Trae Young has never been a media darling. For whatever reason, the Hawks superstar isn’t treated fairly among his peers. I don’t know if it’s his “attitude,” style of play, or whatever the hell bothers people, but there’s a clear disdain from members of the media towards Trae Young despite being one of the brightest
When the Braves traded Vaughn Grissom for Chris Sale, it was met with criticism. Hell, I just wrote about a Deadspin blog that was titled Atlanta Braves trade for washed-up pitcher. “The 34-year-old lefty has looked cooked. He’s either hurt — he only made two starts last season, and just nine in 2021— or ineffective,
The Falcons are losers of two straight, and it seems the city of Atlanta is crumbling beneath Raheem Morris. Going into the bye week, the club is coming off their worst loss of the season, getting trampled by the Broncos and Bo Nix, who put up 400 yards of offense and scored on six of
The MLB offseason has begun, but it’s off to a slow start. Things, however, should accelerate rapidly with the Winter Meetings approaching, as Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos indicated. So, leading up to the Winter Meetings, let’s play a little game of Buy or Sell about trade and free agency rumors surrounding the Braves. Braves are
The Falcons came into last offseason with two glaring weaknesses — quarterback play and the pass rush. Terry Fontenot and Raheem Morris completely overhauled the signal caller position in one offseason, signing Kirk Cousins and drafting Michael Penix. It’s paid massive dividends, even if Cousins is coming off a couple of his worst games. The
Following seven consecutive top-six finishes in the voting from 2012 to 2018, Chris Sale won his first Cy Young Award in his first season with the Atlanta Braves. The wily veteran was traded last offseason after five injury-plagued seasons in Boston. In exchange, the Red Sox received Vaughn Grissom. It was a gamble by Alex
MLB awards season is here, and today, Chris Sale will be named the National League Cy Young Award winner, the first of his career. The Braves don’t have anyone else up for any, but there’s an old friend who is making headlines again. With Paul Skenes and Luis Gil winning the NL and AL Rookie
Max Fried’s free agency hasn’t quite materialized past interested parties and declining the Braves’ qualifying offer, but it should accelerate rapidly. As of right now, the expectation is Fried will draw interest from the Dodgers, Giants, Orioles, Red Sox and Blue Jays, according to reports from Jon Heyman and Jeff Passan. However, I wouldn’t be
The Falcons have a talent problem, and it’s because Terry Fontenot’s expertise lies on the pro personnel side of the ball, missing more often than not in the NFL Draft. It’s impossible to build a consistent winner in this league drafting the way the Falcons have drafted since Fontenot took over, but he’s clearly got
The Falcons defense stinks, and there’s no two ways around it. They rank 26th in scoring, 25th in total yards allowed per game, dead last in sacks and completion percentage, 30th in third-down percentage, 29th in drives ending in scores, 29th in passing touchdowns and yards per drive, and 28th in points per drive and
