We’ve come a long way since that Wednesday morning on June 24th — the day MLB announced that the 2020 regular season would take place, proposing a shortened 60-game schedule largely featuring intra-division play as well as an interleague slate mixing AL and NL teams by their geographical divisions. After what seemed like an eternity of fighting
The Braves will have some tough decisions to make come playoff time, which as of Friday, is just over two weeks away (October 6th in Arlington, TX). Although, with MLB’s last-second changes to this year’s playoff structure, perhaps no decision will be more crucial than what the Braves choose to do with their starting rotation —
As far as the starting rotation goes, the Braves could use help right now. Unfortunately, the trade deadline was nearly three weeks ago, and the lone addition of Tommy Milone has only hurt the team. Following Cole Hamels’ first start on Wednesday, Atlanta’s rotation boasts an unsightly ERA of 6.01 (third-worst in baseball and worst in the National
The 2020 regular season is winding down, and after wrapping up their series with the Orioles last night, the Braves have just ten games remaining on their schedule. Sixty games sure do fly by, but we’re just now getting to the best portion of the MLB regular season — the final stretch leading up to
As of Wednesday morning, the Braves have just 11 games remaining on their 2020 regular-season schedule, and this year’s National League playoff field is beginning to take shape. Six of the eight available postseason slots from the Senior Circuit feature teams with playoff odds at 70% or better…  NL Playoff Field (70% odds or better)
Another game and yet another short outing by a Braves’ starting pitcher on Monday, as Touki Toussaint walked off the mound after just 2.2 innings, allowing eight runs (five earned). Fortunately, and that’s a colossal understatement at this point, the Braves’ bullpen has been solid in 2020, entering Thursday’s game with a combined 3.41 ERA (second-best in
Despite currently ranking dead-last in the majors in third base WAR (per FanGraphs), it wouldn’t be entirely fair to call 2020 a total disaster at the position. Don’t get me wrong, the results have collectively been awful, though a lot of the despair has come via Johan Camargo’s .200/.244/.367 slash-line and the fact that, despite showing solid strides with
Given the Braves currently wield the National League’s second-most productive bullpen (and MLB’s fifth-best) so far this season, in terms of FanGraphs WAR (2.5 WAR), there really isn’t much to complain about when it comes to the team’s relief core. Of the nine Braves’ relievers to tally at least ten innings in 2020, seven currently sport a sub-2.50 ERA, and
A topic that has been brought up quite a bit since 2019: there seems to be a growing narrative that the Braves have struggled to develop their young pitchers. Obviously, the team’s starting rotation woes in 2020 have contributed to a lot of the criticism, but even before a few of the latest young arms
Think about how long the Braves’ franchise has been around and the type of hitters that have come through the organization. Players like Chipper and Andruw Jones, Gary Sheffield… Hank Aaron, for goodness sake! When it comes to guys known for wielding some of the best bats not only of their time but of all-time, the
