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Can't remember a team we had that 1 to 8 were legit 30 home run power capable guys.  

Acuna
Albies
Freeman
Riley
Swanson
Duvall
Joc
Solar

I know theirs no catcher there was just more so listing that we could make a full lineup of 30+ power guys based on either past seasons or easily on pace for it this year.  You throw Travis and Fried in there as a swap out and that lineup has no weakness of guys that are easy outs or can't hurt you badly.

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3 minutes ago, FalconFan13 said:

Can't remember a team we had that 1 to 8 were legit 30 home run power capable guys.  

Acuna
Albies
Freeman
Riley
Swanson
Duvall
Joc
Solar

I know theirs no catcher there was just more so listing that we could make a full lineup of 30+ power guys based on either past seasons or easily on pace for it this year.  You throw Travis and Fried in there as a swap out and that lineup has no weakness of guys that are easy outs or can't hurt you badly.

2003 Braves. Every regular was in double digits and 4 were over 25 HR, 3 were over 35 HR and one was over 40. Robert Fick was last among the everyday guys with 11. The pitching staff even combined for 4 HRs. 

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3 minutes ago, usmcdirtybird said:

Wow, Robert fick. Forgot about that guy. 

 

2 minutes ago, Unknøwn said:

Well. He did only spend 1 year in Atlanta. The Braves called up some rookie named Adam LaRoche to take over in 2004. 

Fick might have stayed with the Braves in 2004 but if you remember in the playoffs in 2003 against the Cubs he threw a forearm shiver at Cubs 1st baseman Eric Karros trying to knock the ball loose and it sealed his fate. Braves fined him and he was done in a Braves uniform.

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1 minute ago, AUTiger7222 said:

 

Fick might have stayed with the Braves in 2004 but if you remember in the playoffs in 2003 against the Cubs he threw a forearm shiver at Cubs 1st baseman Eric Karros trying to knock the ball loose and it sealed his fate. Braves fined him and he was done in a Braves uniform.

Yep, Bobby Cox himself handed Fick the fine for what he thought was a dirty play. Fick always maintained it was "just baseball.

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Just now, Unknøwn said:

2003 Braves. Every regular was in double digits and 4 were over 25 HR, 3 were over 35 HR and one was over 40. Robert Fick was last among the everyday guys with 11. The pitching staff even combined for 4 HRs. 

yeah about as close as you can get to it i think but even then i think 1 to 8 this lineup provides more power potential than that one.   I see 6 guys in our lineup that could legit reach 32 to 35 homers this year including a healthy Acuna ofcourse who would have been our 40+ guy i imagine with the pace he was on if he reached a full 162 he was on pace for 50 HR this season. 

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3 minutes ago, usmcdirtybird said:

It was a hole for a while. 

The Braves between Fred McGriff and Freddie Freeman went something like 17 straight years or something crazy like that with a different opening day 1st baseman. It was absolutely brutal. Even when LaRoche was here he didn't start at 1B every opening day cause Bobby rarely played him against lefties.

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6 minutes ago, AUTiger7222 said:

The Braves between Fred McGriff and Freddie Freeman went something like 17 straight years or something crazy like that with a different opening day 1st baseman. It was absolutely brutal. Even when LaRoche was here he didn't start at 1B every opening day cause Bobby rarely played him against lefties.

Casey Kotchman, Troy Glaus, Scott Thorman (?), and others… and we basically rented Texeira for parts of two years

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