... opening, how you see the home scenario going, and how do they cover the outs until they get to the later stages, if in theory they have a lead or it's a close game?

Well, I th- I think, you know, obviously Kerr's in there just to, to seen Harper and Schwarber.

The, the question I asked Walt before the game was, "Is there a chance if things are going well," and, you know, he threw three, three innings the other day, "Could he end up seeing those two guys again a second time?" In other words, could he go through the top of that lineup a second time? He said, "We'll just see how, have to see how the game's going." Obviously, it's an all hands on deck.

Uh, Ray Kerr's only made nine appearances this year.

He missed most of the past two years recovering from Tommy John.

I have some concerns about that.

But at the same time, this is a guy with a very slow heartbeat.

And I wonder the n- the, the, the wisdom in not just saying, "Let him start this game." Are you overthinking it if you're Walt Weiss? Are you trying to over manage this game before it even starts?

... how you see the home scenario going, and how do they cover the outs until they get to the later stages, if in theory they have a lead or it's a close game?

Well, I th- I think, you know, obviously Kerr's in there just to, to see Harper and Schwarber.

The, the question I asked Walt before the game was, "Is there a chance if things are going well," you know, he threw three, three innings the other day, "could he end up seeing those two guys again a second time?" In other words, could he go through the top of that lineup a second time? And he said, "We'll just see how, have to see how the game's going." Obviously, it's an all hands on deck.

Uh, Ray Kerr's only made nine appearances this year.

He missed most of the past two years recovering from Tommy John.

I have some concerns about that.

But at the same time, this is a guy with a very slow heartbeat.

I would ask you is the idea this, is when I look at 35 of 37 from your piece today about Grant Holmes, uh, you know, three earned runs or less, that's pretty damn good, and I wonder the n- the, the, the wisdom in not just saying, "Let him start this game." Are you overthinking it if you're Walt Weiss? Are you trying to over manage this game before it even starts?

All right, so as we were just discussing the pitching situation, give me your thoughts on Kerr opening, how you see the home scenario going, and how do they cover the outs until they get to the later stages, if in theory they have a lead or it's a close game? I

think, you know, obviously curves in there just to see Harper and Schwarberg.

The question I asked Walt before the game was, is there a chance that things are going well? You know, he threw three innings the other day.

Could he? end up seeing those two guys again a second time.

In other words, could he go through that top of that lineup the second time? He's able to see how the game's going.

Obviously, it's an all hands on deck.

Ray Kerr's only made nine appearances this year.

Are you overthinking it if you're Walt Weiss? Are you trying to overmanage this game before it even starts?

H- how much concern is there for their offense as well?

Well, they were fortunate.

They at least had Ronald Acuña Jr. go crazy there against the Phillies this month.

Uh, you know, he did show s- some signs there, but if you look just at the whole month, it's like you said.

You got Drake Baldwin has done well, uh, has hit the ball well, and, and Mauricio Dubón.

It's been a tough month for Ozzie Albies.

It's been a tough year for Austin Riley.

How important to an extended Braves run is Chris Sale?

Um, tell me your observation of Michael Harris up close.

Yeah, I mean, uh, about a week ago, I said something about, you know, Chipper wasn't an All-Star in 1999, and I was basically saying, hey, this, this guy's playing like an MVP right now.

What he's doing defensively, offensively is pretty incredible.

To think of where he is at 25, um, I think we're gonna hear him in that MVP conversation for many years to come.

Dude, it, it's pretty ...

We've seen these spurts.

We've seen him do good for a month.

Yeah.

What's the latest on Suarez, and how legit, and I'll use A.J. Minter as an example, how legit are the Braves going to be in the market for a high leverage addition to the pen?

I think it's...

They certainly need at least one starter.

How that affects maybe moving a guy to the bullpen, they need to somehow get at least one fresh arm into that bullpen as soon as possible.

Do you remember when they went and got Richard Rodriguez in 2021 and he was good for August and then he disappeared in 2021? He wasn't even on the postseason roster.

He earned that World Series ring because...

he was able to take some pressure off those guys there in September, and that's how the night shift kind of was able to blossom.

Give me a guess on what you think the prospect cost is.

Um, tell me your observation of Michael Harris up close.

Yeah, I mean, about a week ago, I said something about, you know, Chipper wasn't an All-Star in 1999, and I was basically saying, "Hey, this, this guy's playing like an MVP right now.

What he's doing defensively, offensively is pretty incredible, to think of where he is at 25." Um, I think we're gonna hear him in that MVP conversation for many years to come.

It, it, it's pretty ...

We've seen these spurts.

We've seen him do good for a month.

We've seen him good for, you know, maybe five weeks, six weeks, but we've never seen this for an entire season, partly because he's, he wasn't always healthy, but a lot of times he just, um, you know, there were, there were spurts where he just couldn't get going.

Yeah.

What's the latest on Suarez and how legit, and I'll use AJ Minter as an example, how legit are the Braves going to be in the market for a high leverage addition to the pen?

I think it's, They certainly need at least one starter.

How that affects maybe moving a guy to the bullpen, they need to somehow get at least one fresh arm into that bullpen as soon as possible.

Do you remember when they went and got Richard Rodriguez in 2021 and he was good for August and then he disappeared in 2021, didn't even on the postseason roster? He earned that World Series ring because...

he was able to take some pressure off those guys there in September, and that's how the night shift kind of was able to blossom.

So just to be able to add some arms, whether it's a guy that's going to be an impact guy, hopefully, or just a guy who's going to take some heat off the guys, your regular guys here.

When they've got Iglesias, Fuentes, Suarez – You know, am I missing somebody? Ken Lee's been good.

Give me a guess on what you think the prospect cost is.

So Bo, what do you think their level of concern is with a staff that right now looks like it's Elder, Ritchie, Holmes, Sale and Perez, and can they sort of patch it together until we get to the deadline?

I think you can.

I mean, you know, you don't...

The one thing that, that Alex was right about when, when all of us were saying, "You need to go get pitching in the off-season," uh, you know, my, my whole thought was you can't rely on Lopez, you can't rely on Holmes.

Well, Holmes has stayed healthy.

You, you know, you can say what you want about, you know, where he is in the rotation.

But the one thing Alex knew is, is there was more in the tank or there were, you know, maybe he knew J- JR Ritchie was coming.

Yes

But I said after reading that, I think you have to treat Strider like a hope and not sort of depend on him now, which adds to the potential Alex Anthopoulos decisions at the deadline.

Yeah, yeah.

I think as we sat here, healthy Strider, we're all thinking they need to go get one starter, you know, with this timeline.

You know, I can't see Strider being a starter before early September.

That's best case scenario.

You know, is he available out of the bullpen at some point this year? Is he an asset in the playoffs? Maybe.

But like you said, with this timetable in late July, as you're making that decision, what do we need? You already had that feeling, you know, you want to get that one, one more starter.

Could they spend prospect capital for an everyday bat or a DH?