This is your Braves News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of June 28, 2021.
“While they can’t make up for past problems, it does suggest that the Braves are doing better — overall — than the other East teams with the rest of their schedule… and there are still a bunch of head-to-head games remaining with the NL East. Before the All-Star break, Atlanta has 3 games vs. Likewise, the Padres come into town right after that before the Braves get nine consecutive games against the Phillies and Mets — on the road. Addition by Division The Braves are now 5 back in the East with the Mets still needing to make up 4 games on their own schedule (thanks to prior COVID considerations). That should make for a tired Mets club… and this week is the best opportunity to start the comeback.”
“I’m good with it.” With the contributions of Acuña and Muller, the Braves split both this four-game series and an eight-game road trip that began against the Mets. It sort of turns into the mentality that there’s no way I’m not going to get a hit this at-bat.” Muller time While praising Muller’s impressive performance on Sunday, Braves fans should recognize the importance of the young hurler also beginning this trip by allowing one run over four innings while matching up against the Mets’ Jacob deGrom in the first game of a doubleheader. “What we went through the whole road trip, obviously I’d like to have a winning road trip,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. I guess that one was harder than [the] last couple that I thought were the hardest-hit balls I’d seen.” The 117.4 exit velocity recorded on the homer was the hardest-hit ball by a Braves player dating back to 2015, when Statcast began tracking this data.”