Show #230: Braves Bats Wake Up and Sweep the Weekend
The Chipper ceremony. Grading Fredi’s first half. The FO and the trade deadline. And the July schedule.
The Chipper ceremony. Grading Fredi’s first half. The FO and the trade deadline. And the July schedule.
For all that’s made of the strikeout and good things happening when players make contact, it actually doesn’t play out that way in the real world:
Braves on Balls in Play: .295/.293/.364
National League on Balls in Play: .298/.295/.377
Braves …
The disappearing offense. Moves to be made? Uggla’s eyes. And Schafer vs. Gattis.
Much has been made of the Braves’ futility with runners in scoring position. As I wrote this, looking at the statistics before Wednesday’s action, the Braves had the second-worst batting average in the National League and the fourth-worst slugging percentage …
The SD and SF series. Beachy’s setback. Where should BJ, JUP and Chris Johnson bat? And the Atlanta Braves Mt. Rushmore.