Expectations were low for Ender Inciarte coming into 2021, and he met them. Injuries and ineffectiveness limited him to 89 plate appearances before he was released on July 29th.
The .215/.276/.316 batting line he posted reinforced the notion that his … Finish Reading
After essentially no competitive at-bats in 2020, and coming off a .278/.340/.474 BA/OBP/SLG line at AA Mississippi in 2019, 22 year old Cristian Pache was called upon in 2021 to fill the outfield spot opened by the retirement of Nick … Finish Reading
In Austin Riley‘s 3rd MLB season he finally lived up to his potential, and then some. The 24 year old won the NL Silver Slugger award at 3rd base, finished 7th in the NL MVP race, and was named … Finish Reading
I’ve written a lot about Adam Duvall over the years. From 2018:
Duvall’s job in Cincinnati was to hit a home run a week; a rare and useful skill.
Adam Duvall – Braves Journal
Also from 2018:
… Finish Reading“Duvall’s low average
The second consecutive bullpen game proved to be one too many for the Braves, who squandered a 1st inning grand slam by Adam Duvall as well as the first of their three potential chances to close out the series.
The … Finish Reading
The Braves overcame a 4 – 2 deficit to tie the game in the bottom of the 8th, then walked it off on Eddie Rosario‘s 2 out RBI single in the 9th. The Braves have walked off consecutive games … Finish Reading
Corbin Burnes shut the Braves down for 6 innings on 2 hits, and a Rowdy Tellez 2 run homer off of Charlie Morton in the bottom of the 7th proved to be the difference.
The Braves had an opportunity to … Finish Reading
Having wrapped up his 4th consecutive division title got me to thinking about where Brian Snitker might stand in the history of Braves managers, and more specifically what would he have to do to someday be named to the … Finish Reading
This concludes our regularly scheduled programming.
The Braves take the meaningless final series 2 games to 1 to finish the 2021 regular season with an 88 – 73 record and 6.5 games ahead of the 2nd place Phillies. The Braves … Finish Reading
Will Smith threw a hitless 9th to pick up his 35th save.
After walking the bases loaded, and with a little help from the home plate umpire. A couple of borderline strike calls on Fernando Tatis and Trent Grisham were … Finish Reading
