In an attempt to maintain their lead in the NL Wild Card rankings, the Braves—who have dropped six of their last seven games—will take on the New York Mets in a challenging test on Sunday afternoon. Thanks to a stellar effort by Spencer Scwhellenbach, Atlanta overcame a 1.5-game deficit on Saturday and avoided a potential series sweep on Sunday with a 4-0 triumph.
Alex Anthopoulos is answering calls as the current Braves team struggles to stay afloat despite having insufficient players at starting pitcher, second base, and the outfield. There have been long-standing rumors that the Braves would add a starting pitcher or a corner outfielder who genuinely deserves to play every day before the trade deadline.
With Ronald Acuña Jr.’s season-ending injury months ago, Snitker has tried his hardest to fit fourth-outfielder types into the starting lineup every day. The latter would definitely relieve some of his burden.
Braves problems have deeply irritated Brian Snitker.
Ramon Laureano, an outfielder for Atlanta, overran the game-winning Mets single despite having a difficult outing on Friday night. Snitker was not overly happy.
To be honest, I have no idea what that was, Snitker remarked. “You must ask them,” I said. I had nothing at all. Normally, we wouldn’t bunt in that circumstance, but I was attempting to score a run, and I believed we had two decent hitters approaching. That is not appropriate.
At the deadline, the Braves can still bolster their deficient roster.
Anthopoulos must have heard the comment somewhere as a plea for assistance. The Braves still hadn’t signed a third starting outfielder as of Sunday morning, so Snitker wouldn’t have anyone to rely on save Michael Harris II (when healthy) and Jarred Kelenic. The Braves’ dissatisfaction was exacerbated on Saturday night when the Mets acquired Jesse Winker, an outfielder for the Nationals.
Players like Taylor Ward and Tommy Pham are still available in the outfield. At a premium price, Atlanta could be able to sign standout pitcher Lane Thomas from the rival Nationals. Even if Max Fried does end up returning, adding a starting pitcher would give Atlanta’s rotation a huge boost.
Because he doesn’t want to overpay from what is already a somewhat small farm system, Anthopoulos is working. However, this squad is insufficient if the Braves are serious about winning the World Series in 2024.
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