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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 13h

Walt Weiss on the decision to go to Dylan Lee in the 8th, and if he considered Dylan Dodd: WALT WEISS: "No. Lee is our high-leverage lefty. Put down the same part of the order yesterday pretty easily. Threw the ball really well yesterday. So no, that's his inning every time."

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 13h

I've noticed a trend of folks on the Locked On Braves Postcast complaining when we criticize the process of a guy that had good results in that given game, and today's Dylan Lee outing in the 8th inning of the Braves loss was a perfect example of why we do it.

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 14h

I might be guilty of recency bias/prisoner of the moment thinking here, but this feels WORSE than giving up 10 runs in the first

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 14h

FINAL/10: Phillies 4, Braves 3 We're going to a game three after Walt Weiss goes to Dylan Lee for the 2nd straight day and he coughs up B2B homers to Schwarber and Harper Let's talk about it youtube.com/live/hiKkGPJ...

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 15h

Bottom of the 10th here; Braves need one run to avoid a game three Due up: Olson: 1-3, 2 RBI Dubón: 1-4 Riley: 1-3, BB

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 15h

Free baseball in game two of the NL Wild Card, tied at 3-3. Reminder, there is NOT a Manfred Man at second base for extras in the postseason

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 15h

Atlanta's pulling Raisel Iglesias for Didier Fuentes with a runner on 1st and two outs. I'm guessing the fact that Trea Turner is 5-11 with three HRs in his career off of Raisel Iglesias has something to do with it

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 15h

Edmundo Sosa's hip flexor died to give Philly this leadoff baserunner Punch-runner Derek Hill was immediately thrown out on a bunt right back to Raisel Iglesias

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 15h

Thank goodness for the Matt Olson sacrifice fly Still wish they'd have gone to Fuentes for the 8th instead of Lee - that 3-2 slider was right down the middle and DESTROYED

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 15h

Final line for Tyler Mahle: 7IP, 6H, 1ER, 1BB/6Ks on 95 pitches (66 strikes). Rebounded from a run on three hits in the first to allow only three more hits across the next SIX innings 15 whiffs, a 33% CSW, and an xDAWG off the dang charts Dylan Lee is in for Atlanta

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 15h

BRYCE HARPER DIDN'T PLAY THIS FLY BALL, IT PLAYED HIM! BRAVES LEAD!!!!!

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 15h

Philly's phenomenal infield defense kills a potential Braves rally with textbook bunt defense in the bottom of the 7th

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 16h

Tyler Freakin' Mahle 7 innings of one-run ball The xDAWG is off the charts

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 16h

I think the hope was five innings of two-run ball out of Tyler Mahle and he's been even better than that, rebounding from a run on three hits in the first to allow only three more hits and walk over five more scoreless innings Didier Fuentes is up in Atlanta's pen

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 16h

And THERE'S someone elevating the sinker - Sean Murphy's got Atlanta in play with a double here in the bottom of the 5th First ball the Braves have really lifted and driven off of Sánchez today. This was 111 mph and 17° Intentional walk of Ronald has runners on 1st and 2nd w/ two outs

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 17h

First inning for each starter: Tyler Mahle: three hits, one run, one strikeout on 18 pitches Cristopher Sánchez: one hit, one walk, one run, one strikeout on 23 pitches Who can settle things down for the 2nd?

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 17h

Philly building a big lead over the Braves in the first thanks to Bryce Harper's exceptional baserunning

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 19h

This order has been changed, with Stott and Bohm swapping lineup spots. I did not realize the Phillies also watch Braves Today, as I questioned the initial lineup & said this swap would make it much better because it would break up those LHH and get their best hitter vs splitters at #4 My bad

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 20h

Mahle’s splitter helped hold the Phillies to one earned run in 13 September innings. Sánchez’s changeup misses bats, but his sinker gives Atlanta a pitch to attack—if they can lift it. Plus: Adam Beck’s zone and the bullpen after Game 1. Here's The Scouting Report:

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The Scouting Report: NL Wild Card GM2, Braves vs Phillies

Lineups, pitching matchup, bullpen status, and what to watch this afternoon

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 21h

Walt Weiss is in his bag for the #Braves lineup today: RF Ronald Acuña Jr DH Drake Baldwin 2B Ozzie Albies 1B Matt Olson LF Mauricio Dubón 3B Austin Riley CF Michael Harris II C Sean Murphy SS Ha-Seong Kim

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Shout out to the Braves Today discord for pulling the Phillies radio call of the Riley homer for us

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

BLOUSES, BRAVES WIN 5-3 Austin Riley goes from the Goat to the Hero with one swing of the bat, and Atlanta's one win against from the NLDS. Let's talk about it youtube.com/live/3OWIRoj...

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sending Jhoan Duran in for the 7th and asking him to maybe take this the rest of the way is some college baseball type stuff (They clearly wanted him for the top of the order, but maybe there's someone else they trust to take the bottom of the order for the 9th?)

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If the Braves end up losing this game, Austin Riley and Mike Yastrzemski not getting Ozzie in from third is going to be the lingering what if of this game

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Final line for Chris Sale is three earned runs after Realmuto's triple scores both De La Cruz and Stott Sale had 22 whiffs (42% whiff rate) and a 36% CSW with just five of 13 batted balls being hard-hit, but a HBP and a single in the 7th get cashed in by Philly

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chris Sale is done after 6.1 innings and nine strikeouts. Didier Fuentes in the ballgame with runners on first and third

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

RBI triple by Ozzie Albies gives Atlanta a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the 6th Like we've been saying all week, you've gotta get into Philly's bullpen and as soon as Atlanta did, they took the lead

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jesús Luzardo is getting hugs in the dugout, so I'm guessing his day is over. If so, that's one run on three hits across five innings, striking out six and walking only one (but also two HBP). Five LOB by Atlanta

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why not elevate a heater here? Why give him a fifth pitch that's low in the zone? Sale erased it with a strikeout of Realmuto, but it's a double that didn't need to happen because Drake Baldwin decided to be cute

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yaz coming through against a lefty was always bound to happen, because there's no reason it should (Baseball gods got us back there for the terrible break off Riley's bat there)

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hard to be that mad about the process for Chris Sale on Bohm's RBI double - fastballs a foot above the zone don't normally get driven to the wall Offense just needs to respond

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An expanded version of The Scouting Report is up for Braves–Phillies Game 1: lineups, Sale vs. Luzardo, Painter’s possible relief role, bullpen status, & the plate umpire. The hinge: How many outs can Luzardo go, & can Atlanta make the handoff costly?

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The Scouting Report: NL Wild Card GM1, Braves vs Phillies

Lineups, pitching matchup, bullpen status, and what to watch this afternoon

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of the two corresponding moves for adding Rowdy Tellez and Luke Williams to the 40-man roster is the DFA of Ricky Vanasco, a source tells Braves Today Second move unknown at the moment

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Game 1 lineup for the Braves: C Drake Baldwin RF Ronald Acuña Jr 1B Matt Olson LF Mauricio Dubón CF Michael Harris II 2B Ozzie Albies 3B Austin Riley DH Mike Yastrzemski SS Ha-Seong Kim

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

All three of Philadelphia's trade deadline acquisitions - Luis Arraez (ankle), Caleb Killian (oblique), and Brooke Raley (ERA) - are OFF the Wild Card roster

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Both Rowdy Tellez and Luke Williams make Atlanta's Wild Card roster, with no Kyle Farmer 15 total hitters, only 11 pitchers. No AJ Smith-Shawver

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW POD: Should today's Wild Card roster include 14 hitters and only 12 pitchers? Also, we make official predictions for the series and detail what has to happen if the Braves want to advance to a matchup with the Dodgers this weekend in LA.

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Do the Braves Need To Find a Roster Spot for Dominic Smith on the Bench? | Atlanta Braves Podcast

Lindsay Crosby argues the Braves should carry 12 pitchers and a 14th position player for the Wild Card round, outlining likely position players, catcher cont...

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Forget matching Zack Wheeler inning-for-inning. If the Braves reach a winner-take-all Game 3, the better plan may be to piece together 27 outs by attacking Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber with Atlanta’s bullpen depth. Taylor maps out how it could work.

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How the Braves Should Piece Together Game 3

Atlanta may enter a potential Game 3 with the weaker starting-pitching matchup, but its bullpen gives Walt Weiss a way to counter it.

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There’s no rule that says a dog can’t play basketball There’s also no rule that says the Braves need 13 pitchers In a best-of-three, an extra bench bat might be more useful than pitcher No. 13 Here’s our Wild Card roster prediction: open.substack.com/pub/bravesto...

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Why the Braves Should Carry 14 Hitters for the Wild Card Series

In a best-of-three, Atlanta may get more value from one extra bench bat than from a 13th pitcher it never needs to use.

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW POD: The Philadelphia Phillies pick a starter and leave a key hitter off their roster, while the Braves are stuck with a TERRIBLE umpire for game one and an even worse broadcast slot. Here's everything we know about tomorrow's NL Wild Card game one

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Atlanta Braves Prepare to Take On Phillies, Who Leave KEY Hitter Off Roster | WILD CARD PREVIEW

The Atlanta Braves are less than 24 hours away from their postseason, which kicks off with the Philadelphia Phillies in Truist Park for a best-of-three that ...

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEWS: The home-plate umpire for game one of the NL Wild Card in Atlanta is Dan Merzel He's the umpire that called a balk on Chris Sale in NYC & then ejected him the next day, and he ejected Phillies hitting coach Kevin Long last week Trying to figure out if they could have found a WORSE choice

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Austin Riley finishes the 2026 regular season with 19 HRs and 201 Ks, becoming just the third player with less than 20 home runs while striking out 200 or more times: Yoan Moncada (2018 White Sox): 17 HR, 217 Ks (led MLB) Drew Stubbs (2011 Reds): 15 HR, 205 Ks (led MLB)

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks for everything, MLB dot TV. Let's do it again next year, yeah? (And no, I saw all of Matt Olson's home runs but y'all took as many games as you could for national)

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Lindsay Crosby, big baseball guy @crosbybaseball.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Braves went 9-4 against Philadelphia. In September, Philly’s starters had a 1.70 ERA against them. So how did Atlanta keep winning? 26 of its 34 runs came after the starter left. Here’s the formula — and whether it can work in October: ⬇️

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The Braves Went 9-4 Against Philadelphia. Here’s Why.

Atlanta dominated the season series, but the repeatable formula was less about beating Phillies starters than surviving them long enough to expose the bullpen.

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