For the A Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 Bot 6 Phillies lead 1-0 and have no hitter going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrue7 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, ToxicBraves said: Bot 6 Phillies lead 1-0 and have no hitter going No hitter? Not a no hitter. No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmite Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 1 hour ago, AUTiger7222 said: Will Smith since June 21st 19 G, 19 IP, 18 H, 3 HR, 7 R, 7 ER, 6 BB, 17 SO, 3 HBP, 3.32 ERA, 1.26 WHIP .243/.325/.446 (.771) Just 4 clean outings. He's allowed multiple baserunners 6 times. What's particularly concerning about Will Smith right now is that he has had only 1 clean outing out of his last 10 outings. 10 G, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 HR, 4 BB, 8 SO, 2 HBP, 4.50 ERA, 1.30 WHIP .237/.341/.500 (.841) The most concerning thing about Will Smith's outing last night was the way he was aiming his pitches. Yes, I know he had 2 strikeouts but if you go back and look at those ABs those weren't particularly good pitches. Those were more just terrible ABs. The first two sliders to Zimmerman were good pitches but the one that got the strikeout was a hanger and Smith was lucky he missed it. Then the strikeout pitch to Escobar was a hanger way up out of the zone that Escobar thankfully chased. Will Smith seems scared of his fastball right now and when he struggles it's because he refuses to throw his fastball and he gets slider happy and his slider quite frankly isn't a very good pitch if we're being honest. It only works if he's ahead in the count. If you look at when he's good it's when he's pitching off his fastball and getting ahead of the count and then he can get guys to chase that slider out of the zone. It's just frustrating to see a guy who pitches scared sometimes and right now Will Smith is pitching scared. This is not me hating on the guy. It's well known I don't like the guy but this is also a very real and honest assessment of how he's pitching right now and you're not being honest with yourself if you aren't concerned. Worth noting that HBP batters are not reflected in WHIP, which would make it worse of course. Good closers, or pitchers in general, hover around 1.00 WHIP or below. AUTiger7222 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 The Phillies lead the Reds 2-0 going to the bottom of the 7th. The Reds have no hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Phillies just made it 3-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Ozzie hit that ball 109.5 mph and it was an out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconsd56 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 The ump is squeezing fried like he was a lemon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmite Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 2 strikes called balls for Fried on Robles. Hope that doesn’t continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Just now, falconsd56 said: The ump is squeezing fried like he was a lemon Well that's not encouraging. This is the 5th time Max Fried has started a game with this umpire behind the plate and he's got an ERA over 5 in those starts. And we've already seen 2 strikes get called balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 OMG!!! What a play by Ozzie Albies!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmite Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Well he gave Fried 2 balls as strikes at the bottom of the zone against Soto. I’ll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Phillies now up 5-1 in the 8th. Braves desperately need to win to keep pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Max Fried is absolutely amazing!! I love this kid!! Kid is a freaking baseball player. He can pitch, field and hit. He's the modern day Greg Maddux!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Ozzie!!! Fried scores and the Braves lead 1-0!! Thank you Robles!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Freddie singles home Ozzie and it's 2-0 Braves!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Fried has 13 hits on the season now, Kevan Smith had 15 as a Brave. Fried's OBP is also .390, OPS up to .811. He passed deGrom for the most hits in MLB for a pitcher not named Ohtani. AUTiger7222 and ATL Fan in the DMV 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Easy shutdown inning for Max Fried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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For the A Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Unknøwn said: Can someone let Sarah Lang’s know that he is not a Pitcher. He is an Athlete. Edited August 14, 2021 by ToxicBraves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Man, that really grinds my gears. Max Fried has a perfect game working and loses it on that mess. Really annoys me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Double play would be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTiger7222 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Great play by Dansby and good work by Fried to limit the damage to 1. That could have been a really ugly inning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For the A Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 42 minutes ago, AUTiger7222 said: Phillies now up 5-1 in the 8th. Braves desperately need to win to keep pace. With the Phillies September schedule. I feel the division is theirs to lose. Verses teams above .500 the rest of the season. This is not counting the Mets, which each team has 1 remaining series and the remaining series between these 2 Braves: 15 Phillies: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born Again Georgian Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Got home in time to see a 2-1 lead. Kind of a weird feeling having all of this optimism given how long the Braves have spent treading water. It's refreshing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL58 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, AUTiger7222 said: Man, that really grinds my gears. Max Fried has a perfect game working and loses it on that mess. Really annoys me. No hitters/perfect games are not important anymore. Gotta keep pitchers fresh and healthy. That’s the priority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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