Martinez is simply not a closer. But I guess he's all we have at this point.

The game today is the Cards to lose. If JF is even close to what he is capable of, he should be able to go 6 or 7 and hold them to no more than a few runs. I guess this is where we see what he is made of. The offense needs to continue what they did in the late innings last night. I can't imagine they won't cleanup the defense. Hopefully that was just the first game jitters...

You also have to wonder if there isn't a little sumptin'-sumptin' going on the Brave clubhouse with Acuna's antics last night. He is a stud but he clearly pissed off the Manager and a few of the vets on the team.

Go Cards