Atlanta Braves News: Chop, Box Score, 4th of July Photos

Baseball Reference

Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: The Atlanta Braves jumped on the Phillies starting pitcher, Kevin Correia, early in the game as they put up four runs in the 1st inning.  Braves starter, Alex Wood pitched six innings, giving up 10 hits and four runs.  He didn’t have his best stuff on the mound on Friday, but was able to walk away with his sixth win of the 2015 season.

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Braves rough up Phillies pitcher Kevin Correia en route to 9-5 win

Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: Braves outfielder, Cameron Maybin, had three hits, including a home run.  Kelly Johnson had two hits and drove in three runs.  The Braves offense woke up on Friday evening as they scored their most runs since a 10-1 win over Milwaukee on May 21.

"Kevin Correia was knocked out of the game in the fourth inning as Philadelphia fell to the Atlanta Braves 9-5 on Saturday night for its sixth straight loss.Correia (0-3) allowed nine runs, matching his career high, and nine hits in 3 1-3 innings.“I think my stuff was just a little off,” Correia said. “I was a little up on a couple pitches and when I did hit my spots, they still hit it hard. For whatever reason I just didn’t have that little extra I needed.”"

MLB Trade Rumors

Braves Still Shopping Chris Johnson

Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: As the days tick away, we get closer to the July 31 MLB trade deadline.  The Braves are currently one game back from being a .500 team and are still a team that can be buyers or sellers.  It looked as though the Braves would be sellers, but after winning the last four games, the Braves are right back in the thick of things.

"The Braves have continued to look for a trade partner for third baseman Chris Johnson, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports in a series of tweets.  In addition to deals for Johnson himself, Atlanta has also made proposals that would include Johnson along with another (more desirable) player, akin to how the Braves managed to get Melvin Upton Jr.‘s contract off their books by dealing him to the Padres with Craig Kimbrel in April.  The Braves tried a similar “packaging” tactic with Johnson himself in offseason trade talks.Johnson is hitting .229/.272/.313 with one homer over 103 plate appearances this season, and he also missed about a month of action recovering from a hand fracture.  If struggling at the plate in 2014 and 2015 wasn’t enough to lower his trade value, Johnson is owed roughly $3MM more in salary this season and $17.5MM through the 2017 campaign."

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