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KTE (5/11-5/13): Braves in the Citi

OlerudOwned May 11 2009 04:01 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 11 2009 05:35 PM

One week ago today, a frustrating 10-13 Mets team went into Atlanta and fell into an early 3-0 hole at the Ted Turner Egoplex. Maine settled down, the Mets scored six runs, and the new blood in the bullpen held on. As y'all know, we've gone on to win 7 straight and have taken over 1st in the division since then. The Braves, meanwhile, seem to have bounced back pretty well from the short-sweep, winning four of five on the road from the Marlins and Phillies. [url=http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=11516]There[/url]'s last week's edition, and here's the updates. Lineup 2B - Kelly Johnson: .219/.313/.411, 3 HR Omar Infante: .329/.364/.414, 1 HR Johnson has been losing playing time to the righthanded utilitydude Infante, who is actually the same age (27) as Johnson. Assumed he was older, but that's be-cuz he made his ML debut back as a 20-year old with Detroit. Johnson has looked better the last week, and despite the platoon assumption, he has a 6-14 career line off Johan compared to Infante's meager 2-24. SS - Yunel Escobar: .286/.350/.420, 3 HR Numbers over the last week have basically reflected his numbers on the season, which themselves are pretty in-tune with his career line. [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=182661]Nice article[/url] about his defection and his friendship with Brayan Pena. Don't read it if you don't wish to humanize Braves players. I wouldn't hold it against you. 3B - Chipper Jones: .284/.417/.455, 3 HR Martin Prado: .303/.395/.545, 1 HR Jones left Atlanta's last game with a hyperextended elbow, most likely suffered while pleasuring himself to that sick kind of porn where they, like, step on baby animals and stuff. He's iffy for tonight's game. His backup, Martin Prado, is notable for being a [url=http://www.dumpvideo.net/2007/09/20/mets-vs-braves-magical-bat/]witch[/url]. (Video doesn't work, but the screencaps should bring back memories). C - Brian McCann: .250/.375/.481, 3 HR Returned to the Braves lineup with some [url=http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/05/09/bravesnot0509.html]fancy new specs[/url], which will hopefully stop him from attempting to stare directly into your soul. Wife is product of Georgia's famed pretty-girl-in-sundress assembly line, which I can say firsthand is still going strong in these uncertain economic times. [url=http://www.gwinnettmagazine.com/ptk06/ajarusinski.htm]Dressed to Thrill![/url] 1B - Casey Kotchman: .312/.370/.486, 2 HR Big week for him. Hit his first two homers of the year, then had a 3 RBI performance last night in Philly in a 4-2 win. His daddy is an Angels scout, and I'm going to assume his sister is familiar with Wikipedia editing techniques, as her college softball career is for some reason mention in the opening paragraph of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Kotchman]Casey's[/url] page. RF - Jeff Francoeur: .272/.290/.408, 3 HR His strikeout rate this season is down to 10%, compared to an astronomical career figure that comes in a tad below 20%. This would be considered progress were it not for his career low BB% of, drumroll, 3. Only Neifi Perez, maybe! LF - Garret Anderson: .191/.250/.277 Longtime member of the Los Anaheim Angels and Disabled List was signed by Atlanta after they missed out on signing his former DL teammate, Ken "Dystrophy as means of Steroid Era Innocence" Griffey, Jr. Apparently there was an error in the transaction paper work, as Anderson has spent most of this season with that old club. CF - Jordan Schafer: .225/.363/.353, 2 HR Young talent who is right up there with the likes of Manny Ramirez, in terms of career PED suspensions. If you're wondering where all Francoeur's strikeout's went, look no further. (Leads the NL with 42, but has the decency to make up for it by still getting on-base.) Pitchers and blah-de-blah coming up next, I just want to post this before I close the window or something stupid.

OlerudOwned May 11 2009 04:20 PM

Pitching Derek Lowe: 4-1, 3.98 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 33/17 K/BB versus Dreamboat Swoontana: 4-1, 0.91 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 54/12 K/BB Lowe has made a career out of his heavy sinker, and is at his most effective when he avoids walks and lets his defense make easy plays on ground balls. In the latter stages of his career, he has gotten better at mixing in his secondary pitches to increase his K total. Is what I imagine to be the ceiling for Mike Pelfrey, though preferably Pelf can do without being a dickhead. [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=3640]Mets vs. Lowe[/url]: Delgado hits him well, Beltran doesn't, and the rest haven't seen him much. [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=4280]Braves vs. Johan[/url] (I'm off to dinner, I'll amend this for the pens and other two games when I come back. LGM.)

Edgy DC May 11 2009 04:56 PM

Brilliant at many levels.

OlerudOwned May 11 2009 06:59 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 11 2009 07:01 PM

Jair Jurrjens: 3-2, 2.01 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 20/16 K/BB versus Mike Pelfrey: 4-0, 5.46 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, 6/14 K/BB The poor peripheral bowl. Jurrjens, who's first name somehow has a vowel cluster which somehow makes two different sounds over the span of two syllables (pronounced Jai-Air), is currently the 5th best major leaguer in Curaçao's history, after [url=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/2361817914_29f2f4ba3e.jpg]Andruw Jones[/url] and [url=http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/adc/10131718B~Randall-Simon-2003-NLCS-Game-3-Homerun-Leaving-Batters-Box-Posters.jpg]Randall Simon[/url]. As a rookie, he had a very solid year in '08 by posting a healthy 2-to-1 grounder to fly ball ratio. This year, his Ks are down and and his fly balls are up, but he's maintained a low ERA by getting 17% of batted balls to go for infield fly balls. That wasn't his game last year, and it makes me think he's a lot more vulnerable than his slash stats suggest. [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=28854]Mets vs. Jaiaiaiair[/url]: Buncha small samples, for obvious reasons. Wright took him deep once. Speaking of slash stats, Mike Pelfrey has gutted his way to a 4-0 record in spite of his numbers, which is sportswriterspeak for "has gotten mountains of run support" (7th most for any starter in the majors this season). His GB% is up 7% this year, and that's almost entirely deducted from his line drive rate. It may be the only thing keeping him afloat, because 6 strikeouts in 5 starts is miserable. Pelf seems to have completely lost his slider, throwing it only half as much as he did last year. Yikes. [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=28507]Braves vs. The Pelf[/url]: Hooters, Blindy, Girl's Name, and the Human Ceiling Fan have all hit Mike pretty well. Pelfrey has a 5.54 career ERA in 6 starts versus Atlanta. --- Joseph Albert Reyes: 0-2, 5.48 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 20/9 K/BB versus Jon Niese: 0-0, 3.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 5/0 K/BB The Braves starting pitcher in our series finale is a grown man who willingly, in a professional environment, goes by the name Jo-Jo. This is Jo-Jo's third season in which he's attempted to become a reliable major league pitcher, and for the third season now, Coco has been reliably sucky. A 24-year old lefty, Toto was a second round draft pick by Atlanta in 2003, and he seems to have hit that point where his performance has been too good for AAA and too poor for the majors. Bobo is primarily a fastball-slider pitcher, and his K/BB rates have been trending in the right direction since his ML debut, even if he doesn't have it all put together yet. [url=http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=28820&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fmlb%2fplayers%2fbvsp%3fplayerId%3d28820]Mets vs. Reyes[/url]: Jo-Se Reyes has a 2 homers, a single, and 3 walks in 8 PAs against Jo-Jo. Wright, Tatis, and Beltran have also fared well against him in limited action.

metirish May 11 2009 07:00 PM

Great work OO...

Edgy DC May 11 2009 07:17 PM

I would that you managed our seventh innings.

themetfairy May 11 2009 07:25 PM

Nice knowledge OO.

Fman99 May 11 2009 07:25 PM

Heavy duty KTE OO. AOK. I approve of McCann's wife. I'd like to "Turn-her Field."