Are the Atlanta Braves for Real : A Contender ?

[Sam Odom]

Life long Braves fan is Sammy

Braves Nation excited so far

[JMobile]

You could say the same thing about the Mets and Phillies.

[jjgold]

National League weak Sammy

[Sam Odom]

JJ , we will settle for a wildcard but are praying for better

[slayer14]

The starting pitching looks weak apart from Tehran

[daneblazer]

When Acuna, soroka, And gohara are up it’ll get interesting

[Sam Odom]

When Acuna, soroka, And gohara are up it’ll get interesting

all young kids

dane is Sharp

[Sam Odom]

Braves center fielder Ender Inciarte's walk-off bunt brought home the winning run as the Mets fell 4-3 in SunTrust Park

[klemopixx]

Phils have been playing well also. Big test with the Diamondbacks coming in for three but the pitching has been good, hitters have some pop, might be a good year!

[daneblazer]

Nl east has 4 good teams and the marlins

[Sam Odom]

Life long Braves fan is Sammy

Having said that ^


looking ahead to that Summer Slump


Hope not tho

[Sam Odom]

1st place by a half game

[firedawg]

1st place by a half game

Will Finnish 3rd in East

[2daBank]

Yea I believe so. Doesn't mean they will ultimately make it this year but think they will be right in the mix the entire season. Excellent job by upper management getting this team back to relevancy ahead of schedule!

[Sam Odom]

[daneblazer]

Need some relievers.

[slayer14]

Braves look good for this division

[slayer14]

I think the braves where like 20/1 to win division pre season odds

[jts1207]

Not this year. Need a few solid veteran pieces next year

[Slipknot26]

Sadly being a Braves fan , I say no but the future is looking up . They have some young talent and lack 2 areas
1.) Starting pitching for long term
2.) Relief but watching MLB , every team is missing relievers , especially middle / setup ...nightly 5-8 run innings
They have Newcombe , kid will be a stud , Teheran but pitching above average this year . I expected more of him , thought he would be way better but has regressed over the past 2 years .
Truth is , Nats will get hot , did last week or so but they will hit a groove and win the Division by 5+ games . They have too much pitching long term than the Braves and rest of the East
If they trade to get another decent starter , I'd say they could make a run at it . They need consistent starters but I'm surprised by their team hitting and scoring so far , didn't expect Top 5 hitting team .
Hopefully I'm wrong

[Sam Odom]

Opening Day Starters 1969

Hank Aaron
Felipe Alou
Clete Boyer
Orlando Cepeda
Tito Francona
Sonny Jackson
Pat Jarvis
Felix Millan
Bob Tillman

[Sam Odom]

Last day of July

[jjgold]

They are all bad

[unde0087]

[LT Profits]

Phillies have better pitching, I expect that to be deciding factor for division.

[Sam Odom]

LT is sharp

we respect his opinion

[Sam Odom]

Middle of August

[KVB]

Phillies have better pitching, I expect that to be deciding factor for division.

LT is sharp

we respect his opinion

Philly sure missed a chance last night at home against Boston, it was a good chance for a win from both my market perspective and, it seems, from the public viewpoint.

Probably why they lost...lol.

[sheedy17]

in 1-2 years YES. Right now no. If I were the 2nd wildcard team OR if they win the division, any other division winner, I would want to play them first round for sure.

[packerd_00]

Philly sure missed a chance last night at home against Boston, it was a good chance for a win from both my market perspective and, it seems, from the public viewpoint.

Probably why they lost...lol.

Their offense has gone completely down the toilet,just lost 2 of 3 against the useless Padres

[lakerboy]

You could say the same thing about the Mets and Phillies.

The Mets? 😂

[Sam Odom]

September

[Slipknot26]

Sam
One word - Relievers
I'm a lifetime Braves , Aka Blue Bastards Fan
They will not make it far due to the horrid relief pitchers , cost them several the past 3 weeks alone to widen the gap for the division .
Why they didn't try and get a reliever instead got another Starter is beyond me , they had enough starter , Folty , Newcombe, Dirty Sanchez , Teheran .
That will hurt come playoff time but hoping I'm wrong .

[jjgold]

In the playoffs especially the National League everybody’s in contention and no one would be surprised who is in the World Series

[Sam Odom]

That will hurt come playoff time but hoping I'm wrong .

Sammy too...