Atlanta Baseball Talk

Playing GM at the All Star Break. All Star Game predictions. Awards at the break. Shots in the Dark and the Week Ahead.

The 2-5 week. Braves in on Machado. Carter Stewart does not sign. Braves ASG selections.

Horrible series with BAL and TOR and CIN is followed by a sweep of the Cards. Who is this team? Freddie struggles, but Ender, Ozzie and Johan are on fire. What do we do at the trade deadine? Third Base upgrade? Pen help? Another starter? Who scares you more, the Nats or the Phillies?

We finish up a cruddy week. Should we be worried, or does this happens sometimes. AA says we have money to spend if the right move is there. Do we believe him? Moylan struggles. Should he stay or go? Acuna returns soon. Where is the best fit for him? We have a brutal stretch heading into the ASG. Can we hold onto first place? All that plus Shots in the Dark and the Week Ahead!

Braves have an amazing week and end it with a 3.5 game lead on the Nats. Bullpen woes. Starting pitching excellence. Acuna re-rises. All Star Braves. All that plus #abtsitd and the week ahead.

Except for some brief explosions, the offense struggles on the California road trip. With Teheran to the DL, what is the future of the Braves starting rotation? Austin Riley to the DL, decreasing his odds of being on team this year. Should we try to upgrade? Acuna Returns. Braves do well in the draft. All that plus Shots in the Dark and the Week Ahead.

Folty and Newkcomb dominate the Nats in a huge series win for the Braves. Is our bullpen bad or does Snitty just not know how to use it? Both?? Thoughts in advance of the trade deadline. Freddie's hot streak and Dansby's tepid return. Do we need a new batting order? All this plus Shots in the Dark and the Week Ahead

The Acuna injury.  What does this week mean?  Folty's amazing numbers in 2018.

Grades a quarter way through. Confidence shown in Miami. Bautista Gone; Gohara Starts.

The Braves are in first in the east and are killing it. Who deserves the credit?   When should the Joey Bats era end? Markakis as a monster, what should we do after this season? Or even before?   McCarthy is bad. What are our options?   Newcomb is a staff ace.   All that plus Shots in the Dark and the Week Ahead.

An incredibly exciting sweep in NY followed by an incredibly disappointing series at home against SF. Mike Soroka is here and is awesome. Joey Bautista actually didn't ruin everything. Acuna and Ozzby Swanbies. Shots in the Dark and the Week Ahead.

Acuna lands with a splash. Albies and Acuna go 1-2 and good things happen. The Joey Bats train makes a pit stop. Tracking Ozzby Swanbies. All that plus Shots in the Dark and the Week Ahead.

When can we believe in this team. Our future is just as solid as Freddie's wrist. What to make of Teheran. Fair or Foul: Wisler's Mets start is sustainable?  Joey Bats in the house. Plus the introduction of the  the Acuna Tracker and the Ozzby Swanbies Tracker. All that plus Shots in the Dark and the Week Ahead

Should we bring Acuna up now or wait. Is Kurt Suzuki our best catcher, even when everyone is healthy? The amazing middle infield.

We check in on whether this hot start is sustainable and reflect on our favorite moments from the early series. We then play Fair or Foul with Dansby, Julio and Preston Tucker. All that plus a very victorious Shots in the Dark and the Week Ahead.