Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll

We still got a ways to go, and if I remember correctly that we made a huge march towards the wild card during the second half of last year. The wins will come.

Can’t really say I question it, because that lineup we trotted out there was tough to watch. We really need Chipper and McCann to pick it up, or its going to be a loooong rest of the season. Still at a seven though, as scientific as this poll is.

I went from a 7 to a 6. The offense is just terrible. It’s been a month into the season and how many players are hitting UNDER .200?? It’s been a whacky start to the season that I don’t think anyone saw. This offense shouldn’t be this bad.

Lowe is terrible. It’s wishful thinking, but I still have a tiny spark of hope that the Braves can trade him for Vasquez.

The season isn’t over by a long shot, but there seem to be a lot of issues with this team. Defense and hitting are glaring issues and the back end of the rotation isn’t as solid as I would have thought (Lowe and Kawakami).

Braves.com says that Heyward expects to be back on Tuesday….it seems like an eternity since he played!

I’d give the Braves offense a break—if it hadn’t been windy, several balls would’ve been out of the park, and probably resulted in extra innings. Sometimes, luck plays a greater role than we may like to think. Hopefully we can get a series win vs. the Brews crew.

I’ve consistently voted a six the past few times. Our team is better than average as of now, but soon my confidence will climb as I am positive they will recover eventually. Thankfully (as others have mentioned in other threads) the schedule is starting to look a little more humane now. Go Braves!

I could go either way at this point – I really thought we could have rallied to win that one yesterday. Chad Durbin really shut things down after we had some momentum against Hammels

Where it’s been so far this year. I’m eagerly waiting the week I can jump that sucker to an 8 or more.

FWIW, I’m looking for a turnaround to start this week.

Brewers come in off a sweep, but we can probably do some damage against the first two pitchers they throw at us. Gallardo has been excellent lately, but two days of feasting on their other starters should really help our team going into that game.

After that, we don’t play world-beaters (we have the D-Backs, Mets, Reds, Pirates, Marlins, Pirates upcoming) until the end of the month, when we get the Phils again. I think we can pick up at least a few games during that stretch and get a little hot ourselves.

Of those teams, only the Mets have shown consistently above average pitching this season. The D-Backs, Reds and Pirates are the worst in the majors right now.

So buck up, Braves fans. We’re going to get a little help from our schedule this month, and we can easily be back to where we thought we’d be by June.

-C

based on the youth and future of the team. I’m not confident that this season will be much of a success. I’m ready for a new manager and a new era.

is it just me but when we get into a rough patch there are more posts on the confedence poll?….uhhh I guess I lowered mine from 6 to 5…but I will be at the Ted on saturday…maybe Jay Hey will start? (and they will call up Freddy too>?)

Braves fans do tend to talk more when they are losing. Venting steam helps I guess….

I honestly don’t know what to rate things this week. I’m split between a 7 and an 8. 7 because Melky was flat out shit yesterday, and the losses are mounting, and 8 because this is still a darn good club, with our minor league teams spattered with talents like Schafer, Freeman, Tehearan, Vizcaino, etc.
 
I think I still have wood over Kimbrel’s callup though. Maybe I am an 8 after all…….