Braves Journal

It’s not been the prettiest of beginnings for the 2021 Atlanta Braves. The Braves have Max Fried, Drew Smyly, Chris Martin, Sean Newcomb, Mike Soroka, Touki Toussaint, Ender Inciarte, and Cristian Pache on … Finish Reading

The good news is that the Braves proved they can create an offensive outbreak without being carried by Ronald Acuna Jr. The bad news is that they may have to.

Freddie Freeman, Travis d’Arnaud, Ehire Adrianza, and … Finish Reading

Oh, you want me to write something about that?

Huascar Ynoa really struggled. Trevor Williams did not. Willson Contreras hit two home runs, as did Kris Bryant. The Cubs as a team hit six home runs, and Chicago evened the … Finish Reading

This is just about survival right now.

The Braves beat the Cubs 5-2 at Wrigley Field on Friday afternoon to climb to 6-8 on the season, but the injury bug kept gnawing away at Brian Snitker’s ballclub. Today the baseball … Finish Reading

What in the scheduling world is going on? Day games on Friday and Saturday, then a night game on Sunday? The world has gone topsy-turvy. I love me some Braves, but it is a bit odd that the ESPN Sunday … Finish Reading

Is a team that wins four games out of twelve a bad team? There are many ways to approach this question: here’s one. In a 162-game season a team has 151 12-game stretches. Let’s look at the number of wins … Finish Reading

Another day, another frustrating loss. 

In fact, this one was even more frustrating than the first two losses to the Marlins this week.  After clawing back from a 5-0 deficit, the Braves tied it and took it to extra innings.  … Finish Reading

He walked out of the hotel into the fog, fog that thickened as he wandered down towards the harbour: fog in his mind as he tried to interpret the strong and sometimes contradictory emotions that overlapped and mingled in his