Author: Nick

The Braves were looking for the sweep Sunday at LoanDepot Park, but they ran into Sandy Alcantara. The Marlins pitcher twirled a complete game (they even let him throw 115 pitches), allowing three unearned runs on six hits, two walks … Finish Reading

This was a pretty crazy series, but two of the three games went the other way unfortunately. The Braves had chances today, particularly in the 10th when they only needed to score the extra runner from second to win the … Finish Reading

Yay, I finally get a win! And possibly our most impressive win of the year to this point, at that. I hesitate to write this, as it’s possibly just as likely that things go back down the crapper again, but … Finish Reading

The Braves early-season struggles continued on Sunday, as they fell to the Marlins 5-4. That score belies the anemic offensive performance, as they scored three in the ninth and nearly completed their seemingly annual mega-comeback against the Marlins. It wasn’t … Finish Reading

The offense (mercifully) showed signs of life on Friday and Saturday, but it went back into the doldrums tonight in a 2-1 nationally-televised defeat. Most of that was due to the performance of Yu Darvish, who threw by far his … Finish Reading

How to make sense of Joc Pederson’s tenure with the Atlanta Braves?

He served as the first piece of the trade deadline puzzle for Alex Anthopoulos, coming to Atlanta on July 15 in a trade with the Cubs. The … Finish Reading

Bryse Wilson finally came to the end of his run with the Braves this year. He was traded to Pittsburgh with minor league pitcher Ricky DeVito for Richard Rodriguez on Deadline Day. I’ll get to some thoughts on the trade … Finish Reading

Max Fried was in an interesting spot coming into the year. He’d seemed to enjoy his breakout season in 2020, but what to make of a breakout performance over a 60-game mini-season? He’d been undeniably great in 2020, but he … Finish Reading