Fred McGriff. Ryan Klesko. Andres Galarraga. Rico Brogna. Ken Caminiti. Robert Fick. That’s how the succession of the first baseman’s mitt went from the mid nineties to the early aughts. If that doesn’t make … Finish Reading
Braves One Year Wonder, Aaron Harang, aka The Harangutan, has a similar story to Ervin Santana. He was a savior of the 2014 rotation. You can read about the rotation situation going into the 2014 season here, but … Finish Reading
If WAR would’ve been prevalent in the late-90’s early 2000’s, then the Braves likely wouldn’t have gotten themselves in this mess. However, if they wouldn’t have gotten themselves into this mess, then we wouldn’t have wankers to write about, especially … Finish Reading
Before there was the Dallas Keuchel and Craig Kimbrel sagas, players had been affected by the Qualifying Offer for the greater part of a decade. The Qualifying Offer was implemented into baseball in 2012, and Braves One Year Wonder, Ervin … Finish Reading
The OF of the late-2000s was largely a mess and that brings us to the subject of the day, Braves One Year Wanker Garret Anderson.
If thinking about the outfield of the late aughts … Finish Reading
As I’m looking at guys who would be “wildcards” to our season success, I’m looking at guys who could potentially lengthen the list of potentially elite players at that unit. For the bullpen, it was Luke Jackson. On the … Finish Reading
A lot of talk is centered around Will Smith, Chris Martin, Mark Melancon, and Shane Greene — the key acquisitions of last trading … Finish Reading
If the season started today, does ZiPS say we’re better or worse? For comparison’s sake, we are going to look at the 2019 vs. 2020 Atlanta Braves ZiPS projections to line up the 2 teams in the … Finish Reading
In continuing our extension candidate series, we look at a player that has shown spurts of greatness but hasn’t broken through. Today’s Atlanta Braves Extension Candidate, Dansby Swanson.
This is a hard one because we don’t … Finish Reading
If A.J. Minter merely replicated his performance from the year previous — 61.1 IP, 57 H, 22 BB, 69 K, 3.23 ERA, 2.72 FIP — some might have been disappointed, then the 2019 Atlanta Braves Player Review on A.J. Minter … Finish Reading
