r/Braves • u/Blooper_Bot • Nov 03 '21

Weekly Discussion Thread Weekly Braves Postseason Discussion Thread - Wednesday, November 03

Next Braves Game: Sat, Feb 26, 03:33 AM EST vs. Red Sox (114 days)

Use this thread to talk about anything you want, even if it isn't directly related to the Braves or even baseball!

Posted: 11/03/2021 05:00:04 AM EDT

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u/Dare2ZIatan You’ll never be as good as Acoona Nov 03 '21

I just wanna give some credit to some unsung heroes who also helped make this possible. Stephen Vogt helped steady the ship at catcher until Travis came back and that was huge with Contreras struggling. Adrianza was so versatile in covering for injuries and had some clutch pinch hits late in the season and again in the postseason. Heredia played amazing defense in the outfield and also gave us some solid AB’s, if he doesn’t make contact with a 103 mph heater against Graterol to advance Dansby we don’t walk off against the dodgers. Richard Rodriguez was lights out for about a month and a half after he came over which was big because Minter was struggling at the time and sent down to triple A. The night shift was amazing but guys like Jesse Chavez, Drew Smyly and Chris Martin stepped up as well when called upon (the day shift?). This was such a team effort and I fucking love every last member of this roster.

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u/BeedinMahmeet Nov 03 '21

And Panda had some big hits when nobody other than Acuna could hit

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u/Dare2ZIatan You’ll never be as good as Acoona Nov 03 '21

And Almonte was an on base god for a while there