The Braves continue to roll behind their offense, but Atlanta has trailed by three runs or more 5 out of the last 13 games, and have trailed by four or more runs in two of the last six games, so is it time to start worrying about the Braves starting pitching? The Morning Shift gave their thoughts on the subject earlier today.
Beau Morgan doesn’t think it’s time to panic yet, but acknowledges that a big test starts tomorrow for the Braves. “You’re going to get tested in this series against the Phillies, to your question, because they’ve got some guys that can shut you down at times, and they can also hit when they need to.” Morgan said.
Beau finishes by saying. They’re also red hot, they’ve won 8 of 10, they’re eight games back, and Spencer Strider is going against Ranger Suarez on Tuesday. Strider has struggled a lot against the Phillies and the Mets lineups.”
Mike Johnson believes there’s no need to worry about how long the Braves offense can carry the starting pitching because there’s always going to be somebody hitting and hitting at a high level in Atlanta’s lineup.
“I don’t think it’s a case of the offense having to support the pitchers for very much longer. It’s just a matter of who on the offense is going to do the hitting throughout the rest of the season in my opinion.” Johnson said
The Braves are averaging 5.49 runs per game this season, and have one of the deepest, if not the deepest lineup in baseball, so they are going to score enough runs night in and night out throughout the duration of a 162 game season to put themselves in a position to win a lot of baseball games. Once Atlanta gets Max Fried and Kyle Wright back, and once Spencer Strider gets through his current rough patch, questions about how long the Braves offense can carry the starting pitching will go away.