Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll

I told myself I’d vote 10 if they traded Failcoeur for more than a dipping dots.

Other than that, Frank Wren has made some terrific moves over the past year. The pitching has been more than stellar. The hitting is finally coming around, and it doesn’t look like TP had anything to do with it, which doesn’t surprise me. I heard the announces mention someone else who’s been working with Prado and Yunel.

Bobby is senile; Bobby’s use of the bullpen is gonna come back to haunt us in the end and TP still sucks as a hitting coach.

I’d love it if we somehow were able to keep both JV and Hudson.

Welp, I’ve bumped my vote up to a seven. And why not? We’ve been playing good ball.

The reason I didn’t give a 8,9, or 10 is because of the apparent lack of depth in the minors and the fact that I still don’t trust the offense enough. But now that we’re back over .500 and almost swept a WC rival, this team has me much more optimistic than a couple weeks ago.

The one thing that is ridiculous…….we send down Conrad, and keep Norton? lmao. mkay.

My 6 is staying pat until I see if these past 2 weeks are an aberration or if they can sustain the good play we’ve seen through July. I’m thankful we’re 2 games above .500 finally but I really want us to maintain that and more before I’m willing to go higher.

Like Chief said above, that bonehead move (IMO) did nothing to boost my confidence in the logical thinking of Cox. His quote of staying with a “veteran” pinch hitter who has an average lower than some of our pitchers versus one who has been producing solidly and made the most of his call up – boggles my mind.

I’m hoping the road trip will make me feel confident enough to jump 2 spots to a 7 by August.

i went with a 9, because i’m in a good mood.

This is the most abitrary thing in thw world. The polls happen too often. So if you are looking based on th last week, well the Braves won 5/7 or 71.4%. And I’d say at least 50% of the organization is the team on the field. So as a base for the week everyone should put at least 3.5.

Then I’d say the farm is another 30% and with two prospects in the top 10 and nearly all our recent draft signings and guys like RSF, at the bottom, and great guys we just saw like Brooks Conrad at the top, you gotta give at least an 80%. So thats another 2.4 points everyone should give.

Then after that there is management and and the FO. Thats like 20%. Here is where most complaints should go. Bobby overusing the bullpen or not DFAing Greg Norton would fall here. But on the same hand, Frank Wren’s excellent moves like getting rid of Francouer, it would be hard for me to go lower than a 25% confidence. So throw on another .5.

Finally I’d say the other 10% is the ownership, and while I hate that Liberty Media didn’t throw us some bones for a bat in the off season, they didn’t take away anything either. So I’d say less than 50% confidence would be pretty foolish. So get another .5 and add em all up.

That is a bare minimum score of 6.9. So, therefore, anyone who votes below 7 for this week is clearly a dumbass. And you can’t argue cause I used math.

So in conclusion you should all do what I do every week and vote 10, because this is the fucking Braves and I am 100% confident that every night when I watch the games they will have a chance. When was the last time we got clobbered? We are always in every game til the end and thats just plain fun to watch.

and after voting my traditional 7 i see that i’m right.

Would have made this graph look like the DJIA.

I understand that this is an organizational confidence poll, but…

Baseball Prospectuses three measures for playoff odds indicate that Atlanta has ~30% of making it to October. Why has the confidence poll been trending so high lately?

…when I saw Kelly Johnson had been recalled and Brooks Conrad had been optioned back to the minors.

This team would be pretty good if:

- KJ
- Diory
- Norton
+ Conrad
+ Burke
+ Blanco

KJ is just a bad luck charm, get him away. Diory is too inexperienced at the major league level, and Norton has been plain terrible. Conrad and Burke bring a little more power and experience to the table, while Blanco can serve as a great player to come off the bench and lay down a bunt or steal a base.

Make these moves, and my confidence will rise.