Atlanta Braves Morning Chop: Boxing, Near No-no, and UGA Theft?

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Stat Monitoring

Well, we’ve been worried about the Atlanta offense and whether this small-ball, low-power approach was gonna work.  Let’s check:

• 175 team strikeouts… lowest in the National League (Cardinals 186)
• 93 team walks… 4th in the NL (Dodgers 99)
• .326 team OBP… 4th in the NL (Cardinals .341)
• 125 runs scored… 3rd in the NL (Padres 140)

That all clearly points to one thing:  the offense isn’t a problem – it’s been the pitching.

• 4.03 Starters’ ERA (5th worst in NL)
• 4.25 Bullpen ERA (6th worst in NL).  Over the past 14 days, that’s been 5.53 (3rd worst).

Now the question is whether the offense can keep going while the pitching gets itself figured out (mostly thinking about Alex Wood and the bullpen there).