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Atlanta Braves Morning Chop: so this is what a busy off-season looks like

By Alan Carpenter

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 27: Juan Lagares #12 of the New York Mets celebrates their 4-2 win over the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field on September 27, 2019 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 27: Juan Lagares #12 of the New York Mets celebrates their 4-2 win over the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field on September 27, 2019 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) /
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 17: A turf divot is seen on the playing surface during the round 22 A-League match between Sydney FC and Melbourne City at Leichhardt Oval on March 17, 2019. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 17: A turf divot is seen on the playing surface during the round 22 A-League match between Sydney FC and Melbourne City at Leichhardt Oval on March 17, 2019. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) /

We’re not even to the Winter Meetings yet and things are looking very busy with major signings now hitting on a daily basis.  But there’s lots of other news impacting the Atlanta Braves, too.

When the Atlanta Braves next travel to Miami to face the Marlins, they will find a couple of significant changes there… and not just the cosmetic face-lift seen when they moved that… gaudy homer structure thing to a new home – outside the stadium.

For the second time, the Fish are moving in the fences at Marlins Park.  No immediate word on how that ‘notch’ in center field will be impacted but it does sound like the max distance will be 400 feet while the right-center power alley will be reduced to 387, changes of 7 feet and 5 feet respectively.  The wall height is also being lowered.

That might help the Marlins get a bit of new instant offense, but of course their opponents will be able to take advantage as well.

The other big change:  artificial turf.  The Marlins will join the Texas Rangers by installing the product of Shaw Sports Turf in their respective stadiums – becoming the 3rd and 4th MLB parks using the fake stuff (Toronto and Tampa Bay).

The claims are that this new turf will support a true-to-life bounce without having the kind of injury risks that other venues have seen.

The changes are interesting, though aren’t likely to change the Marlins’ fortunes on the field.

But one thing for sure:  there would be even less chance of having a rain delay at home whenever somebody isn’t paying close enough attention to the current weather conditions.

Yeah… that happens in Florida.

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