Show #185: The Braves Losing Streak Reaches 8
Breaking down the streak: what’s gone wrong and how much does it mean for the long haul?
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May 30th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Constanza>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Francisco
May 30th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Anne, watched it again today. Might be my favorite filmed Shakespeare, even above Branagh’s Much Ado. Hope you dig it. Subtitles are very handy, especially to catch all the little pieces of dialogue Ralph (brilliantly) gave to the tv news playing low in the scene.
May 30th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
Freeze, Freese! Now sit down.
May 30th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Kimbrel is a madman tonight. What a pitcher.
May 30th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Pastornicky >>>>>>> Wilson.
8)
May 30th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Out 27. Ballgame. This division is bunchin’ up like crazy.
May 30th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
If scores hold:
Nats -
Fish .5
Mets 1.5
Atl. 2
Phil 3
May 30th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Seattle 17, Texas 0, fifth inning.
May 30th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
98 – definitely agree that Prado/Constanza is far, far better than Francisco/Prado. Even if Constanza does what he did last year and is only good in short spurts, that’ll get us through until Chipper returns from the DL.
Right now, Durbin is much better than Venters, and I never thought I’d say that.
May 30th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Wow. Pastornicky optioned to Gwinnett. Simmons likely coming up.
May 30th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
….according to Mark Bowman
May 30th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
Atlanta Braves @Braves: “Roster Move: T. Pastornicky has been optioned to Gwinnett. The contract of A. Simmons has been purchased from Mississippi, will wear #19.”
May 30th, 2012 at 10:46 pm
keithlaw @keithlaw: “Atlanta calling up SS Andrelton Simmons. 80 arm, 80 glove, 60 run, contact hitter without power.”
May 30th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
I was shocked at first but now I understand. Simmons will provide outstanding defense with at least some on base skills. Pastornicky has a .281 OBP right now. He’s sucking offensively and defensively. Might as well get someone in here that can field.
May 30th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
It seems Pastornicky is the more skilled offensive player and maybe would have turned it around. But if the team hits to its potential, probably best to have the glove, and he’s probably no worse offensively than what Pastornicky has done so far.
May 30th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
Love the aggression by the Braves front office. I fear Simmons will be an offensive bust even worse than Pastornicky, but we gotta get some run prevention up in this piece.
May 30th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
The Braves are 5th in the NL in OPS+, 3rd in runs scored per game but have allowed the 6th-most runs per game and are tied for 5th-worst in defensive efficiency (percentage of balls in play converted to outs).
May 30th, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Guaranteed automatic improvement
May 31st, 2012 at 2:35 am
I like this move. You can’t have the Rev and Danny Pipes as your middle infielders. All Simmons has to do is hit somewhere between .200 and .220, even Jason Heyward can do that. I kid. But in all seriousness Simmons has sick range and a hose. Turning a dp won’t be iffy anymore.
May 31st, 2012 at 8:48 am
@100 – fair enough. But he’s struggling so bad right now, and wins have been so hard to come by, maybe last night’s situation was not the best to bring him in too. Alls Well That Ends Well (that was for Bub and Anne right there).
May 31st, 2012 at 8:49 am
At first blush, I have no issue with the Pastor/Simmons move. And I’m excited for the Simmons era. Just hope he’s not being rushed.
May 31st, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Do you guys think that the Braves would ever ask Heyward to just take BP against inside fastballs for a week? Or would they tip-toe around it? Just curious. I hate that ego controls so much in this sport. I get the feeling they would not ask him to do that.
May 31st, 2012 at 1:54 pm
No. Maybe they make him watch video
May 31st, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Looking at Baseball Reference, Heyward’s 1-hit-show is just as bad as I thought. It doesn’t just seem like he’s good for about a hit per night, with zeros liberally sprinkled in, it really IS what’s going on.
In 50 games, he has four 2-hit games, and one lonely 3-hit game way back in mid April against Astros pitching.
In 30 of 50 games, Heyward has 1 hit.
In 15 of 50 games, he has 0 hits.
His .739 OPS is at its low point of the season right now. It’s been steadily dropping for a couple of weeks.
Multi-hit games from others (to compare with Heyward’s 5):
Uggla: 12
Freeman: 14
Bourn: 19! (with NINE 3-hit games!)
Prado: 20!
McCann: 10
Pastornicky: 7
Chipper: 10
He does have 22 walks on the season, which adds value, but sheesh, other than Pastornicky, everybody on the team has twice as many multi-hit games. I’ve never seen anybody with his tools become unable to get hot for a game or two for this long.
One Hit Heyward.
May 31st, 2012 at 3:22 pm
From DOB earlier:
Heyward’s past 36 games: .189 (23-for-122) w/ 4 HR, 16 BB, 37 K, 4 SB (7 SBA), .293 OBP, .344 slugging (.637 OPS)