au21tigers 0 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Braves kill the Mets and Dickey. Sutton just named Bo the pitcher of the game after throwing out the first pitch today.. Apparently Brave pitchers were not impressive today. No pitcher was impressive. Everyone sucked on the mound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTUmike 79 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I'm liking this team with the exception of the bullpen. The moves late in spring training to acquire Livan and Durbin are just as curious now as they were then--both have sucked. As I think I said a couple weeks ago, I understand the Livan acquisition a tad more but with all the arms we have in the farm system I'd rather see some of those up to round out the bullpen. And Livan is obviously a long guy in the pen--but we already have Christian Maritnez and Kris Medlen for those roles so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro Johnny Mac 1,403 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Our pen is our greatest strength.Livan will help us in the longrun.He will eat up innings,which will save O'Flaherty and Venters from breaking down from to many innings,like they did last year.We can use Livan in games where the score is out of hand and Medlen and Martinez and OFlaherty can take some innings off here and there.Those innings will and up come August,and Medlen and co. will be fresher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerfangs 269 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I panic when Durbin takes the hill, but i like the livan pickup. im no expert but i do watch every game, and last year he did work when the braves met. on that note i was trying to figure out why livan has not been used as much as durbin...wonder if hes having trouble getting loose quick in the pen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gAUlf 1 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I panic when Durbin takes the hill, but i like the livan pickup. im no expert but i do watch every game, and last year he did work when the braves met. on that note i was trying to figure out why livan has not been used as much as durbin...wonder if hes having trouble getting loose quick in the pen? Livan did a great job of beating the Braves his whole career. That's why we signed him, Wren appears to only know about/ cares about getting players that have a good history against the Braves. Livan hasn't really been impressive in his 4 appearances this year. He's pitched 7.2 innings, but given up 4 runs all earned with 11 hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gAUlf 1 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 JJ sent to the minors to try and get his stuff together. http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_04_23_atlmlb_lanmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=atl I remember thinking how stupid it was to have Jurjens on the trading block this spring. I hope it didn't screw with his head too much, and I hope we didn't make a mistake pulling the trigger with trading him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald McDonald 0 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 I know hindsight is 20/20 but I now wish we would've traded Jurjjens when he was hot before the All Star break last year. To think we could've possibly gotten Matt Kemp for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
au21tigers 0 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
au4lyfe 0 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I remember when Braves fans thought JJ was too much to give up for Kemp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
au21tigers 0 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I was actually laughing at the thought Braves could afford Kemp with these owners. Also,a JJ trade last year to get him :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald McDonald 0 Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 There was legitimate talk about it at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimesAU 89 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Well is this Kemp guy even any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styxfan34 0 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Well is this Kemp guy even any good? I've heard decent things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimesAU 89 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Great start by Beachy tonight. Struck out Kemp and Ethier on two BEAUTIFUL fastballs on the black. Let's see if he can keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gAUlf 1 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 OMG!! Did anyone see the Dodgers closer take that line drive from Mac to the face?!? Glad dude is ok. Glad we made a rally too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuburnTigers1 0 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 OMG!! Did anyone see the Dodgers closer take that line drive from Mac to the face?!? Glad dude is ok. Glad we made a rally too! Oh yeah! I jumped off my couch. I thought he was gonna be hurt bad. I think it messed with his head though. And how about Chipper Jones? That guy just keeps finding ways to help this team win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
au4lyfe 0 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 OMG!! Did anyone see the Dodgers closer take that line drive from Mac to the face?!? Glad dude is ok. Glad we made a rally too! Oh yeah! I jumped off my couch. I thought he was gonna be hurt bad. I think it messed with his head though. And how about Chipper Jones? That guy just keeps finding ways to help this team win. That man can definitely still hit. Just incredible. I still expect him to get hurt every time he makes a sudden movement, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimesAU 89 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 OMG!! Did anyone see the Dodgers closer take that line drive from Mac to the face?!? Glad dude is ok. Glad we made a rally too! Oh yeah! I jumped off my couch. I thought he was gonna be hurt bad. I think it messed with his head though. And how about Chipper Jones? That guy just keeps finding ways to help this team win. That man can definitely still hit. Just incredible. I still expect him to get hurt every time he makes a sudden movement, though. ^^This. Chip can still mash but I cringe every time he moves. A shot like their closer took really sticks in a pitcher's mind. I took a line-drive off my planted leg that literally flipped me 360 in the air and completely shattered my ankle. Lost an SEC scholarship because of it. Anytime a ball is hit up the middle now(on TV) I flinch and get a little sick to my stomach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,453 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 OMG!! Did anyone see the Dodgers closer take that line drive from Mac to the face?!? Glad dude is ok. Glad we made a rally too! Javy Guerra last night getting hit. His very lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro Johnny Mac 1,403 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 That was the funnest game of the year to watch.Great comeback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifter2021 0 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I kind of figured that if Wren were to trade any of the starters Jurrjens was the guy. I think the guy can be solid but he has never been able to have consistent mechanics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifter2021 0 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Found this cool site if anyone is interested in contracts and how hard/expensive it will be to hold on to all our players http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bro Johnny Mac 1,403 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 The boat has sailed for a trade for JJ Im afraid.We couldnt get much for him right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,453 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Braves are playing good baseball right now. If Michael and Prado can keep hitting at the top of the order things will be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,974 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Excuse me for not reading all329 pages and just being a part time fan. Did hayward lose weight? He looks much slimmer this year. He frustrares by getting behind in the count looking every time(it seems). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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