Category: 2020 Editorials

The proverbial smoke-filled room As lotsa teams decline options on players at what would have seemed to be reasonable values at 2019 salary levels the rumblings have already started as to owner collusion.  It is way...

Foreword It’s been a while since I’ve written a preview for an important series; obviously, it’s been a hell of a long time since there was any call to preview an NLCS. So, I think the best possible way to...

This is the way it has to be, but you already knew that. Maybe you didn’t want to admit it, but deep down you knew. You had optimistic visions about a path to the World Series that might avoid Los Angeles. Ideas in your mind...

It’s been about four days since the Atlanta Braves last won a playoff series. Goodness, that sounds much better than what we were saying a week ago. After going almost two decades without advancing in the MLB Playoffs, the...

I believe the Braves bullpen depth makes the no-days-off playoff format a positive for the the Braves. Having watched two playoff games, which is more than enough for an internet rando to come up with a theory, I’ll...

Editor’s Note: This is a Braves Bullpen Usage Study comparing Brian Snitker and Fredi Gonzalez. Our founder Mac Thomason wrote up Fredi when he was hired and Matt Langford wrote up Brian Snitker here. Now, on with the...

Note: all numbers are current as of September 16. On September 12, Freddie Freeman celebrated his 31st birthday. He still looks like a big kid to me, but he’s been in the big leagues a full decade, and as magnificent a...

Monday at 4 p.m. marked the trade deadline for the wacky 2020 Major League Baseball season. The Atlanta Braves were poised to be one of the busiest buyers as the deadline approached, with a three-game lead in their division but...

Looking through Braves colored glasses, the team seemingly had no holes coming into the 2020 season with the only question mark being the battle for 3rd base which looked really promising in both ST 1.0 and 2.0. However, a lot...

Before we get to the piece, let’s catch up on today’s Braves Roster News. Albies and Acuña Update Albies took swings today. He's still feeling sore while swinging from the right side. Snit said Acuna was still...

The phrase “Braves Way” seems to carry two meanings in the Atlanta Braves’ fanbase. When used seriously, it expresses a desire to return to the team’s glory days, when our beloved Braves rattled off 14...

With two seven inning games already in the books, our dauntless editor asked me to estimate the chances of a no-hitter in a seven inning game.  I can give a first-cut at that, but there are a lot of caveats. First off,...

Courtesy of @680theFan Following Monday’s loss to the New York Mets, during which ace Mike Soroka went down with a torn Achilles tendon, many Atlanta Braves fans began clamoring for the team to make a big move for starting...