00:00absolutely not those atlanta braves every time we talk craig on a week-to-week basis they're hot
00:05every week 44 and 21 entering into sunday winners of two in a row seven and three in their last
00:11ten
00:11no matter what the phillies do or anybody behind them they can't gain ground why because the braves
00:16are always winning regardless of who's on the mound or in the lineup craig it's impressive to watch
00:21yeah they played the blue jays earlier this week and i saw some people oh now is finally the time
00:26they're going to face off with the team it's going to beat them that didn't happen they went two out
00:29of three got off to a great start in their series against the pirates i mean donnie this team is
00:35going to win 100 games this year like this is as good as any team in baseball right now
00:40and relatively healthy as i mentioned outside of baldwin who's getting ready to come back their
00:44starting pitching has been good and what the braves have done very well through the years is that when
00:49they see an opportunity on maybe an expiring contract at the end of the season they jump on
00:54that player in july and maybe even in early august at the deadline so i expect the braves to get
00:58even
00:59better and uh look running away with the division that's a little strong right now but i just as you
01:05said donnie i just don't see as good as i think philadelphia is going to be fine i think they're
01:09probably going to make the playoffs but i just don't see any team catching them for the division i don't
01:14see it like you look at the lineup it's like yes they're producing okay but what is their pitching staff
01:19going to do for us well chris sale 223 era martin perez of all guys 3.02 spencer strider supposed
01:26to be the young ace of that staff working his way back from injury he's at a four era but
01:30then bryce
01:30elder 263 grand homes 386 keeping you in it and then craig you get to the bullpen well how good
01:36is that
01:37i don't know rice yellow glacius 0.87 era with 13 saves robert suarez 0.63 era four saves dylan
01:45lee 1.17 era
01:47so whether you're blowing a team out or a close game or trying to stay in it they hit you
01:52at every
01:52angle of their pitching staff right now yeah you mentioned the bullpen and that was a big focus
01:57for atlanta in the off season two getting suarez i mean that was i mean you think of what the
02:01padres are trying to do it seems like the braves have already done it and you know dylan lee who
02:05you
02:05mentioned that guy just strictly comes in and gets lefties out no lefties can hit this guy so he's
02:10going to be a huge weapon for them in the postseason as well and and maybe they do add another
02:15big bullpen
02:15piece i'm not even sure that they need it but there's there'll be a lot of players available
02:21here for them to jump on in the next month but they're a team that's built to win right now
02:25yeah drake baldwin absolutely fantastic young player hopefully get him back sooner than later
02:28and so it's like okay you put in sandy leone that guy's hitting 0.59 and it doesn't matter here
02:33like
02:33you're waiting on one of the best exactly one of the best players to get back in your lineup and
02:37still
02:37holding it down and gaining here run differential craig for the atlanta braves this year plus 115
02:42absolutely doing their job you know another team that's doing their job and does it year after
02:47year who cares who the manager is or sometimes even the lineup you put out there that's the milwaukee
02:51brewers 39 and 23 on the season so far you take a look at their last 10 games seven and
02:57three the
02:58brewers just yeomans work every single day a five game lead heading into sunday over the second place
03:04st louis cardinals it's just what the organization does it almost has craig to me like that tampa bay
03:08rays feel that organization just knows how to win and they're going to get it right yeah cleveland
03:13also i put them in that category as well these these smaller spending low market teams that every
03:18year we go into the season nobody wants to pick them to win anything and in the end all they're
03:22doing is winning and it's happening again for the brewers and not a great series for them against san
03:27francisco but then they get lucky this week and they see colorado on the schedule they're like okay
03:31we'll just take care of them real quick and then we'll get out of town but yeah look the brewers
03:35are a
03:35juggernaut of a team and really it's fair to say at this point a pitching factory because
03:40the giants traded kyle harrison to boston boston traded kyle harrison to milwaukee and then you
03:46start to think to yourself donnie when a player gets traded twice i don't really want to be a part
03:50of
03:50that because there's a reason why two organizations let you go they both screwed up he gets to milwaukee
03:55all of a sudden take a look at the cy young voting he's like in the top 10 and and
04:00the players at
04:01boston got back in return i mean this is like a complete zero i mean i would say on paper
04:05this is maybe the most disastrous trade of the offseason thus far wow what what a complete whiff
04:10what what could he have done for boston i don't know maybe nothing maybe he'd be in the minors
04:14like mayo but yeah credit to them credit to the starting rotation and bullpen and uh and it's a
04:20look i i just i hope that they're able to add some players to really put the foot down unfortunately
04:25donnie these teams generally do not they generally are like all right we got what we got let's see what
04:29we
04:29could do
04:29do
04:30do
04:30do
04:30do
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