Atlanta Braves: 16 Milestones to Watch for This Season
By Seth Carter
Adam Duvall – 100 Home Runs
Adam Duvall has 97 home runs and 96 doubles. The problem here is Duvall will likely serve as the fifth outfielder on the team. The signing of Marcell Ozuna ended the notion that Duvall and Markakis would share the duties in left field. Duvall doesn’t need a ton of playing time to pop three homers and four doubles, as we saw last year. After all, he hit 32 homers in AAA-Gwinnett last season and then 10 more for the Braves. In all, he totaled 42 home runs in just 142 games between Triple-A and the Major Leagues last year.
Tyler Flowers – 100 Home Runs
Tyler Flowers is sitting on 85 dingers for his career. Flowers will serve as the second option behind Travis d’Arnaud this season. Travis signed a two-year, $16 million deal after his magnificent season in Tampa Bay in 2019. He is expected to serve as the primary option. Flowers has only reached 15 homers in a season once. Steamer currently projects Flowers to play in 62 games and hit only eight homers.
Freddie Freeman 1,500 Hits
Freddie Freeman is currently 12th on the Braves’ all-time hit list. His 1,451 hits have him 157 behind ninth-place Bobby Lowe. Freddie Freeman is only entering his 10th full season and is on the brink of surpassing the half-way mark to the 3,000 hit club. Freddie is currently just 30-years-old and averaging 161 hits per full season.
His 162 game average sits at 175, so is 3,000 out of the question for Freddie? He’s going to need to stay productive for nine to 10 more years to even have a chance. It’s not out of the question, but it goes to show what an impressive feat 3,000 hits really is. For now, we’ll just focus on 1,500 for Freddie Freeman.