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Happy 35th anniversary today of the Steve Jeltz 2-home run game in the come-from-behind win over the Pirates.

Great job by Suarez to keep that from escalating. Closing in on his 10th win.

A couple more hits like that HR, and Merrifield will survive through to the postseason roster. #MixedBlessing?

Crossing Marte off my list of potential platoon OF trade targets. Maybe he can hit a little, but he needs to catch medium-routine fly balls.

Swept the first-place Brewers.
We now lead the Braves by 8 games, thanks in part to Nick Pivetta.

But then what? Use up Turnbull's best and limited innings over the hot summer? And what if a starter goes down for 2-3 weeks. Unfortunately there's really no one in Triple-A who can step in. Walker will never be worth his contract, but there's absolutely value in letting him eat innings in June-July...

What a hateful board. Sad. What's even sadder is that there are a ton of racist Braves fans who can barely disguise their happiness with this injury. They appreciate neither Acuna's talents nor the "way he plays the game" (we know what that's code for). They prefer their Freddies and Chipp...

Hope Acuña is OK.
Hate injuries.

Bryce did not like my post, LOL

Seriously. They need to DFA Soto. Respectfully, you don't DFA a lefty who can throw 99 and whose worst lapses come in low-leverage situations. In his three outings before this he pitched a combined 2-2/3 scoreless innings, including a 1-2-3 10th with two strikeouts and a ghost runner on second in a...