In their opening series against the Philadelphia Phillies the Atlanta Braves’ starting pitching was okay but not great. Spencer Strider pitches five innings, gave up three hits, two runs, walked two, and struck out eight. Max Fried didn’t make it out of the first inning pitch ⅔ innings giving up two hits, three runs, three walks, and only striking out one. Chris Sale probably had the best performance over the weekend pitching five and ⅓ innings, giving up five hits, two runs, two walks, and striking out seven. However, it didn’t matter for two of the games, and it won’t matter for a lot of games this season because this Braves offense is so stacked. Steak Shapiro and Mike Johnson talked about earlier today.
Now, you don’t want the Braves to have to rely on the bats all season, and the best case scenario is that the Braves get great hitting and pitching all season long, but while the Braves’ pitchers are knocking the rust off, they’ve already proven in the opening series that this offense can carry the team.
