2 things you should be doing today: Betting the Braves big and getting highhhhhhhhh

[topgame85]

ATL will beat the nats handily tonight, Lowe against a top prospect, key here is the kid is pitching his first game in the bigs and even if he is succesful he will not go deep into the game and as we have all seen 3 days in a row Washington's bullpen is horrifyin as usual, gave up ninth inning leads three daysin a row, also smoke that greenery it is 4:20 baby

[raydog]

keep all women and children away from topgamer today. menace to society

[topgame85]

Won't be driving high ray ray I'm very calm when I smoke although I do so only once a year on 4:20 I am more of a menace straight faced

[pavyracer]

I would feel better if someone posts some stats for the top prospect from minor leagues. Braves are not hitting at all right now and hitting against an unknown pitcher doesn't bode well for them.

[topgame85]

CBSsports.com- If the Braves can duplicate that success against the Nationals on Monday, it could be a difficult major league debut for 22-year-old Jordan Zimmermann. The highly-touted prospect, a second-round pick in 2007, was 15-5 with a 2.81 ERA in 39 career minor league appearances. The right-hander was 1-1 with a 3.14 ERA in five games this season, including three starts for Triple-A Syracuse

[topgame85]

Key here Pavy is the kid won't go more than 5 innings even if he pitches very well

[Brock Landers]

gotta wonder if this game even gets played

Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms in the evening... then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming west after midnight. Chance of rain 80 percent.

[pavyracer]

Key here Pavy is the kid won't go more than 5 innings even if he pitches very well

Good luck. I hope you nail it.

[topgame85]

Thanks Pavy, Brock I'm in DC area and my initial thought is it will be played although it is not a beautiful day by any stretch of the imagination

[accuscoresucks]

no pitcher coming out of minors or aaa will bode well in a mlb debut

[ItchyHooHoo]

every game topgame likes he always states that his team will win handily or easily or :easyyyy cash" (see previous posts)

Most of them are either very freakin close or lose.

Fade this kid til he realizes what its about

[Flyers09]

how bout first 5 inning for braves??

i like early momentum in games, easy money if the players have the momentum

[topgame85]

The key to this game is the nats bullpen blows flyers, this kid is a big ? mark for the nats so I think the game is probably the better play, if the kid does ok then you still have the nats bullpen to give the game up if you play the full game, Lowe should go deeper and not have much damage done to him

[Flyers09]

hmmm.....so he might come out strong..then the bullpen will fail for the team anyways...

[topgame85]

exactly pal, I think lowe has a big advantage over zimmerman to begin with but if somehow that get boggled then you can always count on a nats bullpen failure

[Flyers09]

1-10 the nationals are, wow....now they are relying on a triple A pithcer....nationals batting suck?

[topgame85]

Not as bad as you'd think flyer although their best hitter Guzman is injured, pitching is their downfall specifically the pen

[Flyers09]

Not as bad as you'd think flyer although their best hitter Guzman is injured, pitching is their downfall specifically the pen

now the info u gave me is good info, any one else on here gives out bet this bet that, well what info do u have to back it up, and they never reply......i do the same with my hockey plays i always give info why

braves ML at -150 isnt that bad imma take it
over 8.5 might not even be bad

[topgame85]

weather here is turning for the worse might not get this game in without at least a delay

[LT Profits]

I am on Nationals 5 innings.

First, I think this kid will be tough his first time through the National League, and Lowe did not look sharp in his last start, so the Nats could get him an early lead.

Second, playing the first five innings takes the Washington bullpen out of the equation. Remember, the Nats had the lead after 5 innings in each of their last four games.

[topgame85]

I see your logic here LT but I don't think the price is good enough to warrant betting the nationals FF but GL

[Flyers09]

I am on Nationals 5 innings.

First, I think this kid will be tough his first time through the National League, and Lowe did not look sharp in his last start, so the Nats could get him an early lead.



Second, playing the first five innings takes the Washington bullpen out of the equation. Remember, the Nats had the lead after 5 innings in each of their last four games.

what was the early lead differential in the past firts few 5 inning games?

[Doc JS]

I would feel better if someone posts some stats for the top prospect from minor leagues. Braves are not hitting at all right now and hitting against an unknown pitcher doesn't bode well for them.

Pavy,
I know you follow the Braves just like I do...we both know the Braves have a history of not hitting young pitchers they're seeing for the first time...not saying the Braves won't win...just saying this is a place where we've seen them struggle in the past.

Doc

[topgame85]

Looks good for the game now GL tonight boys

[sallysnax8]

happy 420 Top Gamer...next bong hit is for you!

[ertl09]

Zimmerman can also hit the ball, seen him play many times at UW-SP , he is an all around good athlete but backing him on his first start and with a crappy bullpen is a lot to hope for.

[ItchyHooHoo]

I see your logic here LT but I don't think the price is good enough to warrant betting the nationals FF but GL

fade this kid in baseball

[ItchyHooHoo]

ATL will beat the nats handily tonight, Lowe against a top prospect, key here is the kid is pitching his first game in the bigs and even if he is succesful he will not go deep into the game and as we have all seen 3 days in a row Washington's bullpen is horrifyin as usual, gave up ninth inning leads three daysin a row, also smoke that greenery it is 4:20 baby

[Slim]

I should have known. The line was so low for a reason.

[ItchyHooHoo]

I should have known. The line was so low for a reason.

u also should have known to fade this kid. pay attentionn to his posts. he usually loves games.

[pavyracer]

Pavy,
I know you follow the Braves just like I do...we both know the Braves have a history of not hitting young pitchers they're seeing for the first time...not saying the Braves won't win...just saying this is a place where we've seen them struggle in the past.

Doc

The Braves struggle against right handed pitchers because they have too many left handed batters. This is why they murdered Duke yesterday, Olsen, Lannan and Moyer in 4 of their wins this year. When I saw this new kid was RH pitcher I didn't like Braves chances.

Back Braves against LH pitchers because Cox likes to put 6-7 LH bats and wear out the pitchers.

[WileOut]

pavy typically a right handed batter will hit left handed pitching better, and a left handed batter will typically hit right handed pitching better. That is why you see teams bring in a left handed reliever when a left handed batter comes up in a big situation.

Brian McCann is an exception to the rule and there are other exceptions. McCann is a lefty that hits lefties well. But this is not normal.

[pavyracer]

The Braves are hitting .285 against LH pitching and they won 4 out 5 LH pitcher they played. There are always exceptions to the rule and Cox knows how to exploit Braves strengths.

[The General]

Nice win for Nats tonight.