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Saying the 2024 season hasn’t gone the way the Atlanta Braves planned would likely be an understatement. The team lost Spencer Strider to a season ending injury after just two starts and the reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. to another torn ACL in May. The offense has underperformed up and down the lineup and the Braves are a sub .500 team since May 1.
As bleak as things have been, the worst thing they could do is panic. MLB.com’s Mark Bowman pointed out some similarities for this year’s team with the 2004 club in this week’s newsletter. On June 23, 2004, Atlanta was 32-38 and had lost 10 of their past 13 games. Bowman talks about how Bobby Cox said that being patient was important. That Braves team went on to win 96 games.
Brian Snitker finds himself in a similar situation now.
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Michael Harris left Friday’s win over the Rays with a hamstring injury in the first inning. Harris suffered the injury while going first to third on a double by Ozzie Albies. Brian Snitker told reporters after the game that Harris will be placed on the injured list prior to Saturday’s game.
Austin Riley finished a triple shy of the cycle and Chris Sale turned in another great performance to the help the Braves to a 7-3 win over the Rays Friday night.
Part 1 of this week’s mailbag discusses why the Braves will be buyers and not sellers at the deadline, the zero percent chance they trade Max Fried and much more.
Baseball Prospectus’ Robert Orr does a deep dive into the Braves’ offensive struggles, in particularly against fastballs.
The Athletic’s Eno Sarris took a closer look at several young starters and talked about what he likes about Spencer Schwellenbach and what concerns him about Hurston Waldrep.
MLB Pipeline projected Kentucky outfielder Ryan Waldschmidt to the Braves in their latest mock draft.
FanGraphs released their list of the Braves’ top 36 prospects on Friday. The trio of AJ Smith-Shawver, Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep top the list.
