AUB1974

Thanks for these previews. Really look forward to them.

Going to Braves-Reds game tonight. The fast start has faded, rapidly -- 25 runs for Nationals in last 2 nights, against our 2 best pitchers (Tehran and Woods), and now lost 9 of last 11. Hope we aren't settling in.

Will take 5 of 6 any time -- even 4 out of 6.

Went to game tonight. Was great. Exciting team to watch. Pitching has been awesome. And set next to 2 AU grads tonight too. Great night.

I'll there Saturday night too. Got a Valentine's special -- 2 tickets to 4 set games @ $11/ticket. Never thought they'd be 4-0 or 3-1. They do seem to be a more interesting Hope and exciting team to watch in these 3 games than last season. Hope it continues...

From last year's 25 man roster on opening day, there are 6 players on the roster today. Going to be a LONG season. But glad baseball's back.

Yankees and Braves on MLB network (delayed game) at 5:00 central today.

3 weeks til opening ......

Hope springs eternal in spring... an optimistic view of the season from Braves beat writer in AJC

http://atlantabraves.blog.ajc.com/2015/02/22/despite-predictions-braves-should-be-interesting-and-more-enjoyable/

Here's a thorough look at returnees, players lost, and new guys....

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/02/who_are_these_guys_know_your_2.html#incart_more_sports

Worst season for Braves since 1990?

http://markbradley.blog.ajc.com/2015/02/16/some-chilly-projections-for-the-new-look-braves/

As mentioned a time or two, the Atlanta Braves have changed. By design, they’re no longer Frank Wren’s team. At the minor-league level, this is surely an improvement. That’s the good news. The less-good: At the major-league level, at least for the here and now, they figure to stink.

Pitchers and catchers report to Lake Buena Vista on Friday, and already the analytic-based community has turned thumbs-down on the Braves. Baseball Prospectus has them going 75-87 and finishing fourth in the NL East and 25th in the majors. FanGraphs sees them finishing 71-91 and being MLB’s second-worst team, ahead of only Philadelphia. David Schoenfield of ESPN’s SweetSpot rates the Braves 28th and figures they’ll go 68-96.

David Purdum of ESPN offers the projected win totals of the Atlantis sports book: The Braves’ over/under is 73.5,which is tied with Houston for the fifth-lowest in the majors. Buster Olney, also of ESPN, figures the Braves won’t hit that mark because they’ll be dumping more players at the July 31 deadline.

In sum, this could be the worst Braves season since 1990, when the team finished 65-97. Shortly thereafter, everything got a lot better for a very long time. Maybe it’ll happen that way again. Maybe, I say.

Can anyone name a bullpen pitcher we will have this year who was on last year's team (other than Kimbrell)? Saw where Kimbrell is now senior member of the team -- at least for now.

Certainly seems to be rebuilding toward 2017. Doesn't look good for 2015

Can you imagine Minor and Floyd donig any better than our starting pitchers have done? It's been amazing. Just hope there are no more injuries and we get a balance of pirching and offense.