chw42

Just don't get swept (again).

Houston's weakest part of the team is their middle relief. In pretty much every game this year, we haven't gotten to hit off them cause their starters seemingly dominate us for 7 innings every time out.

Also I vote to never wear the City Connect jerseys again. We're 0-3 in them and always play like crap.

We somehow made this into a blowout. God we just suck against Houston.

How did we managed to walk their .171 hitting 9th hitter twice? Just pathetic.

TLR needs to learn from Cease's start against Minny and just pull him.

We really don't have a large margin for error against good teams like the Astros. One defensive misplay is the difference between a dominant start for Cease and a mediocre one.

McCullers is gonna go all 9 at this rate.

Brantley owns Cease.

Looks like those 4 days off didn't do a lot for Jose.

Such unnecessary runs to give up. There were 2 outs.

I'm not watching, did Garcia not cover 2nd or something?

There goes the no hitter.

Quintana produced about 7 WAR over 3.5 seasons for the Cubs and got paid $26 million while doing it. He was basically a ML average starter for them overall. Eloy has produced 3.4 WAR in 2 seasons and Cease had produced 2.3 WAR in a little over 2 seasons. That's almost 6 WAR alone in just 2 seasons of play for them. You also have to take into account that we control them both for 4+ more years. When you consider how much Quintana underperformed for them, I really don't think you can say it was a even trade.

Kopech alone is worth more than Gallo. But nah, let's throw in our best pitching prospect too while we're at it.

Were they cheating when they got swept by the Orioles at home? I just think they're extremely streaky.

Yeah I saw he was hitting .207.

Ball is the 12th prospect in the Braves' system. MLB Pipeline has him as a 45 grade prospect. He'd probably be top 10 in our system.

Also if that's the price for a rental, why don't we have Escobar yet?

So the Braves had to choose from Eaton or Joc. Much like what we did this off-season lol.

Moncada is a really bad 2B. He's a pretty good 3B. I know Burger would be a nice upgrade in the lineup if he could play everyday, but you don't move your most valuable position player so you can plug in a rookie who's been up for 2 weeks.

I guess the only guy Katz couldn't fix is Lopez.

Well now my second question is...who the hell would want Reylo in a trade?

Why would he be skipped if the spot start is 5 days away? He can just pitch and be on normal rest for Monday.

A B+ is awfully low given how much this team has overachieved with all the injuries.