Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday
Last night was a rare sight, indeed — at least as far as this season is concerned. The Atlanta Braves ended up cruising to a victory, on the road, in the NL West, no less. Indeed, this looked more like the Braves that we’re used to seeing in Cobb County — especially considering that they had a big eighth inning on their way to victory.
However, there’s one thing that happened that assures me that in these turbulent times of change and upheaval, one thing remains the same: Jesse Chavez pitched an inning for the Atlanta Braves. A solid rock in the midst of a storm.
More Braves News
While the first game of this series may have already taken place, you can still get a quick primer on the rest of the pitching matchups going forward in our series preview.
In case you might’ve missed it, José Suarez is now a free agent.
The good news about Craig Kimbrel’s return bid is that he continues to throw scoreless innings in the minors. The bad news is that he’s still hovering around 92-mph on his fastball. Yikes.
David Schoenfield of ESPN.com ($) recently made some way-too-early trade deadline predictions and suggested that if the Braves are still in a hole once that time comes around, they could potentially move…Marcell Ozuna?
As someone who’s visited the new Velvet Taco stand at the ballpark, you should really check out this list from our friends at Eater of all the new food options at Truist Park this season.
MLB News
The Nationals ended the Mets’ winning streak at seven. They have to feel good about that and Federal Baseball is feeling really good about their budding star player, James Wood.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. continued his regular torment of Yankee Stadium, as his 15th career homer in 43 at-bats in the Bronx helped push the Blue Jays to a win over the Yankees.
Speaking of the Yankees, Pinstripe Alley is wondering where all the hype surrounding the torpedo bats has gone?
Brendan Donovan was all over the place for the Cardinals in a one-run win over the Brewers.
Don’t look now but the Royals have won five straight games — their latest being a shutout win over the Astros with Seth Lugo dominating.
Blake Snell has been shut down from throwing, as the Dodgers will now have to keep going without one of their top offseason acquisitions.