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
Author: Rusty S.
Rusty S. is a Braves Journal reader since 2005 and an occasional innings-eater. It was my understanding that there would be no expectations.
Phillies 7, Braves 6
The Braves held a 3 – 0 lead after 1 inning, but Drew Smyly allowed 5 runs in 5 innings, and the Phillies benefitted from a controversial call in the 9th to salvage a game from the 3 game series.… Finish Reading
Phillies 2, Braves 1
The Braves were limited to 4 hits as the Phillies sweep the series 3 – 0.
Philadelphia opened the scoring in the bottom of the 2nd, as Andrew Knapp hit his first home run of 2021. If history is any … Finish Reading
10 For ’00’s – The 2008 Atlanta Braves Season
One way to remember 2008 is as the season that Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, and Charlie Morton all pitched for the Braves. That is about all it should be remembered for. The Braves had their worst season … Finish Reading
10 for ’00’s – The 2000 Atlanta Braves Season
Let’s go back to a simpler time, when new computers were finally guaranteed enough memory to store entire dates, people partied like it was last year, and Bush vs. Gore meant something other than deciding what to watch on Cinemax … Finish Reading
Braves 2020 Player Review: Johan Camargo
After a hot spring training, it appeared that the Braves were ready to start the season with Johan Camargo as the every day 3rd baseman. Then came the Covid.
Camargo strained a hamstring in an intra-squad game as the Braves … Finish Reading
2020 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Ender Inciarte
Coming off an injury-plagued 2019 season, Ender Inciarte was not able to turn things around in the abbreviated 2020 season. The sad numbers: .190/.262/.250, including only 4 extra base hits in his 116 at bats. It’s the second consecutive lost … Finish Reading
Braves 2020 Player Review: Adam Duvall
When the Braves acquired Adam Duvall in 2018, I wrote that basically his job was to hit a home run per week. In 2020, Duvall hit 6 weeks worth in 2 games.
Adam had the kind of season the … Finish Reading
2020 Atlanta Braves Player Review: Marcell Ozuna
Marcell Ozuna was signed in January after free agent Josh Donaldson left for the Twins. Here’s what I wrote about the signing at that time.
The signing couldn’t have worked out better for the … Finish Reading
Dodgers 4, Braves 3
The Dodgers didn’t go 43 – 17 for nothing. Cody Bellinger‘s solo homer in the bottom of the 7th was the difference in the game and the series.
The Braves had a couple of chances to break it open … Finish Reading