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Originally Posted by LurchySoprano
Basically, exactly what I expected to happen with this team has.
I felt really good about our pitching (starting) and pretty good about our bullpen but our offense worried me. I think it was very dumb to go out and give Garret Anderson $3 million and Glavine $3 million instead of attempting to fix LF by throwing money at Abreu or Dunn who were out on the market forever. The Braves offense is mediocre at best and just flatout sucks unless Chipper and McCann are in the lineup.
I think everyone's in agreement with you there.
We're gonna be in a lot of close low scoring games this season and with the way we run in one run games i'm not feeling very confident right now.
One thing i've been noticing the past few years though is that the Braves just aren't very good at doing the little things. During the dynasty days getting a guy in from 3rd with 1 out would almost be a given. The sac bunting success rate must of been 80-85% too. Back then the whole pitching staff prided themselves on their ability to bunt but now it comes as a surprise when someone gets one down successfully. The 9th inning last night was just another instance of the ineptitude the Braves have shown in similar situations.