The Braves have won four straight this week, which is a nice bounce-back after a rough west coast trip last week. While the offense seems like it is waking up to some extent, it is worth mentioning that the recipe for winning this week has been much more about pitching than offense, with the Braves scoring 4, 5, 4, and 4 runs in this week’s games and holding opponents to 2, 0, 2, and 1 runs respectively. This is worth saying both to give credit to Atlanta’s pitching staff, which has largely been really good this season (save for a couple of blowups) and to point out that the offense may not be entirely out of the woods yet. While the offense has at least consistently put up solif run totals in this mini-winning-streak, it hasn’t exactly been putting up gaudy numbers either. Hopefully we see the pitching continue to do it’s job quite well and this is part of the gradual reappearance of the Braves’ offense we are used to.
Braves News
Braves’ 2022 draft pick Ian Mejia has been tearing up Double-A this season and continued this on Friday with an extremely impressive start.
The Braves came within one out of no-hitting the Mets but settled for a comfortable 4-1 win over their division rival, securing the series win behind a dominant Max Fried.
MLB News
Paul Skenes made possibly the most anticipated pitching prospect debut since Stephen Strasburg and displayed both his incredible talent and what he might still need to work on in a 4.0 inning start with 7 strikeouts but 3 earned runs allowed.
Boston’s Masataka Yoshida will avoid surgery for his injured thumb, but will still miss significant time, as he is shut down for at least a few weeks.
Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks will return to their active roster and start Sunday’s game after missing a few weeks with a back injury.
The Texas Rangers’ Max Scherzer is still dealing with a back issue but is also now dealing with a thumb issue that must be resolved before he can ramp up to pitch.
The Nationals and CJ Abrams are reportedly talking seriously about an extension as the young shortstop is in the midst of a major breakout season at the plate.
