biggdogg
Senior Member
Has Riley's landed yet?
Call NORAD, they're probably still tracking it. When you watch it, the catcher lines up for the down and away slider to try and put Riley away on the 0-2 count, that ball was the definition of a cement mixer slider. Started right down the middle and never moved. Riley punished that sucker.Has Riley's landed yet?
The reliever rule is a good one, I think. If you're (allegedly) an MLB caliber pitcher, you should be able to get both righties and lefties out; point blank, period. 3-batters or end of inning still leaves room to play matchups if the situation dictates, but will hopefully limit some of the over specialization.I'm probably in the minority with the universal DH, but there are MAYBE 6-8 pitchers in the league that can actually swing a bat. The vast majority of pitchers go up, take three half-hearted hacks and go sit down. I would MUCH rather see Ozuna, Adams or Riley as a DH than watch Folty, Fried or Soroka make a fool of themselves.
And I love the three batter minimum for relievers. I never could stand the 'Tony LaRussa" style of bullpen management.
Face it guys we have little to none effective starting pitching short of the young guy Siroka. If our starters can’t make it outta the 3rd or 4th inning every game we will soon tax our somewhat deep pen.
Braves know they should soon receive more from Acuña, who has recorded three hits and struck out 12 times through his first 21 at-bats
same can be said for Freeman, who hasn’t fared much better, going 2-for-14 with just one extra-base hit
Braves have struck out a National League-high 64 times as they have spent their first five games facing a bevy of frontline starters
Wonder if he can pitch !Markakis is coming back
Markakis is coming back