Meat and Potatoes 7: Analyzing the Braves’ Week, April 9-16
More Weekly Atlanta Braves Analysis from Meat and Potatoes.
Fredi Getting Increased Criticism.
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I’ve found myself to be somewhat supportive of Fredi in the face of the often-present cacophony bellowing for his job on a platter. He sees things that I don’t. He has been in baseball in a professional capacity for years, while I’ve been comfortably scrutinizing his moves with nothing on the line and a beer in my hand. But, I’ve also felt all along that our boys would be better maximized by more of a thinking man’s manager; someone that could do a better job assessing leverage when deploying the bullpen and manage splits more effectively. Regardless of your viewpoint on Fredi, he’s been getting a lot of press by convincing writers that his job is in jeopardy. For instance:
From Tomahawk Take:
Alan’s Take: Atlanta Braves’ GM Seems to Suggest that His Manager’s Job is Not Safe
Josh’s Take: Should the Atlanta Braves Fire Fredi Gonzalez Now?
From Talking Chop: Think Fredi might be fired? Oddsmakers agree
From Deadspin: The Atlanta Braves Are Very Bad, And Fredi Gonzalez Isn’t Helping
Twin Misery.
The Braves have a strange bedmate so far this year. The Twins mirrored the Braves bad start, topping out at 9 consecutive losses. After they finally relinquished their choke hold on American League ineptitude, wouldn’t you know it, they too have put together a 2 game winning streak! What a world.
Other Links.
The Braves defense has been bad. (Talking Chop)
Teams are having some trouble adjusting to the new slide rule (Tomahawk Take)
Jim Bowden of ESPN isn’t sympathetic (Insider subscription required)
New slide rule does not need to be changed, adjusted or tweaked and this is why: https://t.co/Qdb4Kr9bCj
— Jim Bowden⚾️🏈 (@JimBowdenGM) April 17, 2016
Ahhh! Our Playoff Odds! (Fangraphs)
That’s it for this week, Braves fans! Keep it classy out there. Better times are ahead of us. Check back next weekend for your weekly analysis and recap from Meat and Potatoes.