The Braves announced on Wednesday that Fried will start against Cincinnati in their April 7 opener in Atlanta. It will be the left-hander’s second consecutive Opening Day start. Fried pitched six scoreless innings, allowing only four hits, in Atlanta’s 7-0 win over the Astros to clinch their first World Series championship since 1995. Fried, 28, […]
Continue readingGeneral manager Alex Anthopoulos told The Associated Press on Thursday Kyle Wright and Huascar Ynoa “are the front-runners” for spots in the rotation behind Max Fried, Charlie Morton and Ian Anderson. Anthopoulos included Strider, regarded as a possible future closer, with Kyle Muller and Tucker Davidson as others competing for rotation spots with the World […]
Continue readingATLANTA — The narrative shape of the 2021 Atlanta Braves, the newly crowned champions of baseball, was not an arc, as fantastical tales tend to be. It was more like a wave chart, with ebbs and flows leading to one final tidal wave that began gathering momentum in early August and crashed ashore on Tuesday […]
Continue readingLeft-hander Tucker Davidson, who has made just five career appearances and was the roster replacement for injured pitcher Charlie Morton, will start Game 5 for the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night. The Braves have a 3-1 edge in the series against the Houston Astros and are looking to clinch it with a win at home […]
Continue readingEvery time the Houston Astros have put out a stinker of an offensive performance this postseason, they come storming back, reminding everyone why they topped all of baseball in runs scored this season. The Astros came back to life on Sunday night for a 9-5 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 5 of the […]
Continue readingLeft-hander Tucker Davidson has replaced injured pitcher Charlie Morton on the Atlanta Braves’ World Series roster. Major League Baseball announced the move before Game 2 between the Braves and Houston Astros on Wednesday night. Morton suffered a broken right fibula after he was struck on the lower right leg by Yuli Gurriel’s 102-mph comebacker in […]
Continue readingThe big story of Game 1 of the World Series was Atlanta Braves pitcher Charlie Morton‘s fractured fibula that knocked him out in the third inning and the rest of the contest against the Houston Astros. The top highlight of the game might be the Braves’ ace striking out Jose Altuve looking at a wicked […]
Continue readingWith the season’s halfway mark arriving in the coming days, the teams at the top of our MLB Power Rankings have started to separate themselves from the pack while those at the bottom might already be thinking about next year as the trade deadline approaches. Did the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros […]
Continue readingIf you’d like to learn more about how weather can give you a massive edge in fantasy baseball (and you should!), then be sure to check out my article all about how you can use weather to your advantage. Here are Tuesday’s choices to bolster your fantasy squad, with everyone available in at least half […]
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