Game Thread: Braves vs Red Sox - May 30-June 1

[UAH]

I remember that game and night.

McGriff helicopter swung a Ball right out of the park in his 1st game.

I loved the Crime Dog!!

We lived in Wisconsin at that time and watched the Braves practically every game. We loved the Crime Dog too! Those were the days!

 

[UAH]

Now we’re bringing back Kimbrel

Braves to call up Kimbrel for 2nd stint with club (report)

Craig Kimbrel is set to come back to where it all started. After the Braves' bullpen imploded in Thursday's 11-10 loss to the D-backs, Kimbrel is being called up from Triple-A Gwinnett, according to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal. The club has not confirmed. Kimbrel, who pitched for Atlanta from...

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Glav and Chipper and Smoltzie still are better than this crap of a team. Bring them back too and we will just hold a reunion before every game.

My son played on several teams with Craig in Huntsville. Craig had a great arm then but who could have known that he would be in major league baseball for 17 + years!

 

[BhamToTexas]

This Red Sox series has been horrible.

 

[BamaNation]

My son played on several teams with Craig in Huntsville. Craig had a great arm then but who could have known that he would be in major league baseball for 17 + years!

Braves got rid of him in his prime. He's 37 now. He can't be much worse than Iglesias... can he?

 

[CrimsonNagus]

You mean, can he be much worse than throwing so many pitches down the middle with hardly any movement? No, I honestly do not think Kimbrel can be much worse. Maybe he will be about the same, maybe he will be better. Who knows, but how long until Sint uses him as a closer? Snit is loyal to a fault, and I distinctly remember AA bringing in a closer during a season, but Snit taking a few weeks to use them as such. I can't remember the year.

 

[BamaNation]

Unlike many on here, I've liked and supported Snit up to now. I think he was what was needed when we needed it. However.... It's time for fresh leadership.

Braves are spending tons of $$$ and getting less than mediocre results. They're turning into the Angels and Mets.

The inconsistency at every.single.position is mind-numbing.

They don't appear to have legit clubhouse leaders, either, so far as I can tell. This may be the biggest issue relative to prior years. They need a bulldog or two with high accountability expectations.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

They let the clubhouse leaders walk because the owners are cheap.

Maybe Fried was too expensive, but the owners could have forked up he cash if they cared.

Freeman, though, he should still be a Brave. What he got from LA was not that much different from the Braves offer, and with Cali taxes might be a little less than if he stayed with ATL. The negiogiations were screwed up but, Braves owners could have thrown in a little more and got the deal done.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

“Epstein” and “Braves” are both trending right now which is ironic because one allegedly killed himself and the other makes you want to kill yourself

 

[CrimsonTheory]

Blewett is no longer a Braves problem. Traded to BALT for cash considerations.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Blewett is no longer a Braves problem. Traded to BALT for cash considerations.

are you sure about that, we got him from Baltimore? I only saw that he was DFA yesterday

 

[DzynKingRTR]

“Epstein” and “Braves” are both trending right now which is ironic because one allegedly killed himself and the other makes you want to kill yourself

well we set a record yesterday. Even when the Braves were the suckiest team that ever sucked, they didn't blow a game like yesterday.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

They let the clubhouse leaders walk because the owners are cheap.

Maybe Fried was too expensive, but the owners could have forked up he cash if they cared.

Freeman, though, he should still be a Brave. What he got from LA was not that much different from the Braves offer, and with Cali taxes might be a little less than if he stayed with ATL. The negiogiations were screwed up but, Braves owners could have thrown in a little more and got the deal done.

I blame everyone involved with Freeman.

But ultimately the Braves should have made an offer that couldn’t be turned down.

He’s already had 2 of his best career seasons with the Dodgers and is on pace to win a Batting title this year as the best hitter in the NL.

Fried is having his best year right now with the Yankees.

We are just a cheap organization that doesn’t want to pay what it takes to compete.

We’ll lose Acuna when his contract is up.

 

[CrimsonTheory]

are you sure about that, we got him from Baltimore? I only saw that he was DFA yesterday

Pretty sure. O's are DFA'ing Jordyn Adams to make room.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

on the brightside the Braves are playing on the west coast, so the game is really late. Most of us will be asleep and completely miss the loss.

 

[81usaf92]

I blame everyone involved with Freeman.

But ultimately the Braves should have made an offer that couldn’t be turned down.

He’s already had 2 of his best career seasons with the Dodgers and is on pace to win a Batting title this year as the best hitter in the NL.

Fried is having his best year right now with the Yankees.

We are just a cheap organization that doesn’t want to pay what it takes to compete.

We’ll lose Acuna when his contract is up.

Freeman… out every controversial move we have made I think how the Braves handled it made alot of sense. Yeah it’s easy to say it was a bad deal in 2025 knowing what we know but at the time it made alot of sense and the fact we had a viable replacement made the blow less severe.

However pretty much everything from then on… I don’t get what the hell Alex is thinking. Yeah he will say “Sale won the Cy Young” but he never made a pitch in the postseason and we are constantly wondering when he is going to get hurt, not if. Why we didn’t seriously pursue Walker Buhler is mind blowing especially with how cheap the Sox got him for.