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39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




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Braves @ Cubs: Wisler vs. Hammel (Game 122 Thread)

Submitted by CTSteve on

ATL (53-70): RHP Matt Wisler (5-3, 4.65)

CHC (70-51): RHP Jason Hammel (6-5, 3.37)

First pitch: 1:20pmCT

Markakis* rf

Maybin cf
Freeman* 1b

Swisher# lf

Garcia 3b

Peterson* 2b

Ciriaco ss

Lavarnway c
Wisler p

 

Fowler# cf

Schwarber* lf

Coghlan* 2b

Rizzo* 1b

Bryant 3b

Montero* c

Soler rf

Hammel p

Russell ss


Hammel had another short outing on Tuesday against the Tigers (3 IP, 5 ER, 62 pitches) but didn’t factor in the 10-8 loss. Since June 12 he’s 1-3 with a 4.29 ERA, which is more in-line with his career numbers (65-75, 4.48) than we’d like him to be. The Braves are 27-83 (.325) against him. Freeman is 5-7 with 2 HR, and Markakis is 8-16 with a HR.

Wisler, a 22y/o Ohioan, came to the Braves in the Kimbrel-Upton trade with the Padres in April and was promoted from AAA in June. He started out strong but has gone 0-2 with a 7.20 in his four August starts, including losing to his old team (5 IP, 2 ER) his last time out. Undefeated at home, he’s 2-3 with a 5.30 on the road. None of the Cubs have faced him.

We’ll see Kluber (8-13, 3.52) vs. Lester (8-9, 3.58) tomorrow for the quickie with the Tribe before heading out west for the big games with the Giants (yes, Bumgarner) and Dodgers (Kershaw, no Greinke).

Go Cubs!

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Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:35 pm

1 pitch, 1HR...fowler. playing these crap teams has been awesome lately.

Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:06 pm

So if Chris Coghlan finishes this season with at least a .340 OBP and ~18 HRs, where is he on opening day? Cubs LF, RF, 2B, bench, or on another team? Assuming they go with Schwarber in LF and Coghlan doesn't make more strides on infield defense, this seems like a conundrum to me.

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Submitted by Charlie on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:20 pm

Definitely a good problem to have. I also think his D at 2B is a real question mark at this point--he's not obviously bad, and it's not clear he can't get better (nor is it clear that he will get better or that he's bad). If Castro, Soler, and Schwarber are the guys he shares 2B, RF, and LF with, he could still see 300+ ABs a year (plus the occasional rest day for Bryant at 3B). I am fully convinced he is not a CF, though.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:10 pm

20 over .500 woo. SF/PIT is a night game.

Submitted by Old and Blue on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:20 pm

So Schwarber is going to spend time this off season with Montero to learn more about catching. That's pretty neat. I hope Jorge Soler has someone he can hang with to learn how to run routes.

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 08:23 am

Hits a lot of line drives that don't leave the infield. JD talks about Soler needing to elevate the ball. Soler had 167 games, 652 PAs in the minors. (Bryce Harper's equivalent numbers were 139, 569.) Look at Soler's experience, not his age. He's a work in progress.

Submitted by billybucks on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:58 pm

I hope the Giants, Pirates and Cards don't play the Braves the rest of the season.

Submitted by crunch on Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:53 pm

PIT wins over SF... CHC has a 6 game WC lead (3 behind PIT for the #1 WC slot). awesome.

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Submitted by Carlito on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:05 am

Obviously people are going to say that the problem is passing 2 good teams. That said I have maintained that the Cardinals would be passed for first place. But they keep playing well. There is just no way with losing Wainwright, Holliday etc that they wouldn't suffer a slump but so far they have defied the odds and actually thrived with some very fortunate (some would say unsustainable) pitching luck (see the Twitter sidebar). I think that the Cubs or more likely The Pirates WILL catch them. Putting all that aside for a minute I don't know anyone who foresaw the Cubs being 20 games over .500 in the last week of August. Maybe The Sporting News but I thought they were just trying to sell their publication.

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Submitted by johann on Mon, 08/24/2015 - 08:20 am

Well in that 18 games we have 3 games against Giants, Dodgers and Cardinals and we will catch some very good pitchers. So more than catching the Cards having that record at the end will have meant proof that we are indeed a very good team. I really want to see if we can finally beat the Cards. This team still has some stuff to prove before the post season and this will be the stretch to see it.

Recent comments

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

  • crunch (view)

    welcome back happ!  double off the wall 1st PA back.

  • crunch (view)

    oh yeah, totally, i was just chiming about why i fan like i fan.

    i would like nothing more than hendricks to keep on hendricks'ing.  guys with his stuff can throw for a long, long time as long as it works.

    he velocity is actually up a minor amount this year.  it's really "damn" when a guy like him not only has gas in the tank, but it's looking like it was years ago.  he added a curve a few years ago and it helped a little bit, but he's throwing it less and less while the fb/change combo are less effective.

  • Alexander Dimm (view)

    CRUNCH—There is no one person in this community I’m talking about.  My remarks were not directed at you or anyone, but at a tone I’ve noticed lately. 

    You have a great, dry sense of humor and there is thought behind your comments.   You and I don’t always agree but I always understand your position.  

    Lastly, and I’ll be quiet, I agree with you on Hendricks.  We can dislike the recent performance but still love the guy.  Lots of questions about his future.
     

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