Hamels reported shortly before the start of a four-game series against the Miami Marlins that he didn’t feel like he could get anything on the ball. The left-hander was scheduled to make his second start Tuesday after struggling throughout the year to overcome shoulder and triceps issues. The Braves placed Hamels on the 10-day injured […]
Continue readingThe division-leading Braves have struggled to put together a rotation behind Max Fried, who is 5-0 with a 1.35 ERA. Ian Anderson, who pitched one-hit ball over six innings in his major league debut last week, is the only other Atlanta starter to earn a win this season. The 33-year-old Milone will be thrown right […]
Continue readingThe motif heading into the 60-game Major League Baseball season was straight out of a 1950s horror movie or a bad slogan for a 1980s Mariners team: Anything can happen. As we come upon the halfway point of the season, however, as much as we hoped for a crazy, unpredictable two months, the top of […]
Continue readingWill teams off to strong starts such as the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics and Chicago Cubs make a splash to help their October chances? Will the disappointing Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels or other struggling clubs go into full sell mode? And what about the teams in the hunt for […]
Continue readingAs a result, the top two spots in the division and the playoff berths that come with them are up for grabs, which makes every NL East game doubly important. That applies to Sunday night’s matchup between the Phillies and Braves in Atlanta (ESPN, 7 p.m. ET). We asked national baseball writers David Schoenfield and […]
Continue readingThis will be the most unpredictable trade deadline we’ve ever seen. My colleague Brad Doolittle just did a great job outlining the issues teams face this deadline, along with a position-by-position look at who might be available and which teams have holes to fill. One big factor aside from the cash-flow problems that exist in […]
Continue readingWhen Juan Soto homered in the top of the ninth inning on Monday night to give the Washington Nationals a 6-3 lead over the Atlanta Braves, he admired his blast and enjoyed a slow trot around the bases — the seventh time in his 12 Major League Baseball games he has made such a trot, […]
Continue readingThe Aug. 31 MLB trade deadline is still nearly three weeks off, but let’s take an early look at some of the factors that will influence what might happen. Or won’t happen. It’s possible this year’s deadline will be a dud for several reasons: lack of talent available, more teams in the playoff race because […]
Continue readingIn another move on Wednesday, outfielder Nick Markakis was reinstated from the restricted list. Markakis announced on July 29 that he was returning to the team, three weeks after opting out because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Albies is batting only .159 after he was held without a hit in Tuesday night’s 10-1 win […]
Continue readingNothing says watching Major League Baseball in 2020 quite like watching Monday’s New York Mets-Atlanta Braves game in Atlanta, hearing a loud clap of thunder and having Mets announcer Gary Cohen explain that the thunder was actually from Citi Field in Queens, where he, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez were broadcasting the game. The Mets […]
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