producing much period. I think Nate Mcclouth in the #2 spot is a big mistake. Hes not producing enough to be hitting in front of Chipper. Maybe they need to try him at leadoff and have Prado hitting 2nd or move Mcclouth down in the order and have Heyward hitting 2nd. I think Fredi right now looks alot like Bobby Cox- stuck in his own ways and not agressive enough. Why didnt Fredi let Matt Young steal tonight to put him in scoring position for the potential winning run? When are the Braves goin to start running and manufactoring runs like the best teams in Baseball do? Yes it is early in the season but how long can you keep on going with this lineup thats not producing?? Come on now changes need to be made.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
MY THOUGHTS AFTER BRAVES FIRST 10 GAMES
The Atlanta Braves are 4-6..It is still way to early to be concerned-baseball is a long season BUT I can say that Iam dissappointed in the way the Braves played vs Philly. The pitching has been great-I feel bad for Derek Lowe-he has pitched great in his 3 starts this year but only has one win to show for it. The Phillies have suprised me how well they have started the season offensively scoring 7 runs a game-the Braves offense has been the opposite-so far they have not had the big hits or the big innings.You have to tip your hat to Roy Oswalt for his preformance saturday and Cole Hamels pitched great sunday.
The Braves offense will come around Iam confident in that. I think Freddi Gonzalez should try shaking things up a little bit- move Mcclouth down in the order-give Eric Hinske a start at first base.I think Freddy Freeman will be good eventually but Im not suprised one bit by his struggles. I have been presently suprised with Chipper Jones- he really looks good. I would love to see the Braves be more agressive manufactoring runs. In the home opener Friday night the Phillies stole 3 bases in the first inning-thats more steals then the Braves have for the season..The best teams in baseball have speed and know how manufacture the runs. The Braves for the last 20 years have never done that-and I believe thats why the only have one Championship to show for it. Thats a big reason why Nate Mcclouth is so important to the Braves this year. He has great speed but hes not hitting to get on base to steal some. The Braves offense would be so much better if we had those guys who could get on and steal bases- but they sit back and wait for the 3 run homerun and it doesnt come often enough. Iam fully confident that Dan Uggla will come around and produce for us.Its still way to early to panic but losing 2 of 3 to the Phillies in the home opening weekend was dissappointing.The Phillies out pitched,out hit,out ran and did everything the Braves didnt do to win 2 of 3 games.I hope to see different results starting Tuesday with Florida.
The Braves offense will come around Iam confident in that. I think Freddi Gonzalez should try shaking things up a little bit- move Mcclouth down in the order-give Eric Hinske a start at first base.I think Freddy Freeman will be good eventually but Im not suprised one bit by his struggles. I have been presently suprised with Chipper Jones- he really looks good. I would love to see the Braves be more agressive manufactoring runs. In the home opener Friday night the Phillies stole 3 bases in the first inning-thats more steals then the Braves have for the season..The best teams in baseball have speed and know how manufacture the runs. The Braves for the last 20 years have never done that-and I believe thats why the only have one Championship to show for it. Thats a big reason why Nate Mcclouth is so important to the Braves this year. He has great speed but hes not hitting to get on base to steal some. The Braves offense would be so much better if we had those guys who could get on and steal bases- but they sit back and wait for the 3 run homerun and it doesnt come often enough. Iam fully confident that Dan Uggla will come around and produce for us.Its still way to early to panic but losing 2 of 3 to the Phillies in the home opening weekend was dissappointing.The Phillies out pitched,out hit,out ran and did everything the Braves didnt do to win 2 of 3 games.I hope to see different results starting Tuesday with Florida.
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