Fried missed a decent amount of starts. Strider does have 20 wins and his K Rate is insane, but he's 4th on the team in ERA. Elder was really good 1st half but has had a rough 2nd half. Strider was pretty good tonight but couldn't score

Fried 2.55
Morton 3.64
Elder 3.81
Strider 3.86

Wheeler game 2. He looks sharp, and if he's on...Braves are in trouble.

I'd imagine Braves are ready to fight though. Bats won't get shut down like they did tonigh...right? 😳


Also did you just imply Morton is their #2 ahead of Strider? There's absolutely zero question of who the Braves top 2 starters are and they do not include Morton or Elder lol

This post was edited by Sixers on Oct 7 2023 10:18pm

The way strider looked tonight is better than Morton. But they could be interchangeable. Strider gives up more homeruns from high fastballs. Morton's ERA is lower by a tad so if Morton was healthy and he started I wouldn't have cared. I'd pick strider over him probably but its close. Strider wasn't as dominant this year. 27th in ERA isn't great

You're in love with ERA. There is zero question of who the Braves two best starters are and they do not include that dinosaur Morton lol.

Fried and Strider are the Braves two best starters, without question. After that feel free to argue all you want. But the top 2? Yeah, no questions...

It's a lot closer than you would think. Morton is still a solid pitcher. Strider is overhyped.

Giants dodgers and it’s not even close, from one side of the county to the other

Strider has wayyy better stuff though, and he's 15 years younger and still getting better. His career is just getting started. Morton is a capable vet who can have big games, but he's old as dirt now and doesn't have anywhere near the stuff that Strider has.

Wheeler vs Fried should be a good one for game 2. Phillies sending out their two best games 2 and 3 so it doesn't get any easier for Atlanta.

Also interesting thing to note was the Phillies game plan all along to pull Suarez early and throw heat with the pen. They didn't tell Suarez ahead of time though (which is why he was upset at first).



This post was edited by Sixers on Oct 8 2023 08:07am

I have a feeling the Braves win tonight.

Hope I'm wrong though!!! Can dream of a sweep

Phillies already teeing off on Fried

If they can knock him out early, Phils got a good shot tonight