My guess is when Snit put Kimbrel in a high leverage situation and AA jpulled the plug. Kimbrel is a hall of famer no doubt, but he is not a high leverage reliever. For me it really is a black eye for the Braves they did this to one of their own. It was a poop sandwich and a poor poor execution regardless of the 'why.' Lara this can be fixed and should not need to be in the situation to be fixed. As in up 6,7,9 go ahead and throw the kid in already. Again to me there is a disconnect here. AA has to dfa players to keep Snit from thinking it is 3 years ago. I know it is more nuanced than that but it feels very strongly it is a Snit thing. AA then has to pivot.
I think I agree that the issue seems to be more on the managerial side than the front office side in a lot of these baseball situations I laid out here
They're sixth right now in odds, thanks to Baltimore losing, and are two and a half games "up" on Miami. The good news is that Miami's also 9-1 in their last ten games, so they might be okay here.
GREAT article! It's like AA still can't rid himself of the delusion that at some point he's going to again catch lightning in a bottle in the DFA market like he did, briefly, in '21. Charlie Morton may be a 'good guy' and a 'club house asset' but for two years now he has repeatedly demonstrated that his starting efforts usually result in 3 to 5 runs in 3 or fewer innings. He and his family must be trying to stifle guffaws at the way the Braves (and Orioles and Tigers) are willing to repeatedly lay millions at his feet. Does AA have a drinking problem or is he just mentally compromised? Or has McGuirk quietly told AA, "We're going the real estate route again this year so any improvement you might make for the team is going to have to come from the reject pile".
You are so right, Lindsay. It's like dating your ex-wife. STOP IT!
My guess is when Snit put Kimbrel in a high leverage situation and AA jpulled the plug. Kimbrel is a hall of famer no doubt, but he is not a high leverage reliever. For me it really is a black eye for the Braves they did this to one of their own. It was a poop sandwich and a poor poor execution regardless of the 'why.' Lara this can be fixed and should not need to be in the situation to be fixed. As in up 6,7,9 go ahead and throw the kid in already. Again to me there is a disconnect here. AA has to dfa players to keep Snit from thinking it is 3 years ago. I know it is more nuanced than that but it feels very strongly it is a Snit thing. AA then has to pivot.
I think I agree that the issue seems to be more on the managerial side than the front office side in a lot of these baseball situations I laid out here
I know i am silly. Very silly fan. When the braves close out winning 4 of the next 5 it will push the braves out of the draft lotto. Correct?
They're sixth right now in odds, thanks to Baltimore losing, and are two and a half games "up" on Miami. The good news is that Miami's also 9-1 in their last ten games, so they might be okay here.
GREAT article! It's like AA still can't rid himself of the delusion that at some point he's going to again catch lightning in a bottle in the DFA market like he did, briefly, in '21. Charlie Morton may be a 'good guy' and a 'club house asset' but for two years now he has repeatedly demonstrated that his starting efforts usually result in 3 to 5 runs in 3 or fewer innings. He and his family must be trying to stifle guffaws at the way the Braves (and Orioles and Tigers) are willing to repeatedly lay millions at his feet. Does AA have a drinking problem or is he just mentally compromised? Or has McGuirk quietly told AA, "We're going the real estate route again this year so any improvement you might make for the team is going to have to come from the reject pile".