Atlanta Braves Morning Chop: Weekend Takeaways, Sarasota

Two Games, Nobody Got Hurt

No known injuries.  That’s probably the #1 thing from the weekend’s action against the Blue Jays and Astros, but there’s a few other tidbits of note for Braves’ fans:

1. The kids may not make decisions easy.

• Dustin Peterson.  3 for 5 with a run scored
• Ronald Acuna.  2 for 2 on Sunday with a run scored.
• Johan Camargo.  1 for 3 with a walk and 2 runs scored.
• Anthony Recker.  1 for 1 with 2 RBI (though at 33, he’s hardly a “kid”)
• Christian Walker.  Got into camp and immediately went 1 for 2 with an RBI.

2. There were some slow starts, too:

• Jace Peterson. 1 for 6 with 2 K
• Travis Demeritte.  0 for 3, K
• Chase d’Arnaud and Micah Johnson.  both 0 for 4, K
• Nick Markakis.  0 for 4, 2K – both in the Blue Jays’ game

3. Meanwhile, Freddie Freeman is probably ready to don his Team Canada colors now:  3 for 4 with a run scored and an RBI.

4. And in case you missed the stylin’ double combination coming to a SunTrust Park near you… here it is… looking like they’ve done this since high school:

They didn’t even make us wait… this came in the first inning of Saturday’s game!

Pitching

So 2 games and the Braves have already rolled twelve pitchers out for early Spring work.

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Bartolo Colon looked like… Bartolo Colon.  Julio Teheran looked like he’s ready to get the season going:  2 innings, 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 K, 1 HBP (barely).

Aaron Blair had a shaky first inning, but better second – 3 hits and a pair of walks allowed, though 3 strikeouts should be the takeaway from his outing.

Akeel Morris also fanned 3 in 2 innings, only a single walk otherwise blemishing his line slightly.

Mauricio Cabrera warmed up with a 99 mph first pitch fastball, then got into triple digits.  1 walk and 1 hit in a scoreless inning.

Jose Ramierez and John Danks got beaten up a bit.  Danks, in particular, was said to be looking good prior to this, but he was knocked for 3 hits and 2 runs while also walking a pair.  Ramirez yielded 4 hits in 1.2 innings with 2 runs, but no walks against 2 strikeouts.

Next: More on Blair's Re-Focus

The team will be back after it this afternoon – heading over to Lakeland for their first look at the Tigers.  1:05pm Eastern.