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Post by wncbravesfan on Apr 12, 2023 18:34:59 GMT -5
David O'Brien @dobrienatl
Pitching matchups for #Braves at #Royals: Friday: Charlie Morton vs. RH Brady Singer Saturday: Bryce Elder vs. LH Kris Bubic Sunday: Kyle Wright vs. RH Zack Greinke
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Post by wncbravesfan on Apr 13, 2023 21:11:08 GMT -5
Braves head back out on the road for a three-game series against the RoyalsAfter finishing their homestand with a sweep of the Cincinnati Reds, the Atlanta Braves will head back out on a six-game road trip Friday night. The first stop of their two-city trip involves them facing off against the Kansas City Royals. Atlanta went 4-3 on the homestand and has an NL-best 9-4 record for the season.The Braves still aren’t quite hitting on all cylinders, but have nonetheless peeled off more wins than any team other than the Rays over the first 13 games. The team’s performance has been middling overall, but they’ve managed to outscore their opponents and bank wins despite ranking just ninth in position player fWAR and 11th in pitching fWAR so far this season. Injuries have played a huge part in some of the subpar performance, though Kyle Wright returned to the rotation Tuesday and Max Fried could follow him during the road trip. Brian Snitker said Wednesday that Michael Harris II is feeling good, but continues to receive treatment for his back strain. Travis d’Arnaud is on the 7-day Concussion Injured List and there isn’t any indication yet as to when he might be ready to return. Orlando Arcia was hit on the wrist with a pitch in the finale with the Reds and will be placed on the IL after further tests indicated a microfracture.Sam Hilliard has seen the bulk of playing time in center with Harris out and has helped fill the hole (140 wRC+, 0.3 fWAR), despite a high strikeout rate (46 percent) and underwhelming inputs (.269 xwOBA). Sean Murphy has seen all of the playing time behind the plate with d’Arnaud out and had three doubles and a walk-off home run in the series against the Reds.The Royals come into the series with a 4-9 record and are in fourth place in the AL Central. They snapped a three-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 10-1 win over the Rangers. Kansas City entered Thursday’s offday tied for 27th in runs scored and tied for 20th in home runs. One player that hasn’t struggled offensively is first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, who is hitting .293/.408/.561 with two home runs and a 163 wRC+ through his first 13 games.Friday, April 14, 8:10 p.m. ET (Bally Sports Southeast, MLB Network)Charlie Morton (2023: 2 GS, 10.1 IP, 13.5 K%, 9.6 BB%, 48.7 GB%, 4.35 ERA, 5.05 FIP)Charlie Morton will make his third start of the season in Friday’s series opener. Morton’s start to the season has been a bit of a mixed bag over his first two outings. He allowed nine hits and three runs in his first start against the Cardinals while tallying just one strikeout in 5 1/3 innings. Morton struck out six in his next start against the Padres, but allowed six hits and three runs (two earned) and ran up a high pitch count that led to an exit after five innings. His stuff is still good, but he hasn’t quite been able to get everything dialed in, and at least his second start was a huge improvement over his first.Brady Singer (2023: 2 GS, 11.0 IP, 15.9 K%, 6.8 BB%, 45.5 GB%, 4.91 ERA, 4.13 FIP)Brady Singer will get the start opposite Morton in Friday’s opener. Singer will be looking to bounce back after a rough start his last time out where he allowed eight hits and five runs in six innings against the Giants. Singer has a career 93 ERA-, 94 FIP-, and 90 xFIP- over 357 innings, and set a career high with 2.9 fWAR and 153 1⁄3 innings last year. His first two starts of the year have been kind of strange — he had a 3/3 K/BB ratio but only allowed a single run in his season debut, and then had a much better 6/0 K/BB ratio but gave up some hard contact in the start after, with much worse results.Friday will be Singer’s first career start against Atlanta.Saturday, April 15, 4:10 p.m. ET (Bally Sports South)Bryce Elder (2 GS, 12.1 IP, 28.3 K%, 8.7 BB%, 50.0 GB%, 0.00 ERA, 2.51 FIP)Bryce Elder has been the biggest surprise of the Braves’ rotation over the first two turns. Elder began the season at Gwinnett, but stepped in to replace Max Fried after the latter was placed on the IL with a hamstring injury. Since then, Elder has made two starts where he has allowed eight hits combined over 12 1/3 scoreless innings. It took a roundabout way of getting there, but Elder’s spot in the rotation is secure for now. His first start of the year was only okay (6/3 K/BB ratio), but he really impressed by throwing a 7/1 K/BB ratio together in 6 1⁄3 scoreless frames against the Reds on Monday night.Kris Bubic (2 GS, 11.0 IP, 30.2 K%, 2.3 BB%, 55.6 GB%, 1.64 ERA, 1.59 FIP)While Elder has been arguably the Braves’ biggest surprise, lefty Kris Bubic has fit that description for Kansas City. Bubic allowed two runs in five innings against the Blue Jays in his first start and then blanked the Giants over six innings while allowing just two hits in his second. He has 13 strikeouts against just one walk through his first 11 innings.To date, Bubic has been an underwhelming fifth starter type (112 ERA-, 117 FIP-, 107 xFIP- over 320 career innings dating back to 2020), but he’s throwing harder than he has before while also de-emphasizing his four-seamer, and it’s paying dividends so far. The real improvement has probably been command, as Bubic really suffered from nonsensical locations for his pitches previously, but seems to be more effectively throwing a harder four-seamer up in the zone while not missing badly with the secondaries so far. The Braves might want to sit on that changeup and curve and pound them when they would fall for strikes in this one.Sunday, April 16, 2:10 p.m. ET (Bally Sports South)Kyle Wright (1 GS, 3.0 IP, 15.8 K%, 21.1 BB%, 70.0 GB%, 12.00 ERA, 7.41 FIP)Kyle Wright’s season debut certainly didn’t go as he was hoping, but he will be looking to bounce back in the series finale on Sunday. Wright made his first start of the season Tuesday against the Reds and it started out fine enough, but he ran into major trouble in the third inning. He allowed four hits, four walks and four runs in those three innings and also hit two batters while throwing 75 pitches.Zack Greinke (3 GS, 16.1 IP, 15.7 K%, 4.3 BB%, 39.3 GB%, 3.31 ERA, 4.20 FIP)Veteran Zach Greinke will make his fourth start in Sunday’s series finale. After allowing three runs over his first 11 1/3 innings, Greinke allowed six hits and four runs (three earned), including a pair of home runs, last time out against the Rangers. He has faced the Braves 11 times in his career and has a 2.75 ERA, 2.66 FIP, and 2.61 xFIP in 72 innings. This will be the first time he has faced Atlanta since the 2019 season.www.batterypower.com/2023/4/13/23681107/braves-vs-royals-series-preview-tv-info-pitching-probables
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Post by wncbravesfan on Apr 13, 2023 21:51:51 GMT -5
David O'Brien @dobrienatl 4h No effect. And it doesn't matter anyway because Grissom and Shewmake were already optioned to Triple A. Either could be recalled and optioned several times this season and it only counts as one option. That's how options work -- one per season, regardless of how many up-and-downs
A Human @7thinningscotch 4h Replying to @dobrienatl and @nhm_Blog Does it count as an option if he’s replacing a player on the IL? Or does it matter?
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 14, 2023 9:19:02 GMT -5
Fate sure did its thing last night. My wife fell and broke her hand and we spent six hours in the emergency room. How lucky was it that it happened on one of our rare off days? She would have had a heck of a time driving herself to the hospital if it had been on a game night!
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Post by wncbravesfan on Apr 14, 2023 9:56:01 GMT -5
Fate sure did its thing last night. My wife fell and broke her hand and we spent six hours in the emergency room. How lucky was it that it happened on one of our rare off days? She would have had a heck of a time driving herself to the hospital if it had been on a game night! My wife had a fairly bad touch of Vertigo yesterday and I was dealing with the same thing. Lucky for her the Braves were off !
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Post by wncbravesfan on Apr 14, 2023 10:52:28 GMT -5
David O'Brien @dobrienatl 17h It's 10-day IL for Arcia, not 60-day, for those wondering. Microfracture like this usually heals without surgery. They'll wait for it to heal and then Arcia will begin strengthening. No timetable yet for return.
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Post by PABraveFan on Apr 14, 2023 15:01:11 GMT -5
*** WEATHER UPDATE*** METMAN WEATHER SERVICES℠ 14 Apr 2023 3:50 PM EDT Kansas City MO Metro Area BRAVES GAME FORECAST (8:10 EDT)
Friday Game Time Forecast: Intermittent clouds increasing in coverage with a slight chance of an isolated shower late. Any significant rainfall should hold off until at least several hours after game time. Temps in the mid to upper 70's to near 80 (76°- 80°) dropping to low to mid 70's (70°- 74°). Winds SSE 10-15 MPH G25. Max gust 36 MPH. No precipitation is expected.
Quick look at the weekend (subject to some slight changes):
Saturday Game Time Forecast: Mostly cloudy and windy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Temps low to mid 60's falling to low to mid 50's. Winds NW 15-20 MPH G30. Precipitation is expected to be near 0.1"
Sunday Game Time Forecast: Partly to mostly cloudy and windy with temps in the mid 40's to mid 50's. Winds NW 20-30 MPH G40. No precipitation is expected.
-PA GO BRAVES!!!
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Post by wncbravesfan on Apr 14, 2023 15:26:27 GMT -5
Tonight's lineup: Acuna RF Olson 1B Riley 3B Murphy C Rosario DH Albies 2B Grisson SS Pillar LF Hilliard CF
Morton RHP
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 14, 2023 17:01:40 GMT -5
Blowzuna of the Braves on the bench with his .083/.195/.250/.445 wRC+ of 20 and his -0.4 WAR baseball player guy self.
w00t.
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Post by keystone61 on Apr 14, 2023 18:07:20 GMT -5
Fate sure did its thing last night. My wife fell and broke her hand and we spent six hours in the emergency room. How lucky was it that it happened on one of our rare off days? She would have had a heck of a time driving herself to the hospital if it had been on a game night! You're such a hopeless romantic. Women all want to be with you, don't they?
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Post by keystone61 on Apr 14, 2023 18:08:08 GMT -5
Blowzuna of the Braves on the bench with his .083/.195/.250/.445 wRC+ of 20 and his -0.4 WAR baseball player guy self.
w00t.
Is the bench in the DR by any chance?
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Post by wncbravesfan on Apr 14, 2023 18:21:09 GMT -5
PHIL 5 CIN 0 Top 3rd
NYM OAK 9:40pm
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Post by wncbravesfan on Apr 14, 2023 18:31:18 GMT -5
Justin Toscano @justinctoscano · 30m Vaughn Grissom on being back: “It feels good. Obviously it sucked what happened to (Orlando), because he’s been playing his (butt) off. He really has been. He’s been doing his job. But time calls, and whatever happens, happens. You just gotta show up. That’s all you can do."
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Post by wncbravesfan on Apr 14, 2023 18:40:32 GMT -5
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman · 18m No firm timetable for Arcia yet. The Braves will know more when he's re-evaluated in approximately 10-14 days. Castellanos spent 16 days on the IL with a similar microfracture in 2021. But his injury was to his top hand. Arcia is dealing w/ his bottom hand.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Apr 14, 2023 19:04:36 GMT -5
Fate sure did its thing last night. My wife fell and broke her hand and we spent six hours in the emergency room. How lucky was it that it happened on one of our rare off days? She would have had a heck of a time driving herself to the hospital if it had been on a game night! You're such a hopeless romantic. Women all want to be with you, don't they? When you’ve been married for 23 years and you’re just joking……but I would drive your wife to the hospital if she needed help, even if teh Barves were playing.
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