Braves are proving that no matter how good your pitchingis, without inntelligent offense ot scratch out a couple of runs a game, you'll lose.
It's even worse when you consider that we gave up Contreras as part of getting Murphy. Contreras has been world's better than Murphy has been since the trade.
To me, this is what made FF so valuable at the plate. We all remember him dropping his shoulder and getting hit after hit to the opposite field against the shift. It’s why we call him a hitter with power rather than simply a power hitter.
Olson and Fried for Freeman. Would they laugh? Braves have Sale, Strider, Lopez, and Schwells. Starting pitching is in good shape.
Murphy was better than Contreras last year. Murphy hit more homers and had almost as many rbis in about 35 less games. Contreras is always going to hit for a better average though.
I don't know if true, but I also heard that Contreras was not so good in the clubhouse. I think Murphy and Contreras pretty close, with WC having the edge offensively and Murph having the edge defensively. Here are some defensive stat comparisons:
Too late to trade Fried now. LA can just outright sign him in a couple months.
Looks like Fried is doing fine to me. Yes, the Braves don’t have a hit since the 2nd inning. SMH.
Snit left him in and he finished 7 with 1 unearned run. Snit almost put Jackson out there for the 6th cause it was his 3rd time through.
Went to the game today and it was a much needed win
