Atlanta Braves bats go quiet again in loss

The Atlanta Braves bullpen once again delivered a unimpressive outing.

The Atlanta Braves bullpen was projected to be the one area that the team regressed on over the Winter and so far that has unfortunately been correct.

The simple truth is yes, injuries have played a big part and frankly, the starting pitchers have not helped them a ton either.

The reality though is they have to improve and quickly. With Chris Martin returning, and hopefully Shane Greene will be up sooner rather than later, help does seem to be on the way, but it needs to be quick.

I think it is fair to say that everyone had a little uneasy feeling once the Atlanta Braves removed Fried from the game and Luke Jackson came in. Luke has been better than last year but to be frank, a playoff team has a better option there in a close game in the late innings.

If we are being truthful though, a couple players in the bullpen should probably pick out some of their favorite restaurants in the Gwinnett are because they might soon be going back. The following players should be weary.

• Biddle
• Webb
• Newcomb

That list does not include Tomlin or Jackson who also could be upgraded.

The bottom line is the Braves have to have a better and deeper bullpen.

That does it for Wednesday’s recap. The same two teams finish the series off on Thursday afternoon. Hopefully the Atlanta Braves can salvage something against the Jays.