Braves ERA leaders, NLWC:
t1: Max Fried, 0.00
t1: Ian Anderson, 0.00
t1: Will Smith, 0.00
t1: Chris Martin, 0.00
t1: Mark Melancon, 0.00
t1: Tyler Matzek, 0.00
t1: AJ Minter, 0.00
t1: Shane Greene, 0.00
t1: Darren O'Day, 0.00
If Freddie wanted to stay, he would have.
If AA wanted to do what it takes to keep Freddie, he would have.
Freddie's doing what he thinks is best for himself/his family.
AA did what he thought is best for his team.
There's no bad guys, just tough choices.
Buck proved that with hard work, dedication, excellent managerial acumen, and the largest payroll in the sport, he can turn a 3rd place team into a 2nd place team.
Braves won a World Series with their bullpen then went out and replaced Chris Martin, Jesse Chavez, and Richard Rodriguez with Kenley Jansen, Collin McHugh, and Kirby Yates.
"Billy, these are the Atlanta Braves. They are one of the best teams in baseball. Their defect is they turn into shit vs the absolute worst teams in the American League."
Freddie, when asked how they handled getting blown out last night, said that Pablo Sandoval & Marcell Ozuna led a dance party in the clubhouse this afternoon.
Playoff game times will be wild this year. No New York or Boston teams. No Cardinals. No Bay Area. Maybe no Cubs.
Braves might escape the 9 am on The Weather Channel time slot.
Most dominant teams in MLB history, ranked:
5. 1998 Yankees
4. 1929 Athletics
3. 1975 Reds
2. 1927 Yankees
1. Anyone playing the 2021 Braves when they are near .500
Braves gave up 10 players to get Matt Olson & Sean Murphy from the A's.
They've all been some combination of hurt, bad in MLB, bad in MiLB, or DFA'd, except for Bill Contreras. And he went to Milwaukee + hasn't been as good as last year.
To Mets fans whining about the Braves celebrating too much last night... this was Mr. "Throw it Again" in Sept. 2019 after a walk off walk with the team 16 games out.
Only 3 members of the 2011 Braves are still in MLB: Freddie Freeman, Jason Heyward, & Craig Kimbrel.
None are currently Braves.
All 3 will be in Atlanta this week.
All 3 have won a World Series.
Only Freddie won it in Atlanta.
The other 2 helped in their own way:
At his current pace of 1.11 hits/game, say 150 games/year for the remainder of his LA contract, that gets Freddie ~2800 hits at age 38 when he signs a 2 year deal with the Braves to finish his career as DH/backup to Matt + get 3K + retire where it started.
Friends who have been lifelong Pirates fans since 3 hours ago: what's your favorite Pirates memory of those 3 hours? For me it was definitely beating the Mets tonight.
1 year ago today, the Atlanta Braves and their demons were well on their way to blowing a 3-1 lead in excruciating fashion to the Dodgers for a second straight year, when
@TylerMatzek
came along and said absolutely the fuck not.
Max Fried absolutely not having it today doesn't bother me. That's baseball. It happened to the greatest pitcher of our generation today, too.
What ticks me off is Ranger Suarez didn't have it either and we did nothing about it.
Dansby Swanson is now the longest tenured Brave.
Ozzie Albies has the longest continuous tenure in the organization (Johan & Freddie had both been ahead of him)
Dansby & Charlie Morton are the only current Braves to play a home game at Turner Field.