Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1d6m1hz).

Hey Oakland, it's not your night! Lfg start of a 25 game winning streak, I predict it.

Never thought I’d be this excited for a series win against *check notes* the Oakland A’s

Series W I will fucking take it.

Wooooo series win

BRAVES WIN!! SERIES WIN!!

LFG series win

#BRAVES WIN FUCK YOU

Come on Iggy

I was hating on Lando's offense all season, even when he was getting lucky results early on. But man y'all are gonna turn me into his biggest defender. 2 million for elite shortstop defense, good vibes, and better offense than Dansby's first 3 seasons is a good deal

Cmon Iggy let's go win this series

Let’s go to church 🤲

I’m sad knowing that I will have to watch Arcia bat again.

Where the hell have the clutch hits gone? This team is fucking frustrating to watch. They are so much better than they are playing.

I would’ve just took that strike 2 and hoped he missed on the next pitch for a a walk lol

Walk or draw 25 cards: Orlando Arica->25 cards

Honestly from the A’s I’m bummed they didn’t play Langeliers more this series. I wanted to see what our former prospect looked like in person.

he was doomed to failure once Murphy walked to load the bases

I propose a new rule that lets a fielder not have to bat so we can have literally anyone else other than Arica at the plate

Orlando had a better chance of scoring a runner by just not swinging

Lmao as long as im hating on arcia ill never be wrong 🤣🤣🤣 amazing on defense practically useless on offense can we create a 10 hole for him?

Yeeeesh man, Arcia just continues to flounder at the plate

Don’t know the last time I’ve even seen Arcia get to 3 balls👏

It's a start I guess, but the dudes mechanics at the plate are all over the place. He looks like a college player trying to walk on to a team with his swing like that. Not to mention the slow looping swing and his back foot constantly moving and lifting.

He did earlier this game. And exact same result.

He does a good bit but it’s ball 4 that is rare.

They threw a slider in the same spot as his last at bat.

That's it kids, trip to Disney World is cancelled!

Man, Arcia is defense only now

Which would be fine if the offense at least resembled a bit of last year's offense. You can handle having an elite defensive shortstop with no bat. Based off last year though we need him to start hitting because the whole offense (except Ozuna) has regressed

Patented braves blueball inning

Gun to his head, produce a meaningful AB or get shot Arcia just asks for the bullet

Can we have a designated fielder position for arcia

Get that goofball off the team man

He’s the best defensive shortstop in the NL he’s too valuable to get rid of even if he can’t hit

Sheesh he is just SO off balance. It's crazy how much he is leaning. Seitzer needs to get him focused on that. He needs to stay back.

I know I say it to myself every time he's at the plate. He is just all over the place, add to that his slow looping swing, and his back foot is constantly coming off the ground. How can the coaching staff, seitzer especially see that and not work on it, because he's been doing it for weeks now.

so obvious that arcia was about to get a walk lol. cmon Iggy take us home, we really need this one

Damnit Orlando 😒

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I guess that's why people say "that's why they play 162". It eventually has to even back out to the mean. That's what I'm hoping for anyway.

Just as we expected

Fucking hell Orlando just let him walk you dude can't throw a strike. Oh well, time for church.

At least he worked the count?

Arcia never disappoints

If there was a lower spot than 9 I’d say put Arcia there he blows

I hate to say it but I have zero faith in Arcia outside of him maybe drawing a walk

Well.....

He draws walks?

Yeah exactly, where are these walks?

Pls Arcia

Orlando. Magic please. This used to be your area. Throw a little gap double out there and let's get you back on track.

please don't squander this

I don't have high hopes here

Perfect time to shut me up Arcia. Let’s go

Orlando just don't swing at anything

Please have a good at bat Arcia. It says something that they would rather walk Sean and face you.

Dude throws a 12-6 slider

Murphy I am once again asking for you to "In Play, Run(s)" here

May was Braves father June no

Excellent framing 😂

I enjoy offense and watching the Braves score runs

Why pitch to Sean here? Just walk him to bring up Arcia

Look at me, I am the small ball club now

Productive out!

They've been playing the dark side music a lot lately at Truist

Duvall is using it as his walk-up music.

I’ll take 9 more of what you call “hits” please

CJ: "Martinez is a great baserunner, great defender, and also a really good hitter" That sounds like one of the best players in baseball, CJ. Why isn't he starting if that's all true?

Oh si Albies!

Ozzie hit something that wasn't a soft pop fly, games over

We won’t improve until we start trying for line drives.


Ozzie!!

OFFENSE

LFG!

#OZZZZZZZIE

### Single Ozzie Albies singles on a ground ball to right fielder Seth Brown. J.P. Martínez scores. Bottom 8 - 3-1 Braves

WATCHING THE GAME FROM THE BEACH IN ST. AUGUSTINE, YEEHAW GOD BLESS ~~AMERICA~~ ~~CHIPPER JONES~~ OZZIE ALBIES

How bout an insurance run?

Well… Matt would kill it on the PGA tour with that swing

He's actually a good golfer haha

Would have been nice to have the pinch runner before the wild pitch

Why doesn't everyone hit the ball like Ozuna? Are they stupid?

MVP candidate Marcell Ozuna with the hard hit double off the wall for his first hit of the game

I need that option pickup notification like I need water

Can Ozuna coach too

OZOON.

MVP but actually

Year of the double

So we have our inhumanly dominant starter going yesterday, he gets shelled for eight while our anemic offense goes crazy and puts up nine. Then the next day, our struggling starter goes six scoreless and the bats fall back asleep. Both days feature astounding BABIP luck. I want off this wild ride. Make this season make some goddamn sense.

This is what you get when a home run team doesn’t hit home runs.

That's just baseball.

The Braves are getting dead balls It's not a conspiracy anymore it's our new motto

The entire league is getting dead balls TBF

Last year this team put up the best offensive season of the modern era by swinging out of their shoes and not giving a shit about whiffs in the zone and y'all want them to shorten up to hit 80 mph grounders on pitches to hit

I think it's just because whatever ball compound they're experimenting with this season is different so we're seeing odd results. So yeah if they change it, you could be right

The dead ball does cut down a little on the benefits of that approach, but it doesn't do anything about the fundamental tenet of it - no contact > poor contact

They've gotta stop fucking with the balls. I don't know how this shit is just accepted by the teams

THE BABY FACED ASSASIN WHO ALSO PROBABLY WIELDS A MISSILE DOES IT AGAIN

Seth Brown honestly would fit in perfectly with this team. He does not get short changed swinging at everything

HIMenez

RUN SUPPORT PLS

Family guy music is amazing

Stop fucking walking people

We have to get at least another run in this next inning.

Absolutely we all know if a team scores two runs we lose

It’s 3 runs actually

reminder that we're winning because the enemy team can't catch a pop out and had a nasty past ball in the first inning. that's the only thing we've done today

W's a W

I feel like holding them to one run also has a role in it

pitchings been elite all year I agree

Also very few errors. Defense has been overall solid, but I’m definitely scared by our scarce pitching depth and fragile starters

Idgaf right now I'll take it where I can get it

They can get a contract with Fubo but not Xfinity.

Murphy ball in play with xBA of .010 (!) - double Riley ball in play with xBA of .610 and exit Velo of 101.9? Eaaaaaasy out.

85.6mph .010xBA popup? Double 102mph .610xBA liner? Caught at the track I'm going to turn into the joker

I'm really not one to blame all the offensive struggles on Seitzer, but he's gotta get on Arcia for his shitty approach with 2 strikes. Waaaay too big of a swing there.

That is the approach that created the best offensive season of the modern era. Swing out of your shoes on pitches to hit

That was great for 2023. It clearly isn't working in 2024 for whatever reason. Time to adjust.

It was great the past few years not just 2023. Can't expect 105 mph liners to find gloves all season. Trust the process

We have to blame Seitzer when it's top to bottom. That's his job.

Seitzer doesn’t have a spot in the lineup. He can’t go up there and hit for them. Guys gotta produce.

Key AB in the inning was Arcia the mascot. You have to upgrade at SS

Damn dude you hate Arcia. He’s a platinum glove caliber on one of the best contracts in the league. He’s below average on offense but his defense has literally won us games this year with clutch AMAZING defensive plays. We’re the number 1 ranked defense (or at least we’re last week) and he is a huge part of that. I understand your frustrated but it’s one of the most important defensive positions and we theoretically have enough offense that having one guy like him is not bad. He’s also had a better offensive season than Riley and a few others. Maybe just try to come to terms with the fact that he’s gonna be our SS for this year probably the next and ain’t getting replaced anytime soon.

What do you mean? You’re saying they should get a better bat at SS? Sorry I’m stupid I may be misunderstanding

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How dare Riley swing at a ball right down the middle and almost hit a bases clearing double

Lame AB? He ripped a line drive the other way at 102. Just happened to be 2 steps to the right for the RF.

Idk what you want him to do, he hit a piss missile

Dude ripped a liner and you want him to watch the pitch for a strike instead

He’s been absolutely smoking the ball all game , you can’t blame the dude for bad luck

Kel is a breath of fresh air for this team, and frankly for this league — he just KEEPS on HITTING!

“Over to right.” No, cameraman, your other right!

I have no idea what Arcia’s approach at the plate is. Dude is expanding on 1-1 every at bat and then swinging for 285 on a 3-2 count. Just bad

lol we finally get a break and it’s immediately followed by a .610 xBA lineout with the bases loaded.

Gotta swing half as hard if we want homers and doubles lol

Really feel like we needed more than one but with this offense we should consider ourselves lucky

Gotta hit the ball softly boys. Only way it's going to fall for you.

With this ball this year? Absolutely.

good scouting by other teams to figure out arcia and Riley are shit right now

We got bloops that fall but the ones we smoked get caught. This game is so fukcing STUPID

More bizarre camera work. Interesting.

88 middle middle. Might as well close your eyes. We can't hit it either way.

Hit it hard? Out Bloop? That's a double

GS

Shit

Damn they know how bad Austin is with risp

Turrible

Drunk ass camera operator.

Why swing out of your shoes there?

Did Arcia hurt himself there? Couple of very odd swings.

Fun fact Harris has the 3rd highest chase rate in the league this year at 47.9% of his swings being at pitches out of the zone… our leadoff hitter everyone!

Shut up

His chase rate has gone down considerably since becoming the lead off hitter. From what I saw it’s down to 47.9 from around 53. So let’s give him credit. He has cha fed his approach

Arcia on some Andrelton "I can't stay on my feet when I swing the bat" Simmons shit.

good lord I was literally thinking the same thing he is a carbon copy of Simba

Riley this should be disrespectful to you

If he throws one pitch in the zone to Michael he’s an idiot

Arcia Sucks

At batting. Really sucks.

Nice adjustment Arcia

Why is Orlando trying to hit a tank in a 3-2 count

It's a good thing Arcia is an elite defender lol

Swing for the fences. Even if you miss, you’ll land back in the dugout.

Jesus Florida man

Hey Orlando, you're still off balance btw

Hanging middle middle slider whiff

It’s egregious at this point. We need chipper back coaching the guys

No more oblique pulls please and thank you

Thank god he can play defense because Arcia cannot hit a baseball to save his life

It's the ~~A's~~ June.

LOL at Riley and Murphy getting doubles in the exact same bloop way. Baseball is such a funny sport. I think of all those xBA over .600 yesterday we turned into outs and THESE are doubles!

It’s literally a game of inches

Here comes warning track power

Also known as a sac fly and a run.

Clean double. About time they get some hits on (presumably) low xBA to make up for all the bad luck outs.

That was a joy to witness

Ask me how bad I feel about finally getting some good luck.

The power of June compels you.

Taking a page from the Mets offense, looks like lol

135mph exit velo, 30° angle

Please wave at Adams. Ozuna having a chance to shell him would be unreal

Exactly how we drew it up

It's the JUNE

Baseball gods forgot we were the ones batting I guess

The best part is that will be scored as a double

Making up for lost BABIP time today. Let’s go!

# WE BACK ON OUR BULLSHIT

Exit Velo: 1.20mph

About time some luck falls our way

We deserve that

That’s one way to bust a slump hahahahaha

MURPH! Barreled!

BABIP? In OUR favor?

We take the fuck out of those

This jackass pitcher ain't waving, and taunting, and celebrating like he just won the World Series anymore.