Spencer Strider and the boys are back to claim their home land. The Arizona Diamondbacks are in town and LHP Tommy Henry will face off against this lineup:
The Diamondback are 4-3, while the Braves are 3-2. However, both have a +21 run differential.
Braves Minor League Affiliates Update
The Gwinnett Stripers have played 6 games on the year and are currently 3-3 on the year. The AA Mississippi Braves, the A+ Rome Emperors, and Low-A Augusta GreenJackets all start their seasons tonight, weather permitting. If you own MLB.TV, you can watch a lot of Minor League games through the app.
It’s good to be home.
Man…we really miss Murphy. We aren’t getting anything out of the catcher spot with TDA and Tromp
Is it me or is Strider down a couple mph tonight?
Was thinking the same. Hopefully it’s just early season dead arm period.
Weird after the extra off day and warmer temperatures
I’m fairly certain d’Arnaud will eventually hit, but Tromp is useless.
Also … I’m worried about Strider. He is not good right now.
Get him out. No point letting him get his brains beat in when he obviously doesn’t have it. I am extremely worried about Strider and Fried so far.
I also wonder if he is intentionally holding back to pace himself. If that’s the case it’s not working.
Strider was off tonight, but I’m not worried. He missed his spots, for sure, but he also gave up four bloop hits. It happens to the best of them.
This is a good team but not a great team. Will need to get lucky. (but that’s true for most every year).
Stole it… but we’ll take it!!
This team looks pretty great to me!
On the mlb app, it’s being reported that Strider will have an MRI for elbow discomfort.
Fun fact. The Mets’ all-time leading home run hitter is Darryl Strawberry with 252 home runs. Atlanta has 6 players with more than 252 home runs, including Freddie Freeman. RAJ already has 161 home runs. He ranks 13th on the Braves’ hr list but would be 6th for the Mets