Since the day of [the Nate McLouth] trade, and the day the Braves ushered out Tommy Glavine for...

Since the day of [the Nate McLouth] trade, and the day the Braves ushered out Tommy Glavine for Tommy Hanson, the Braves have gone 6-10. They’ve given up only a 3.88 ERA but hit .255 and averaged 3.75 runs.

Carroll Rogers brings home the recent struggles of the Braves
That's pretty simple math, if you give up more runs than you score, you're not going to win more games than you lose.

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ugh…

by Smoltz's Beard on Jun 22, 2009 2:51 PM EDT reply actions

This is what happens when half of your outfield plate appearances go to sub-replacement players.

by 17843 on Jun 22, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions

Wait, you mean it’s not McLouth and Hanson’s fault?

by Smoltz's Beard on Jun 22, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I blame our SP…afterall, they are 1-7 over the past little stretch or so (at least, that was ESPNs reason for bumping them down in the all-important power rankings).

"Actually, Justin was right."
by bigjoe on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT

by justincredubil02 on Jun 22, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I think the key in those stats is not the EARNED Run Average

but the total runs allowed. We have played piss-poor defense and when your RISP is as bad as ours, that’s just too much for the SPs to overcome.

Hell, JJ’s start was just given away by his error and Chipper/Esky just letting that popup drop between them. We have not been playing smart enough baseball to overcome the lack of offensive production.

by blairblink on Jun 22, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions

+1

we should hit the field about 3 hours early tonight and take some pop ups, grounders to the pitcher and teach GA and FYF some better routes. Our defense sucks

AB: Jeff Francoeur
Pitching: Any pitcher in MLB
Runners: Escobar at 3rd, Chipper at 2nd, McCann at 1st.

Pitch 1: In play, out(s)

by Scott Coleman on Jun 22, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, btw, who knew we had the best bullpen FIP in baseball? Pretty surprising.

by 17843 on Jun 22, 2009 5:37 PM EDT reply actions

whats FIP? shit it used to be things like RISP, WHIP, etc. which i got. Now theres FIP, BABIP or something like that?

AB: Jeff Francoeur
Pitching: Any pitcher in MLB
Runners: Escobar at 3rd, Chipper at 2nd, McCann at 1st.

Pitch 1: In play, out(s)

by Scott Coleman on Jun 22, 2009 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Fielding Independent Pitching; it just uses GB rate, K rate, and BB rate to create an ERA scaled statistic. It removes the influence of defense with the standard sabermetric idea that pitchers don’t have control over what happens to balls in play.

by 17843 on Jun 22, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions