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ATLANTA — There are two ways to look at an early season rough patch like the Atlanta Braves are enduring now. The first way is to look at the calendar and remember that it’s still early in the season, with four full months remaining in the schedule. The second is to look at all those playoff flags from seasons past looming over the right-field fence at Truist Park, and remember that for most of their history in Atlanta, the Braves are the living embodiment of a really good ballclub. “Pretty good” keeps the fans engaged. But “pretty good” doesn’t win world championships.…

ATLANTA — There are two ways to look at an early season rough patch like the Atlanta Braves are enduring now. The first way is to look at the calendar and remember that it’s still early in the season, with four full months remaining in the schedule. The second is to look at all those playoff flags from seasons past looming over the right-field fence at Truist Park, and remember that for most of their history in Atlanta, the Braves are the living embodiment of a really good ballclub. “Pretty good” keeps the fans engaged. But “pretty good” doesn’t win world championships.…

Oakland Athletics (23-36, fourth in the AL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (32-23, second in the NL East) Atlanta; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Aaron Brooks (0-2, 3.63 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, nine strikeouts); Braves: Chris Sale (8-1, 2.12 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 78 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics, on a three-game losing streak, take on the Atlanta Braves. Atlanta has gone 18-11 in home games and 32-23 overall. The Braves have the eighth-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .405. Oakland has a 23-36 record overall and a 10-20 record in road games. The Athletics have an 11-3…

Oakland Athletics (23-36, fourth in the AL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (32-23, second in the NL East) Atlanta; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Aaron Brooks (0-2, 3.63 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, nine strikeouts); Braves: Chris Sale (8-1, 2.12 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 78 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics, on a three-game losing streak, take on the Atlanta Braves. Atlanta has gone 18-11 in home games and 32-23 overall. The Braves have the eighth-best team slugging percentage in the majors at .405. Oakland has a 23-36 record overall and a 10-20 record in road games. The Athletics have an 11-3…

A 4.50 ERA is never going to jump off the page at you. It’s pretty average production for a pitcher and in some circles, considered below average. That’s Aaron Bummer’s ERA through the first 5 weeks of the season, and so it’s easy to conclude Aaron Bummer has been an average relief pitchers so far 2024. Or even below average. I don’t think either has been the case. Has he been elite, no. But I think he’s been better than the general fanbase thinks. The easiest way to show this is to point out that 4.50 ERA is accompanied by…

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Truist Park is a baseball stadium in the Atlanta metropolitan area, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta in the unincorporated community of Cumberland, in Cobb County, Georgia. Opened in 2017, it is the ballpark of Major League Baseball‘s Atlanta Braves.[14] Previously named SunTrust Park, the ballpark was renamed after SunTrust Bank became Truist Financial in 2020.[15][16] The stadium was constructed in a public–private partnership with a project budget of $622 million.[9][17] Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority issued up to $397 million in bonds for the project.[18] The county raised an additional $14 million from transportation taxes and $10 million cash from businesses in the Cumberland Community Improvement District.[9] The Braves contributed the remaining money for the park and The Battery Atlanta.[9] In March 2015, a security filing from…

Truist Park is a baseball stadium in the Atlanta metropolitan area, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta in the unincorporated community of Cumberland, in Cobb County, Georgia. Opened in 2017, it is the ballpark of Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves.[14] Previously named SunTrust Park, the ballpark was renamed after SunTrust Bank became Truist Financial in 2020.[15][16] The stadium was constructed in a public–private partnership with a project budget of $622 million.[9][17] Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority issued up to $397 million in bonds for the project.[18] The county raised an additional $14 million from transportation taxes and $10 million cash from businesses in the Cumberland Community Improvement District.[9] The Braves contributed the remaining money for the park and The Battery Atlanta.[9] In March 2015, a security filing from…

Some might say the NL East race is over, but that doesn’t mean Atlanta’s season is If we’re being honest, the Phillies were already in the process of putting some serious distance between themselves and the Braves. Their division lead is up to six games heading into Memorial Day — the largest lead in any division in baseball, if you can believe that. And while the Phillies have a much tougher schedule over the next month than anything they’ve faced up to this point, plucking Acuña out of the Braves’ lineup clears the path for the Phillies considerably. (One clear…

Due to a plethora of injuries, the Braves, who didn’t seem like they would be incredibly active at this year’s trade deadline, now could be the most active of any club in the majors. On paper, they could use another starting pitcher, but most notably, they need someone to replace the offensive production left by Ronald Acuña Jr, who is out for the season after suffering a torn ACL. The obvious direction for the Braves is to search for outfielders leading up to the trade deadline. Just like they did in 2021, the last time Acuña tore his ACL, which led to…