Atlanta Braves News: Almost no-no, Ian Mejia’s dominance on the farm, more

The Braves have won four in a row this week, which is a nice bounce back after a tough West Coast trip last week. While the offense appears to be waking up to some extent, it’s worth mentioning that the recipe for winning this week has been much more about pitching than offense, with the Braves scoring 4, 5, 4, and 4 runs in the matches this week. and hold the opponents to 2, 0, 2 and 1 points respectively. This is worth saying both to give credit to Atlanta’s pitching staff, which has been largely very good this season (save for a few outbursts) and to point out that the offense is perhaps not entirely out of the woods yet. While the offense has at least consistently posted solid point totals during this mini-win streak, it hasn’t posted gaudy numbers either. Hopefully the pitchers continue to do their job well and this is part of the gradual resurgence of the Braves offense we are accustomed to.

Braves News

Braves 2022 draft pick Ian Mejia has been tearing up Double-A this season and continued Friday with an extremely impressive debut.

The Braves came close to a tie against the Mets, but settled for a comfortable 4-1 win over their division rival, securing the series victory behind a dominant Max Fried.

MLB News

Paul Skenes made perhaps his most anticipated pitching debut since Stephen Strasburg and showed both his incredible talent and what he might still need to work on in a 4.0 innings start with 7 strikeouts but 3 earned runs allowed.

Boston’s Masataka Yoshida will avoid surgery on his injured thumb, but will still miss significant time as he is out for at least a few weeks.

The Cubs Kyle Hendricks will return to his active roster and start Sunday’s game after missing a few weeks with a back injury.

Max Scherzer of the Texas Rangers is still dealing with a back issue, but he is also dealing with a thumb issue that needs to be resolved before he can throw.

The Nationals and CJ Abrams are reportedly seriously talking about an extension as the young shortstop is in the midst of a major season at the plate.