The Braves only trail a pair of NL West teams in the Los Angeles Dodgers (32-12) and the San Diego Padres (28-17). Yuli Gurriel went 1-for-4 with a strikeout in the Astros' 3-2 loss to the Mariners on Tuesday. Once you dive a little deeper into the statistics, there are areas he improved. After being the number one overall pick by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2015 MLB draft, hopes were high for shortstop Dansby Swanson, as is for every number one overall pick. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account.

On the surface though, it’s not so pleasant. A daily selection of the best content published on WordPress, collected for you by humans who love to read. Yuli Gurriel went 2-for-3 with a run scored during Monday’s 4-2 loss to the Rays in Game 2 of the ALCS. Oh, yeah? But there is hope for Swanson; with the Braves intent on making him a part of a successful future full of playoff series and postseason whimsy, this is just a bump in the road for him. Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson went 2-for-3 with a walk, a home run, and three RBI in Wednesday's win over the Marlins.

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He had the makings of being the number one overall pick. Not ideal, but it’s an improvement. Gurriel is a nice mid-round average source, but he may just be empty average and that's it. In 144 games, Swanson slashed .232/.312/.324– .636 OPS, the league average that season was .750, and to make matters worse, his defense wasn’t that great either as he was sitting at a -7 for defensive runs saved above average per 1,200 innings. The homer was his ninth … The latest news on WordPress.com and the WordPress community. Miller, who was coming off a career year with the Braves, looked like he was poised to breakout, but unfortunately, life doesn’t always work the way we want.

We’re not here to talk about that though. Posted by 2 years ago. Yuli Gurriel went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Friday's loss to Arizona. May 21, 2019 - Explore Aspen Davidson's board "Dansby Swanson" on Pinterest. This thread is archived. They have a multi-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies and the Miami Marlins for the best record in the NL East. https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1304227112702873602. Lakers take 3-1 series lead over Rockets with impressive Game 4 win, 3 potential headline fights for Bellator France, Atlanta Braves catch a break with Ronald Acuña injury, Acuna helped off field after fouling pitch off ankle, Ronald Acuña leaves game after scary foul to the leg (Video), Atlanta Braves gave us one of the best baseball commercials of all-time, Top 25 Super Bowl Performances of All Time, Each NHL Team's Most Likely Future Hall of Famer, 30 Greatest Teams in Premier League History, 28 most memorable buzzer beaters in March Madness history. It's it's definitely the quarantine flow. I might hate the name, but I’ll buy a Donglanta shirt.

You were totally expecting the Braves to get shut out by the lowly Nationals the very next day. In June, 38,123 fans showed up at SunTrust Park to collect their Dansby Swanson bobbleheads, featuring his epic, Moroccan Argan Oil-enhanced "flow.''
Dansby's Flow. Coming out of Vanderbilt he had it all. It’s been nothing but Blitzkrieg Bop for these ATLien ball players. Real Talk: if Dansby Swanson were to spend as much time working to improve his hitting as he spends on his hair, I think he could probably be the next .400 hitter and reach a 57-game hit streak.:P. Not to mention his WAR went from -.4 all the way to 2.3. If he can keep Camargo at arms length, I think the Braves will give Swanson one more shot. After being the number one overall pick by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2015 MLB draft, hopes were high for shortstop Dansby Swanson, as is for every number one overall pick.

James Dansby Swanson (born February 11, 1994) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Atlanta Braves, Dansby Swanson Over 14 games, Swanson hit .353/.421/.559 with two home runs and two steals and very importantly, 3 walks. Swanson slashed .302/.361/.442 with three bombs and three steals but didn’t fare too well in the field committing six errors in 313 innings. They don’t want to be pinheads no more.

Especially worrying are stats like this, from Braves beat writer Mark Bowman: Like Bowman has stated before on Twitter, Swanson needs the consistent at-bats and to build his confidence back up. The Atlanta Braves will be distributing the Dansby Swanson "The Flow" Bobblehead on 6/16/2017. Maybe he won’t project into a bonafide number one overall pick, like a Alex Rodriguez, but he still could eventually turn out into an above average shortstop with many years left. Oh, yeah! That’s for sure. Though he’s not the Mayor of…Donglanta?, as that might be Adam Duvall or someone else, the Braves shortstop lifted his team to an improbable victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night. Dansby Swanson is a smart man. The Braves live to beat you with the long ball because Chicks Dig the Long Ball. Yuli Gurriel and the Houston Astros have come to terms on a one-year, $6.5 million extension for 2021. We know horrendous starting pitching will be this team’s undoing in October. Too bad Swanson, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Freddie Freeman decided going whammy a combined four times was the more preferable option. ATLANTA, Ga. — To the chagrin of many Braves fans and hair enthusiasts across the Southeast, Braves SS Dansby Swanson has been demoted … The biggest development in Swansons game has been his defense. Dansby Swanson went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI in the Braves big 10-2 win over the Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLCS on Thursday. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. [Laughs] Easy, easy. Things could have been worse, but Dansby was looking for big improvement heading into the 2018 season. Close. Dansby Swanson, Atlanta Braves. With a wide array of starting pitchers who can’t go five innings, the Braves have had to beat on the brats with baseball bats.