Atlanta Braves Fan Confidence Poll

In the back of my mind, I can’t shake the feeling that we can’t finish strong, like we did last year

Haven’t wavered.

I expect a bump in the overall confidence…

7-1 in April makes me happy. Let’s keep mashing!

Why is there no zero option? lol 8 for taking a road series against the Phillies

KYLE KENDRICK BROKE OUR WINNING STREAK WTF HE’S SUCH A SCRUB

Fredi is officially on my “Do Not Like” list.

Back up to an 8. Still some question marks in the bullpen, though hitting has started to come around, only 1 starter is hitting over .300. I will say Hinske and Ross have been stellar off the bench. We have to have the best starting rotation in baseball.

Minor league system still looking pretty good, but not a lot of hitting depth.

Fredi has concerned me over some of the moves he’s made, which I do believe has cost up a couple of games, but over the long haul I’m sure he’ll be fine. Only time will tell though.

It had only dropped to an 8. Playing awesome ball right now. Braves could have easily won 15 of their last 16.

Aside from The Nasty Boys in Venters and Kimbrel, and EOF pitching lights out, our bullpen still scares me. Mainly, bc I don’t have a great deal of trust in Fredi to use them effectively. Also, still want to see the Braves really take advantage against weaker pitching AND weaker teams like we should. I know every team is Major League caliber, of course, but we need series wins against The Natinals, Stros, Pirates, DBacks, and Angels coming up. Keep in mind I always try to temper my optimism on these polls, I’ve never voted above a 9.

Hasn’t changed since before the season.I honestly don’t see how the Braves aren’t considered a better team than the Phillies and Marlins. We’re proving that our rotation can hang with that of the Phillies, no question about it, and our offense is superior to theirs. The back end of the bullpen is stellar, though young and still fairly inexperienced. We have one very small weakness. We need one more bat off the bench. Hinske and Ross are awesome. Brooks could possibly get hot. We just need one more right-handed hitter that can come through in pinch hit situations, and we’re set.

We’ve got a General Manager that has built a team capable of contending right now, even though the real focus is on the future. All of our guaranteed contracts, except the one signed by Dan Uggla, are going to expire either this year or next. McLouth, Chipper, Hudson, Lowe and Kawakami will leave (I’m going to miss Huddy) and we will have money to keep our young core group of players in Atlanta for the long haul. It’s not like they’re leaving any time soon. Hanson, Beachy, Medlen, Heyward, Freeman, Venters and Kimbrel are all at least five years from free agency. Teheran and Minor will arrive shortly.

We have the ability to trade for whatever we need come the trade deadline, which is an awesome thing. Whether it be minor league prospects, Derek Lowe or Jair Jurrjens, we have the trade pieces to get a difference maker for the stretch run and into the playoffs. Or we could wait until the offseason. Either way, we’ll have the trade pieces and the money to fill the holes we’ll have in the outfield once McLouth is gone and Prado moves in to third.

Oh, and we’re 12-4 in our last 16 and have won 7 of our last 8.