As the current decade nears an end, we decided to look back at the best individual pitching seasons from this decade for the Atlanta Braves.
The Atlanta Braves decade was much like a roller coaster, as it went up for the first few years, only to take a sudden drop for a couple of years and now, it seems we are back on another up (let’s just hope the downhill is far away still, as it looks like it might be).
It does not take much of a genius to know that this current decade’s rotations were not lined up with multiple aces like the 1990s or early 2000s Atlanta Braves rotations were blessed with having, but that does not mean there were not great seasons by Braves pitchers over the last 10 years.
We are going to limit the list to the best 5, but I felt obliged to mention the following pitchers and the season in which they almost made the cut.
Julio Teheran in 2013.
Shelby Miller in 2015. If he would have just finished that no-hitter off in Miami, he would have probably made the cut.
Mike Foltynewicz 2018 season.
A couple of quick notes about the aforementioned players. This will not be the last time you see Julio Teheran’s name, and I also don’t know if many people remember how good Shelby Miller was in his short stint with the Braves.Obviously, he is mostly attached in Braves’ history because of the lopsided deal he was involved in with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
So with that being said, let’s dive into the list and get it started.