DannyW
Senior Member
Now that deer hunting season is over, Minor League and Pro football is done, and MLB spring training underway, there seems to be a little interest in baseball on the forum. And the Braves have a right nice little team.
Like @Duff mentioned in the 2023 thread, I think Fried is playing his last season for the Braves. Ditto for Charlie Morton. Fried is going to be too expensive to re-sign, Morton is going to be too old. I think the Braves hope that at least one of their top farm team pitchers can make the jump and fill the void. But, for this year, the Braves have the best starting staff in MLB. At least on paper, we'll see if they live up to the hype.
The bullpen is loaded. It may be the best bullpen in MLB.
It's reasonable to expect a little regression from their hitters. But face it, even with regression the Braves line-up is still one of the top 2-3 teams in baseball.
Kelenic is a wild card. Can he tap his full potential playing in a line-up where he no longer has the pressure to carry his team? I guess we are going to find out.
Think of this...the LAD committed over $1.2 BILLION dollars in the off-season to produce a line-up as good as the Braves. What does that say about the job AA has done?
As with all teams, injuries, or lack of, will play a huge part in the season. But as we like to say, next man up. They won the 2021 World Series without Acuna.
Will be fun to see it play out over the next 6 months.
Like @Duff mentioned in the 2023 thread, I think Fried is playing his last season for the Braves. Ditto for Charlie Morton. Fried is going to be too expensive to re-sign, Morton is going to be too old. I think the Braves hope that at least one of their top farm team pitchers can make the jump and fill the void. But, for this year, the Braves have the best starting staff in MLB. At least on paper, we'll see if they live up to the hype.
The bullpen is loaded. It may be the best bullpen in MLB.
It's reasonable to expect a little regression from their hitters. But face it, even with regression the Braves line-up is still one of the top 2-3 teams in baseball.
Kelenic is a wild card. Can he tap his full potential playing in a line-up where he no longer has the pressure to carry his team? I guess we are going to find out.
Think of this...the LAD committed over $1.2 BILLION dollars in the off-season to produce a line-up as good as the Braves. What does that say about the job AA has done?
As with all teams, injuries, or lack of, will play a huge part in the season. But as we like to say, next man up. They won the 2021 World Series without Acuna.
Will be fun to see it play out over the next 6 months.