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The 1st place in the NL East Braves win 12-3 over the Mets raising their record to 43-30 and dropping the Mets record to 34-38. With the Phillies-Nationals game rained out the Braves have a 3 game lead in the NL East over the 2nd place Phillies. The winning pitcher is 8-1 Mike Siroka and the losing pitcher is 5-5 Zack Wheeler.
 
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I’ve been a Blackmon fan since watching him at Tech in person. Secretly, have wanted the Braves to get him here. He set the modern day record this past week with 15 hits in four games. Charlie could hit anywhere on my lineup card!
 
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GTJake said:
... Braves have scored 90 runs in 11 games !!
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Apologize if this reeks in negativity, however we have given up 49 runs(almost 5 per game). I’m not going to pretend that we could average close to 9 per game vs. the Dodgers in a playoff scenario. My major concern is the Bullpen. It needs to be cleaned up. We have a few good set-up men, and Grant Dayton deserves a chance this time. Cautiously optimistic with Tehran, Folty, although Fried needs his innings watched closely and always keep him around 90 pitches. Yes, even during a no-no.
 

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Buzzbomb said:
Apologize if this reeks in negativity, however we have given up 49 runs(almost 5 per game). I’m not going to pretend that we could average close to 9 per game vs. the Dodgers in a playoff scenario. My major concern is the Bullpen. It needs to be cleaned up. We have a few good set-up men, and Grant Dayton deserves a chance this time. Cautiously optimistic with Tehran, Folty, although Fried needs his innings watched closely and always keep him around 90 pitches. Yes, even during a no-no.
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Depending on how good Keuchel pitches in the next month, it's still possible that we may need a starting pitcher and bullpen help IMO. There's no doubt that the offense has helped mask the pitching issues we still have. Typically, games tighten up in the playoffs and you're less likely to face the back-end rotation guys against most teams. We've got to be able to win some 3-2 and 4-3 type games to be real contenders.
 
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sidewalkGTfan said:
Depending on how good Keuchel pitches in the next month, it's still possible that we may need a starting pitcher and bullpen help IMO. There's no doubt that the offense has helped mask the pitching issues we still have. Typically, games tighten up in the playoffs and you're less likely to face the back-end rotation guys against most teams. We've got to be able to win some 3-2 and 4-3 type games to be real contenders.
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Like I brought up a month ago and Mike gave the statistics on yesterday: Mike Minor would make the rotation sizzle, and give us the option of moving Folty to closer(his velocity has really increased)and limiting some of Fried & Soroka’s innings. Still need quality relievers, plural!
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Atlanta has signed 29 of 40 and a few others are out of eligibility:
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Like I brought up a month ago and Mike gave the statistics on yesterday: Mike Minor would make the rotation sizzle, and give us the option of moving Folty to closer(his velocity has really increased)and limiting some of Fried & Soroka’s innings.
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Minor could be a Major addition. If they serious about limiting Fried/Soroka innings then i wouldn't be surprised to see a 6man rotation soon.
 
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