The Braves are 9-4, the Royals are 4-9. Hopefully, when this series is over, the Braves will be 12-4 and the Royals will be 4-12. Like their current record, the Braves and Royals have been going in opposite directions as a franchise. The Royals haven’t had a winning season since their 2015 World Series victory, and the Braves have rattled off 5 straight winning seasons and look as though that’ll not stop any time soon. Let’s take a look at the pitching matchups for the series.
Pitching Matchups
Game 1, Charlie Morton vs. Brady Singer
Singer was drafted in the 1st round, 18th overall in the 2018 draft and had a promising 2022, but has been shaky thus far in 2023 with the deadly combo of a lower K-rate and higher BB-rate.
Game 2, Bryce Elder vs. Kris Bubic
Bubic has shown an uptick in velocity on his fastball, but that’s not been his difference make as his change, slider, and curve have all graded out above average and are used as his out pitches.
Game 3, Kyle Wright vs. Zack Greinke
I like this. Wright faces off against a grizzled veteran. I’m anxious to see Wright again. His stuff was darting all over the place and he couldn’t harness it, but reps should make all the difference.
Know Thy Enemy: The Royals Starting Lineup
I don’t know much about them, but I know that Vinnie Pasquantino guy can crush a baseball.
Braves Starting Lineup
Marcell Ozuna out, Vaughn Grissom in? Is it Christmas? Let’s get it.
Testing 🙂
Going to explore a little bit and see how this site works. Looking for the Braves to have a very impressive road trip and exited to have Grissom back up!
Welcome, Daug!
Good start.
i couldnt tell if the throw by Grissom was bad or was it on Morton
Wasn’t a great throw but I think it was catchable.
Singer isn’t exactly fooling anyone.
Cant wait for Jomboy to do the lip reading for that one.
Just got home to see Snit ejected… What happened?
Olson hit a ball on the fly off the yellow line on the left field line and it was called foul. It was overturned on replay, but they put the runners on 1st and 2nd. Snit didn’t like that.
Edit: left field wall.
thx.
Replay has so attenuated the manager argument that I miss them.
When they get the replay wrong, you about have to get tossed. But that’s about it anymore.
Bobby’s record for ejections is one that will never be broken… even if they made Chris Russo a manager.
I think that one um was pissed they were over ruled, he looked agitated as soon as they called for the replay
Seems like Charlie has had a ton of baserunners in every inning of every start this season.
This offense is scary
I would say Grissoms mediocre defense has contributed to that greatly.
I’ve been out and away from the game until just now. Have I missed much?
Just kidding–I have been sneaking looks at the mlb app on my phone. I’ve tried not to be too obvious about it, but I suspect my dinner companions wondered why I kept smiling. Anyway, I’ll post a recap first thing in the morning.
I think I could get used to this here offense.
I’m really liking Hilliard. Obviously Ozuna needs to be the next one to go, but Rosario is looking more and more expendable when Harris gets back. It looks like Grissom could be an effective DH right now but he looks like he needs some more work in the minors at short.
Recapped: https://bravesjournal.com/2023/04/15/braves-10-royals-4/