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GTJake
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Looking at the glass half-full ... we had bad timing and caught the Rockies at a time when their offense was rolling, don't know what the record for extra base hits in a three game series is, but they had to be close, and came within one strike on Saturday of taking two out-of-three.
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... I must have missed something, where did this Webb guy come from ???
His mothers womb!
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He was born on my birthdate, excepting his year was 1993. Small college in Kansas and taken in the 18th round of the 2014 Draft. Had TJ surgery about a year later. Last year he split time with Miss./Gwinnett, ERA just over 3 w/ 18 saves. During Spring Training he had a rough outing which inflated his numbers, plus we thought more proven commodities were present. That turned out to be wrong.
If Venters is really coming back, I’m not sitting in the OF seats. His sinker has turned into a stinker. Plus, I don’t have any health insurance presently. The bullpen has been directly responsible for 5 losses and several games they put out of reach by not keeping the game close. Something like 60 plus walks in less than 100 innings.
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Folty-Gausman-Fried-Soroka-Tehren is a pretty good starting rotation ... if we could fix the bullpen we'd have a good shot at the NL East !
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Don't forget about Newcomb too. I don't really trust him, but he has proven that he can be an effective starter. I wish the Braves would leave Wilson and Touissant in the pen. Then cut Sobotka and stash Venters at AAA now that we have Blevins.
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Yes, I like Touki and think he'd be good in the pen ... and I also agree, Newcomb needs to figure out his control issue's before I trust him anywhere.
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This link has Webb's minor league stats down toward the bottom
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/3054660/jacob-webb/
Blevins may be ok for replacing the two lefties on the DL.
https://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball...effort-better-bullpen/4tkNzhz333vpPz4XP9ihSL/
i still think we'd be better off with Kimbrel sooner rather than later.
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I just saw where he also walked zero last night in 6 innings. So 13 innings, no walks and 3 ER. Maybe he has found his release point again.
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We suck. 
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In my opinion, he just doesn’t trust his stuff enough against the big boys. He tries to be too perfect instead of just throwing strikes. Against AAA competition, he believes he is better than the batter, so he attack’s them and expects his stuff to overpower them.
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Nice dinger by Dansby last night to seal the deal ... I like him batting second in the order and hope he stays there !!
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The article in this mornings AJC about the Braves not clicking on all cylinders is spot-on ... hopefully we can hang around until we start clicking.
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Ureña tonight.... Do we bean him?
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Yeah, hopefully over the head with our baseball bats (sic) ... currently combining good offense and good pitching has been a challenge, maybe we can get things going this weekend against the Fish !!
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Sounds like we called Touki up for “Long Relief” this morning.. we will see