Battery Power - May 30: Braves vs Mets (Rained Out)Your one stop shop for everything Atlanta Braveshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52890/favicon-32x32..png2021-05-30T17:32:52-04:00http://www.batterypower.com/rss/stream/222247762021-05-30T17:32:52-04:002021-05-30T17:32:52-04:00Braves, Mets Sunday night game postponed due to rain, will by made up July 26
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<p>Another washout. </p> <p id="ePGnfa">Sunday’s game between the <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a> and <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">New York Mets</a> has been rained out according to Mets owner Steve Cohen. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Game is canceled</p>— Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevenACohen2/status/1399102366666854405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2021</a>
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<p id="LsWNou">Brian Snitker spoke with the media and said that he was expecting an update around 5 p.m, but it now appears that the team will be heading back to Atlanta a little early. Snitker said that if the game was rained out, that they would consider starting Charlie Morton in Monday’s game against the Nationals as scheduled and would likely slot in Max Fried for Tuesday. </p>
<p id="g9NjuI">It has been a rough week for Atlanta who split a two-game series in Boston. Friday’s series opener in New York was rained out. They were blown out by the Mets on Saturday and <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/2021/5/29/22460245/marcell-ozuna-arrested-charged-with-family-violence-atlanta-braves">learned that outfielder Marcell Ozuna was arrested</a> putting his future with the club in jeopardy. Sunday’s rainout means that Atlanta spent a whole week on the road and played just three games. </p>
<p id="7PGL8I">Neither the Braves or the Mets have officially announced that Sunday’s game is postponed so we will circle back if need be. </p>
<p id="UN9udP"><strong>Update</strong> - The Mets have made Sunday’s postponement official. The game will be made up on July 26 as part of a doubleheader. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mets-Braves officially postponed tonight. Rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on July 26.<br><br>More details in the team’s press release: <a href="https://t.co/xlbGuWJes3">pic.twitter.com/xlbGuWJes3</a></p>— Deesha (@DeeshaThosar) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeeshaThosar/status/1399115843598962693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2021</a>
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https://www.batterypower.com/2021/5/30/22460730/braves-vs-mets-rained-out-sunday-night-baseball-espnKris Willis2021-05-30T16:04:39-04:002021-05-30T16:04:39-04:00Ender Inciarte in the Braves lineup Sunday against Mets
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<p id="vq1wYE">Rain could once again be an issue for the <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a> and <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">New York Mets</a> Sunday night, but weather permitting, they will wrap up a brief two-game series on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. Max Fried will be on the mound for Atlanta while reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom will get the start for New York. </p>
<p id="z6e0Kp">Ender Inciarte returns to the lineup for the Braves hitting eighth. Guillermo Heredia will slide over from center to left and will hit sixth in the lineup. William Contreras gets another start behind the plate and will hit seventh. Ehire Adrianza started in left Saturday night but will return to the bench for this one. </p>
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<p id="O3Ksno">The Mets have not yet released their lineup yet, but if they are able to play Sunday, it appears that they will have a key piece of their lineup back. ESPN’s Buster Olney reports that Pete Alonso will be activated for the Mets’ next game whether that is tonight or tomorrow. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pete Alonso will be activated for the Mets' next game, whether that's today or tomorrow.</p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/1399090296042950657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2021</a>
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<p id="LDoqc9">First pitch is scheduled for 7:08 p.m. ET and can be seen on ESPN. </p>
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https://www.batterypower.com/2021/5/30/22460729/braves-vs-mets-lineups-ender-inciarte-guillermo-herediaKris Willis2021-05-30T14:00:00-04:002021-05-30T14:00:00-04:00Max Fried, Braves look to bounce back Sunday against Jacob deGrom
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<p>Fried will be looking to continue his strong stretch of starts. </p> <p id="TN6XPE">Coming off of a 13-2 beatdown in Saturday’s series opener, the <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a> will try to get back on track Sunday night against the <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">New York Mets</a>. It definitely will not be an easy task with Jacob deGrom scheduled to make the start for New York. The Braves will counter with lefty Max Fried, who had his scheduled start on Saturday pushed back due to Friday’s rainout. </p>
<p id="IlQHeZ">After a rough start to the season, Fried has looked more like the 2020 version of himself. Since returning from stint on the injured list due to a hamstring strain, Fried has allowed four runs in 24 innings, a stretch spanning four starts. He has gone at least six innings in three of those four starts. Opponents are hitting just .183 off of Fried during that stretch. </p>
<p id="6ccK7r">As good as those numbers look, they pale in comparison to the ones that deGrom have put up this season. deGrom left his start on May 9 with some discomfort in his side. He was placed on the injured list and completed a rehab assignment. He returned to the rotation on May 25 allowing three hits and one run while striking out nine in five innings against the Rockies. That raised his ERA to 0.80 for the season. He is striking out 46.5% of the hitters he faces and has walked just seven hitters in 45 innings this season. </p>
<p id="G5Ldy2">Atlanta’s offense looked lifeless in Saturday’s loss totaling just five hits. Taijuan Walker accounted for eight of the Braves’ 13 strikeouts. </p>
<p id="k0Pa8D">Sunday’s game is slated to get underway at 7:08 p.m. ET and will be featured on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. There is rain in the forecast for New York again Sunday night so be sure to check back for updates. </p>
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<p id="2QzLym"><strong>Game Date/Time:</strong> Sunday, May 30, 7:08 p.m. ET </p>
<p id="dWArRA"><strong>Location:</strong> Citi Field, Flushing, New York</p>
<p id="J7tPze"><strong>TV:</strong> ESPN</p>
<p id="XBPDfR"><strong>Radio:</strong> 680 AM / 93. 7 FM The Fan, WNNX 100.5, Braves Radio Network</p>
https://www.batterypower.com/2021/5/30/22460723/braves-vs-mets-preview-time-tv-radio-info-max-fried-jacob-degromKris Willis2021-05-30T12:00:00-04:002021-05-30T12:00:00-04:00Sunday MiLB/MLB Watch Thread: A full slate of action on tap
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<p>Kyle Wright is Sunday’s scheduled starter at Gwinnett. </p> <p id="ji8VtV">With the <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a> and <a href="https://www.amazinavenue.com/">New York Mets</a> set to wrap up their weekend series on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, that is going to leave your afternoon wide open. The good news is that there is plenty of action scheduled for the afternoon to keep you busy. </p>
<p id="ZNs7mq">On the minor league front, all four of Atlanta’s affiliates are scheduled for action. There is also a full slate on the Major League side of things as well. The Nationals will wrap up a series against Milwaukee before heading to Atlanta for a four-game series that gets underway on Memorial Day. </p>
<p id="cNVGk8">Let us know which games you are watching in the comments below. </p>
<h3 id="C28Kb2"><strong>Braves MiLB Schedule for Sunday, May 30</strong></h3>
<p id="l9XVHz"><strong>1:05 p.m. ET - Memphis vs Gwinnett</strong><br>MEM - TBD<br>GWN - Kyle Wright</p>
<p id="JJPTxP"><strong>2:00 p.m. ET - Greenville vs Rome</strong><br>GVL - Chris Murphy<br>ROM - Tanner Gordon</p>
<p id="YcoWm6"><strong>5:05 p.m. ET - Augusta vs Columbia</strong><br>AUG - TBD<br>COL - Ben Hernandez</p>
<p id="CUUwAY"><strong>7:05 p.m. ET - Montgomery vs Mississippi</strong><br>MTG - TBD<br>MIS - Nolan Kingham</p>
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<p id="U3ZuDl"><strong>1:05 p.m. ET - Rockies vs Pirates</strong><br>COL - Kyle Freeland<br>PIT - TBA</p>
<p id="13rDzX"><strong>1:05 p.m. ET - </strong><a href="https://www.brewcrewball.com/"><strong>Brewers</strong></a><strong> vs Nationals</strong><br>MIL - Brandon Woodruff<br>WAS - Max Scherzer</p>
<p id="ERSenU"><strong>1:10 p.m. ET - Blue Jays vs Indians</strong><br>TOR - Ross Stripling<br>CLE - Sam Hentges</p>
<p id="df6UEU"><strong>Game 2 - Blue Jays vs Indians</strong><br>TOR - TBD<br>CLE - TBD</p>
<p id="TjQyfO"><strong>1:10 p.m. ET - </strong><a href="https://www.thegoodphight.com/"><strong>Phillies</strong></a><strong> vs Rays</strong><br>PHI - Zach Eflin<br>TAM - Collin McHugh</p>
<p id="tl1tI4"><strong>1:10 p.m. ET - Marlins vs </strong><a href="https://www.overthemonster.com/"><strong>Red Sox</strong></a><br>MIA - Sandy Alcantara<br>BOS - Eduardo Rodriguez</p>
<p id="OtM4t7"><strong>1:10 p.m. ET - </strong><a href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/"><strong>Yankees</strong></a><strong> vs Tigers</strong><br>NYY - Michael King<br>DET - Tarik Skubal</p>
<p id="2FVMdt"><strong>2:10 p.m. ET - Padres vs </strong><a href="https://www.crawfishboxes.com"><strong>Astros</strong></a><br>SDP - Blake Snell<br>HOU - Zach Greinke</p>
<p id="HDJx27"><strong>2:10 p.m. ET - Royals vs Twins</strong><br>KCR - Brad Keller<br>MIN - Matt Shoemaker</p>
<p id="XTuTdY"><strong>2:10 p.m. ET - Orioles vs </strong><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/"><strong>White Sox</strong></a><br>BAL - Keegan Akin<br>CHW - Lucas Giolito</p>
<p id="8r2O4G"><strong>2:20 p.m. ET - Reds vs </strong><a href="https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/"><strong>Cubs</strong></a><br>CIN - Tyler Mahle<br>CHC - Jake Arrieta</p>
<p id="rwZwek"><strong>4:07 p.m. ET - Angels vs Athletics</strong><br>LAA - Jose Quintana<br>OAK - Cole Irvin</p>
<p id="R4GwUD"><strong>4:10 p.m. ET - Giants vs </strong><a href="https://www.truebluela.com/"><strong>Dodgers</strong></a><br>SFG - Kevin Gausman<br>LAD - Clayton Kershaw</p>
<p id="puQvGA"><strong>4:10 p.m. ET - Cardinals vs </strong><a href="https://www.azsnakepit.com/"><strong>Diamondbacks</strong></a><br>STL - Kwang Hyun Kim<br>ARI - Matt Peacock</p>
<p id="PbNZkX"><strong>4:10 p.m. ET - Rangers vs Mariners</strong><br>TEX - Hyeon-Jong Yang<br>SEA - Yusei Kikuchi</p>
https://www.batterypower.com/2021/5/30/22460158/sunday-milb-mlb-watch-thread-discussion-kyle-wright-gwinnett-stripersKris Willis2021-05-30T09:00:00-04:002021-05-30T09:00:00-04:00So far, it’s been a mess of a season for the Braves
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<p>The first two months of the 2021 season for the Atlanta Braves have been mostly tumultuous and calamitous at times. It’s already been a long year. </p> <p id="urcmwN">We’re not too far removed from the last time the Braves had a bad season. 2017 wasn’t too long ago in the least bit. It’s not like you have to squint really hard in your mind’s eye to bring back visions of a baseball team that was a clear and obvious rebuilding project. That entire teardown-and-rebuild period following the disappointing 2014 season was <em>rough</em>, y’all. </p>
<p id="Jgy6CQ">The definition of putting on a brave face to watch a baseball team is having to watch and root for a revolving door of mediocre-to-bad players that were all unlikely to be around when the team returned to contention in the future. <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/2015/3/20/8263613/dian-toscano-atlanta-braves-arrival-spring-training">The Dian Toscano saga</a> had an anticlimactic ending if only because it was a bit of an upset that the Cuban player actually existed and wasn’t a figment of John Coppolella’s imagination. Hector Olivera was a flash of hope to hold on to for about five minutes before he almost immediately turned it into a complete mess with <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/2016/5/26/11791976/hector-olivera-receives-and-accepts-82-game-suspension">his sordid actions off of the field</a>. Bartolo Colon’s quick stint as a hopeful innings-eater wasn’t even entertaining or charming and it also brought about <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/braves-commit-three-errors-in-third-inning-c233479350">one of the most embarrassing innings</a> that I’ve ever watched a Major League Baseball team play since I started watching baseball back when I was a kid.</p>
<p id="SVFsWs">Those are but a few moments from that dark period that the Braves had, but at least we as fans understood the situation — if we weren’t going to have high expectations, then we were going to have hope for the future. Even with crazy stuff like John Coppolella getting banned for life, there was at least a feeling that the team was in a good place and that things were going to be fine if they hired someone to keep the sip going in the right direction. That happened with Alex Anthopoulos taking the reigns for the Braves, and the three seasons from 2018 through the shortened 2020 season were pretty fun to watch as Atlanta established itself as a contender. It felt like the rebuild was paying off and even with the heartbreaking exit from the 2020 NLCS, it seemed like the Braves were on the cusp of doing something special pretty soon.</p>
<p id="zLHxNF">That’s what makes this season so bitterly disappointing at the moment. We’re reaching the Memorial Day checkpoint and this season has just been a complete and utter slog. There were not a plethora of reasons to expect things to be as bad as they have been so far, but here we are! There have been some pretty rough days in just the first two months of this season, but May 29 of the 2021 season will be remembered as the day the season took a sordid turn. I’m going to get the on-field performance out of the way to start this because I honestly would rather talk about the Braves getting blown out by 11 runs by the division leaders than the other incident that went down on Saturday. </p>
<p id="vNnUXi">This is a Mets lineup that has been devastated by injuries and came into this game having scored 12 runs in their last six games. Additionally, the Mets have baseball’s second-worst team Isolated Power mark (.118), only the 23rd-best wRC+ number in baseball (89), and the second-fewest home runs in all of baseball with 34. New York plated 13 runs in last night’s game, alone. They also hit five dingers along the way. That is an incredibly poor performance from the guys who took the mound, and while everybody has bad nights, it’s been happening at an alarming rate when it comes to this crew. They’ve had their high marks this season, but the valleys have been pretty deep and last night was a very deep valley for the Braves and their pitching staff. </p>
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<p id="PAwDYS">The loss sent the Braves back down to two games under .500. The 24-26 mark pales in comparison to where the team was at by the 50th game of each of the past three seasons, when they were solidly over .500 heading into Memorial Day. The good news is that there’s still plenty of baseball left to be played in this season, and there’s still a chance that the Braves could get this thing turned around. As we all know, <a href="https://twitter.com/Nationals/status/1396821780707389442">the season doesn’t really start until May 24 according to the folks up in Washington D.C.</a> so we have some recent evidence that indicates that a sluggish start doesn’t mean doom just yet. </p>
<p id="DqFhji">With that being said, it’s definitely fair to question if this Braves team as constructed will have what it takes to dig themselves out of the hole that they’ve found themselves in while also dealing with what’s turning out to be a pretty competitive field across the National League. Ivan said it best a couple of weeks ago when he said that <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/2021/5/19/22443258/the-2021-braves-pit-of-despair-inconceivable-never-pay-for-a-reliever-when-death-is-on-the-line">the Braves are currently in “the pit of despair,”</a> and things are going to start getting better sooner rather than later if they want to escape that pit and get to where their expectations were before the season started. </p>
<p id="XS49jc">With that being said, this season will have a dark cloud following the Braves due to what else happened in Atlanta on May 29. Marcell Ozuna was charged with aggravated assault strangulation and battery in a domestic violence incident that took place at his home. If what happened in that house is true (and considering the history here, it’s likely true), then it’s feasible that Marcell Ozuna may have played his last inning in Major League Baseball for a very long time — let alone, for the <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Atlanta Braves</a>. It had been a pleasure watching him play a major role as a member of that Braves clubhouse ever since he initially signed with the team ahead of the 2020 season. With that being said, domestic violence cannot and should not be tolerated. The details of that incident as reported (and allegedly witnessed) by police are absolutely harrowing and my main concern is that the children who are involved are somewhere safe and feeling loved right now.</p>
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<p id="Tmov01">Ozuna’s heinous actions served as a bit of a sobering reminder to what really and truly matters in the grand scheme of things. Baseball seasons come and go but we all only get one shot at life in general and lives were adversely affected with what happened today. It’s an awful situation and to be completely honest and transparent with you all, it’s difficult to really get worked up about the baseball side of things here since it was put in proper perspective. </p>
<p id="y3Zv4w">The All-Star Game is now in Colorado, Freddie Freeman still hasn’t been re-signed, Mike Soroka <a href="https://www.talkingchop.com/2021/5/28/22458229/brian-snitker-comments-mike-soroka-season-status-injury-left-field-plans-ehire-adrianza">may or may not</a> be done for this season, the Braves only escaped getting officially no-hit on a technicality, they’ve already had five separate streaks of at least three consecutive losses, the bullpen has had a handful of truly agonizing failures, Drew Smyly has struggled mightily, Charlie Morton stumbled out of the gate, Travis d’Arnaud is on a long IL stint because he injured his thumb on a tag, Huascar Ynoa took a trip to the IL because he broke his hand slamming it on a bench, then Marcell Ozuna broke two of his fingers in a freak accident and proceeded to put all of these aforementioned baseball woes into perspective with his terrible actions off-the-field a few days after his injury. </p>
<p id="BgB9vh">If this is what the first two months of this season had in store for the 2021 Atlanta Braves, then I can’t say that I’m too excited for what the next few months may bring them. Let’s hope for some sort of a return to normalcy on the field and please pray for peace away from the baseball diamond, because the Braves need both.</p>
<p id="aLy7GZ"><em><strong>The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233, and you can also go to </strong></em><a href="http://thehotline.org"><em><strong>thehotline.org</strong></em></a><em><strong> if you are in need of help or resources when it comes to aiding and supporting survivors of domestic violence.</strong></em></p>
https://www.batterypower.com/2021/5/30/22460312/atlanta-braves-slow-start-bad-pitching-marcell-ozuna-should-never-play-another-inning-for-this-teamDemetrius Bell