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ATLLonghorn

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Folty was an ace, Chuckie Clutch came through again off the bench and a week after the Braves suffered as agonizing a loss as a team will ever suffer in the regular season the Braves have grown their lead from 3 games to 6.5 games and feels like they have the Phillies on the ropes. They have to keep the pressure on them. Go out and get the sweep. Turn around and take care of the Nats. Hang on with the Cards and finish this damn thing off.

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Bartles

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The Phillies had a nice season to stay in it so long, including good mid-summer results against some really good teams. But the offense was never there, and the young pitchers (starters and bullpen) eventually wore down and were exposed.

We have some bright spots, decent farm system and a lot of money to spend. The problem is we really only have one position player (Hoskins) who you can actually see in a playoff caliber lineup every day. Even signing a big free agent bat isn't going to be nearly enough to fix the offense. The Braves are way more balanced.

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Well, we are going to have lots of money to spend in the off-season, have tons of young/trade-able arms and two first rounders in the draft.  

We over-achieved this year, but should be able to put together an actual team that can compete with the big money teams next year (although still being half their payroll).  

Adding a #1 SP (and maybe a vet #3-4) along with an all-star caliber bat (3B or OF) should be the priorities this off-season.  

 

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ATLLonghorn

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A couple of Astros pitchers tweeted incredibly nice things about McCann and I know David Ross has said multiple times McCann made him a better player by the example he set. That's a great clubhouse signing.

$23 million for Donaldson is a lot, but it's a one year deal so that doesn't matter much. If he's healthy he's a better player than Camargo and Camargo is significantly better than anyone they had on the bench last year and he can give Donaldson days off when he needs them so that's a move that makes them better.

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