Friday, July 24th, 2009
The Braves suddenly have a power-hitting shortstop they didn't know they had: Yunel Escobar. Moving him down in the lineup seems to have unleashed an ability Escobar hadn't shown before. He's now up to 11 homers and a very good .857 OPS to go with average (not stellar) defense and ...
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Excuse this quick media rant:
What makes a player good defender? If you're following some Braves broadcasters and writers, you'd think it's a lack of errors, and little else.
For many years, defensive statistics were so limited that they were meaningless. We had errors, along with putouts and assists, but these have ...
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Derek Lowe has been alarmingly inconsistent this year, so much so that you could make a legitimite case for him as the worst member of the Braves' current rotation. He hasn't been able to locate his sinker half the time, and as you're probably aware, that's a big part of ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
We're digging into the farm system for today's chart.
A 16th-round pick out of Nova Southeastern University (Division II), Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg is the Appalachian league's leading hitter and the Danville Braves' first baseman. He's hitting .459/.500/.721 in 70 PAs, which is basically what I do in my video games.
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Objectively speaking, Brian McCann has been the Braves' best hitter this year. He has an .883 OPS, the best among Braves who have been regulars all year. But is McCann anti-clutch?
He has been this year. His WPA is barely in the black at +0.03 despite All-Star-level numbers in most categories. The ...
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