Jurickson Profar went 2 – 4 and slugged his 13th home run of the season as the Braves and Mariners combined for 20 runs in front of 31,119 at Truist Park.
Joey Wentz got through his start on only 65 pitches, and the Braves limited Eugenio Suarez to half the home runs he hit April 27th. Hayden Harris lowered his ERA to 3.38, and Vidal Brujan allowed only his 2nd and 3rd earned runs of the season. Atlanta was not charged with any errors, and were able to get some regulars some rest late in the game.
The Cubs come to town on Monday at 7:15, Spencer Strider and Colin Rea scheduled. Undoubtedly some people will pay to see this game also.
Brilliant.
I would add that the Braves are doing their best to see that their Pythagorean record reflects their actual record.
Yeoman’s work. Often goes unnoticed
Four points on Davey Johnson’s managerial career:
1) I strongly suspect that he’s the only MLB manager to have managed five or more different teams with winning records for each of them. (Billy Martin was the only other manager I checked, and he was barely below .500 for two of his five teams.)
2) Of his 14 full seasons as a manager with five teams, 13 were 87-75 or better and either 1st or 2nd in the division. The 14th was 77-85, 3rd.
3) He managed three partial seasons, all of which were below .500. I guess it stands to reason that if you’re fired in midseason (in Johnson’s only time, the Mets were 20-22), it’s because the team isn’t doing very well, and if you’re hired in midseason, it’s because the team hasn’t been doing very well and because of that is likely to continue not to do well. But it may also be that part of his strength was picking the right players in spring training.
4) He may also have been good about waiting for the right situations and not taking the first offer. The Mets fired him early in 1990, and he didn’t join the Reds until mid-1993. He did go directly from the Reds to the Orioles before the 1996 season, but he sat out 1998 before joining the Dodgers in 1999, and he sat out 10+ years before joining the Nationals in mid-2011.
Dusty Baker had winning records with 4 teams and was 327-332 with the Cubs.
Leo Durocher had winning records with 3 teams but had a 82-89 record with the Astros
Lou Piniella was 4 out of 5, excepting only Tampa Bay
Bill Virdon had winning records with Houston,the Yankees and Pittsburgh and was 146-147 with Montreal. So close!
Bill McKechnie was 4 out 5 but the loser (the Braves, was WAY under .500).
But Steve O’Neill had winning records with the Red Sox, Indians, Tigers and Phillies
For the Orioles, Davey Johnson made the last out of the 1969 WS vs the Mets.
For the Mets, he managed their last WS title 39 years ago. (Sounds good, doesn’t it?)
They should retire his number. I mean, he deserves it more than Willie Mays.
Johnson also got the last hit off of Sandy Koufax, in the second game of the 1966 World Series. Koufax retired after that season.
We just picked up Edwin Diaz’s brother.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/09/braves-claim-alexis-diaz.html
Thanks, Rusty. Best Bravda entry ever!
There is only so much one can do with what one has to work with.
Correction: it will be Bryce Elder tonight and Strider on Tuesday.
And… Sean Murphy to the IL with a “right hip labral tear,” via the Braves official account on Twitter.
“Braves announce exciting opportunity for Triple-A prospect.”
THIS MAKES ME LIVID:
I’d say his performance has been pretty clearly affected since the second half of 2023. He’s hit .189/.296/.361 over his past 207 injury-plagued games in the past two years.
These Braves do not have a good culture around player health, at all.
I think it’s likely that Murphy will be rehabbing into next season and may not be ready for Opening Day.
And Peanut just validated my supposition: “You can look at the approximate $2 million the Braves will pay Kim this year as basically the cost of a recruiting visit. If the former Gold Glove shortstop finds comfort over these final few weeks, there could be a better chance he’ll continue to serve as Atlanta’s shortstop next season.”
https://www.mlb.com/braves/news/ha-seong-kim-evaluating-future-with-braves
I’ve changed my mind.
From the article: “If the Braves like what they see over the next few weeks, they could choose to give Kim a multi-year deal with an AAV that would likely be at least $16 million.” In a word, Ha.
Boras is going to get two bites of the apple here. I am now pretty convinced that Kim (with Boras’ tutelage) gets two bites at the apple. First, Boras negotiates with the Braves, saying “Look. He is not exercising his option. But he likes it here… Give me, say $25MM x 5 years [and I’m not Boras, so I’m just making up stuff — I could be way low] and I’ll cut the process short. Otherwise, you’re in an auction, and it’s an auction you guys always lose. I’m Scott Boras, and I’m pretty sure I can get him a little more than $25MM X 5 years, but he tells me he likes you.”
If negotiations with the Braves fail, he carries out his threat. There is no reasonable chance that Kim takes his option unless Boras thinks he’ll have trouble marketing Kim. Have Boras and the Braves ever concluded successful negotiations? [Post Derek Lowe]
Dallas Keuchel, apparently. (Your point obviously stands!)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5274293/2024/02/14/scott-boras-braves-dodgers-free-agents/
I can’t see Kim getting a multi-year deal from anyone. I think he will bounce back, enough that I like that use of $16MM. But I wouldn’t give him much more than that if he were a free agent.
Kim got an NIL deal.
In The Athletic, DOB flatly says Snit is “expected to retire from his current position at the end of the season.” Passive voice, so who is doing the expecting is not clear. In previous articles, he made it sound like it was still up in the air, so this seems to be a change.
I’m loyal to this team for life, but the leadership of this franchise is absolutely dreadful. I really have zero faith that 2026-2030 is going to come close to anything that happened between 2018-2023.
CB Bucknor is the most consistent umpire in baseball history.
I wonder how many teams regret not trading for Iglesias.
recapped.