Braves fans remember Tyler Matzek’s heroics against Dodgers in 2021 NLCS

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The Braves made the first trade of the 2024 trade deadline last night by acquiring a couple of old friends from the Giants in Jorge Soler and Luke Jackson in exchange for Tyler Matzek and Sabin Ceballos.

Soler isn’t having the best season, but it’s much better than what Atlanta currently has in the outfield, and he’s been coming on strong as of late. Moreover, the Braves practically gave up nothing in exchange for Jackson and Soler.

Ceballos is a low-level minor league, and Matzek has been a shell of himself in 2024. The reality is that Tyler Matzek may never be the same, prompting Braves Country to take a trip down memory lane when he became Nutsack during the 2021 NLCS when he sat down three Dodgers in a row, including Mookie Betts and Albert Pujols, in the 7th inning with no outs and runners on second and third base.

Mookie Betts recently talked about the moment with former Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson on his “On Base with Mookie Betts” podcast

“The 2021 NLCS, when Matzek struck out me, (Albert) Pujols, and (Stephen) Sousa […] Tyler Matzek was throwing a thousand miles an hour. He was throwing ‘riseballs’ at a thousand. And he was throwing it right down the middle, and nobody could hit it.”

Tyler Matzek put together one of the most memorable moments in Braves history. I was in the building, and it was unexplainable. The build up to the final strike is the kind of drama only baseball can provide, as Truist Park erupted into a frenzy. It was at that moment, after all of the disappointment in the postseason over the last two decades, Braves Country collectively felt together like this might finally be their year.

Matzek may never reach those heights ever again, but he’ll be a legend in Braves Country forever.

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Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire 

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