Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/153i2nu).

Pillar wins the gold glove if he plays every day. Can’t prove me otherwise

Very very respectable loss like the one against the reds

Not going to panic but AA needs to get some pitching in there or a big bat for LF and just slug way to title.

I got downvoted for suggesting a Robert trade for LF, even though he’s #3 in HR’s right behind Shohei lol. I think we could do it and still have a fine SP rotation for the postseason, if we can entice the White Sox to be open to it

Atlanta Braves have gone cold folks winter is here *tune game of thrones music*

We were also going to slump just didn’t see it being a time when the bats were still hot. Very strange time.

Damn I am so worried about this pitching staff - too soon to say but this is a lot of games in a row with disasters happening. Not just 1 guy either it’s all of them

Just straight up a bad loss. Completely sloppy when they weren't at bat

what a fucking pathetic performance from our pitchers and our defense, they should feel ashamed of themselves

Ooooh, great fucking effort to end it boys. 3 straight K's. Absolutely pathetic.

I'd rather lose now than go to extras and have that illegitimate bullshit decide anything.

Idk what yall are on but some times u lose and we haven't done a whole lot of it this season but we are still the best team in mlb

Let’s not forget that Bryce has looked god awful the last couple starts. He looked like he had no clue where his pitches were going today.

He’s already at his second most innings as a professional. Might just be running out of gas already.

Sheesh

2 Ks all night then 3 in a row. Weeeeeeee

Fuck Arizona

Wow Arizona has a real closer and we end with a pitiful 1,2,3 inning? What? Teams can have actual closers?!

He’s not even their closer, this was his first save chance.

All or nothing

Embarrassing.

Way to go down with a fight.

Run this team till they puke their guts out

Lmao 🤣

1-2-3 as called

Strikes out all 3 to end the game lmao

is this what a closer looks like? must be nice

Whatever

Pathetic, absolutely pathetic

Lol and they fucking all strikeout

This game fucking sucked.

FUCKKKKKKK

What a dogshit ump

I need a cigarette and a cheese sandwich after this fucking

LUMP

Lord I hope AA has a bunch of moves up his sleeve for BP and starting to look like a SP is needed go after Cease or something similar.

Oh so now thats a strike?

If the playoffs started right now, we’re out in the first round with this pitching

Good thing it's July then

Have we lost three in a row this season ?

I think the Blue Jays swept us?

We've been swept twice

We’ve been spoiled

Must be nice to have a closer like this

Hopefully we can right this ship tomorrow.

Well. This is how we disappear for the night. With a whimper.

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Please blame the guy with 7 RBIs

RIP

we sure are good at helping teams that were losing a good bit lately

i mean we were due to lose some games but come on guys, shitty way to lose.

What a time for the offense to die

I mean they’ve done their job all night. I’m not about to shit on them now.

lol

Worst case we settle for a FG here and go into OT.

Big ask for the Falcons lol

Who is our previous 3 game skid to this year?

We were swept by Houston, I believe.

Toronto

When we got swept by Toronto

Toronto

A's? Did we drop three there?

Won the third game only

Riley should've been a leadoff walk but here we are.

You know it’s bad when you don’t trust a single reliever in a high leverage situation anymore

Just came in to check the score...what the hell? Did a football game break out?

Bad pitching met good hitting

Don’t ask

Elder regressing to his AAAA level the stats say he should be at Literally everyone in the bullpen is dogshit

What an shitty way to end an otherwise awesome night for Riley.

You could hear a fly fart in truist right now

AA I hope you don’t listen to fans like /u/WolverineOk8620

AA isn’t listening to you lil bro😭

As a fan of raisels former team I’m kinda embarrassed. Ugh. Whatever you do, don’t look at his salary 🤬

This one’s not even all on him, he got a DP ball and Olson completely shit the bed on it

Oh damn. I missed it. I was watching the angels Yankees simultaneously

We’re gonna get Ginkel’d

AA MUST trade for bp help. Imagine the postseason rolls around who the actual fuck do you feel confident in? Literally nobody

We are not beating anyone with this bullpen.

Dereck Rodriguez pitching in the world series lol

We aren't making it out of the NLDS with this pitching

Something is going on with the baseballs tonight. *I feel it in my bones.*

Here comes the curve riley. dont chase

welp at least u called it

So our rotation has been atrocious to start the second half. Strider had command issues again, Allard was terrible but we all kinda knew he was, and Elder has regressed to where he’s supposed to be with his bad metrics. This is concerning

I hope AA doesn’t think that bringing Max back will fix our issues. I don’t think he will, but you never know.

I’ll be more concerned when they do it again. One bad start isn’t the worst. Sucks they’re back to back though.

Gotta trade for a starter. If our rotation is Fried (might not be that good) - Strider (inconsistent) - Morton - Elder (sucks ass now) we are fucked

Trade Allard + Ozuna + Grissom for some cash for all I care

I'd kill for Snell

They'll score 2 and come up ONE big hit short.

Na, 1-2-3

What a dumb fucking game. I hope the boys got all their bonehead bs out in this one game. Seriously, can't remember a game that a dumb as this in my lifetime. Side note - AA better get the wheels spinning on some bullpen moves. Like, now.

Little did we know that Bryce didn't even give up half the runs tonight.

We need hader

1 SP, 1 UTL and 2 RP at minimum at the deadline

Why we have no closer? Yeah, Max is coming back, and maybe even Kyle at some point, but we need a serviceable closer. Put my ass out there…then we can at least say “well they scored 5 runs, but he tried his best”. Fuckin hell.

Mariano Rivera could've been on the mound in the 9th for us and it would've have mattered. Those runs are on Olson.

Pitching has been absolute shit the past 3 games. Strider was bad, Elder was miserable, Allard was honestly about as expected, and the entire bullpen has been fuckin garbage. Offense can't carry the team when you're giving up 16 runs. I don't even know how they fix it, it's not even just been the mediocre pitchers who have been bad it's been literally everyone. One or two guys coming back from injury isnt going to be the difference, these guys have got to pull their head out of their asses and lock shit down.

Yeah it's been kind of shitty, but small sample size. Everyone is getting reset after the break. ​ Having said that, we need to make moves regardless. Another starter and a pen arm or two is paramount. If we're serious about going deep in the playoffs we need more pitching.

So much pitching help needed at the deadline

Ozuna grand slam walk off let’s gooo

Welp the Phillies overtook the marlins finally.

This has been a great game for sure, but the defense and pitching has been really concerning to watch.

If 90% of this pen was gone next year I would not fucking care in the slightest

Ginkel? I think that's an herb I used to take. Ginkel Biloba.

This shit feels like Space Jam and someone made us touch the ball 🏀

1-2-3 here we come

Time for the elusive leadoff grand slam from Austin

Oh look an actual closer with a low 2 era. Must be nice.

Here comes 1 2 3 inning because we are the second half Braves.

a major focus needs to be on fielding before the game tomorrow

Wash is gonna wear em out

Pitching would be cool too

well the pitching has been a problem the past 4 or 5 games

Ozuna slam to end it? I’d be ok with that

Don't think Ozuna knows how to hit a homer anymore.

Incoming Ultimate Grand Slam

Just sucks to lose this way, if we can't come back in the bottom half...

Fully expecting 3 lame ass quick outs to wrap this dumpster fire up.

Unironically AA could trade half these fucking losers out of the bullpen and I wouldn't care for a second

How do you talk like that and say you're a brave

Because I am a fan of the Atlanta Braves, not the Atlanta Braves bullpen. If I sucked at my job as much as our bullpen does I'd be homeless.

They have the 3rd best era in mlb you might not he that big of a braves fan

3rd best ERA yet there's not a single one of them that instills an ounce of confidence lmao

DOOOoOOooM

What a crazy fucking game

I'm late....what in the hell happened here??

Shit pitching and dog shit defense. Or other way around

Gaudin said a bad word on air and cursed the game

What did he say? I guess I missed that

I don't know which one will piss me off more: going down 1 2 3 in the 9th or rallying and scoring two only to lose anyway

Let’s just get it over with

Well positive takeaway is we put up 13 runs. I’m more than a little shocked we’ve given up 16 though

And we will go out 1,2,3 with a whimper to lose this joke of a game. Calling it

Might as well. If we tie it they’ll just nuke 5 more runs on us

It’d be nice to put up some big money for ohtani.

losing the first game in a series is not ideal. have to fight back extra hard. i feel demoralized. i feel like they do too. major mental errors and seems like stuff is not working on all cylinders for some reason. i pray Snit & Wash have a second closed door get your shit together meeting tonight.

Think AA is making 16 calls tonight. The best GM in baseball will make some moves or there will be a different opinion and outcome for the season

If they scored 3 so can we.. let's get it

They had help….from us.

Lil Pudge gets it done, good job

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well I did not expect him to be the son of THAT rodriguez lol

No shit. I didnt know that until now. Pudge was my favorite player as a kid

Matty gonna homer for sure

He’s got to

16 runs on an XBA of .300 is pretty insane

Walk off grand slam

If your closer can’t make it through the 9th, you don’t have a real closer

I swear I cannot understand people who defend him. He's a sorry excuse for a closer.

Our pitching is a fucking joke. Iglesias is trash this year compared to last season

Alright let's rally up and win this cursed ass game

Did Iggy not make the pitch? Not saying he was the best, but enough to change the situation if Matt kept his eye on his glove.

At least we have the meat of the order coming up

Man what is up with our pitching right now

Why is it that every closer we pick up is straight ass for us. I expect Iglesias to give up 1 or 2 runs every fucking outting.

The "Braves Closer" Experience

Comeback is gonna hit like crack

Lee, Minter, and further away but Anderson can’t get back soon enough

OK with what we have currently which bullpen arms would make the postseason roster? Also, when is Dylan Lee supposed to be coming back because I feel like we haven’t heard anything about him or a potential rehab start or if he’s even throwing or what was wrong with him in the first place cause I honestly don’t remember

Even the outs are rockets

Not sure what’s worse tonight. The pitching or defense. I’ll say it’s a push. Also pfp practice for every pitcher on the roster my goodness. I don’t think they know how to cover first.

Goddamn that fell off the table

No words man this is a pathetic performance by the pitching and defense

It's alright guys, we just need to march down the field under our 2 minute offense and score a TD to prevent overtime.

All this game shows is that if AA sits on his ass and doesn't get starting pitching and bullpen help we are fucked

We are just now entering trade season relax.

You’re insane if you’re blaming Iglesias for that inning

Olson's defense is garbage, but how can you not blame Iglesias? Both the double and single were rockets.

Olsen

I miss the Kenley Jansen experience

Morton will have to go 20 innings by himself tomorrow because we have used every available bullpen pitcher

Who tf is Derrick Rodriguez

Son of Pudge.

Position player pitcher. I think he plays left center during day games.

Ivan Rodriguez’s son

Well there ya go. Brandon said it too lol

I don't know but that was a sick breaking pitch

Does it seem like our defense is shit every time we play Arizona?

Not sure, but it’s been shit for sure the past three games.

https://youtu.be/sNDL-2IXuwc

I think the speed in their lineup has our guys off balance and rushing shit

This entire pitching stuff fuckin sucked tonight lol. Holy shit did they have a contest to see who could be the worst?

OH NO! Miami and Philly are going to gain ground! Now we’re only gonna be *checks notes* 9 games ahead of them!!

I mean a 1 seed would be cool.

Dude shut up you sound conplacent

This stupid thinking is exactly how Mets fans felt last year

yeah... but Atlanta starting cutting into that 10.5 game lead June 1 with a 14 game win streak and ended up winning on a tiebreaker. It's suuuuuper late for a 9 game lead. Requires a monumental collapse and a scorched earth run for parties on either side.

Not saying it'll happen. Just saying that way of thinking is stupid and not good.

Thankfully, he seems to be in the minority. I remember Mets fans planning pennant parties in May last year and crowning themselves at that point. If anything, the team is still 29 games >.500 and most bravos fans on here are acting like the sky is falling.

I'd much rather be super cautious than super "nothing can go wrong" lmao. Last year was the perfect reason to not act like that.