Following Game 2, everybody was rightfully wondering if the Trae Young that dominated the 2021 playoffs had gone into hiding. In his last eight postseason games heading into Game 3 of the Hawks series with the Celtics, he was averaging just 16.4 points and 6.6 assists — nearly half of his season averages — on
Piece by piece, the Braves are starting to look like a complete team again. Kyle Wright, Max Fried, and Collin McHugh have recently returned from the IL. Michael Harris II, Travis d’Arnaud, and Raisel Iglesias shouldn’t be too far behind. And Orlando Arcia has just provided us with a promising update in his recovery. The
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The Oakland Athletics are one of the worst franchises in sports. It starts at the top and trickles all the way down to the product on the field. They have put together one of the worst overall rosters Major League Baseball has ever seen this year on their
The Braves are 15-8 and there’s a lot to be excited about. Ronald Acuna Jr. looks like an MVP again, Sean Murphy has come over even better than advertised, the rotation looks unhittable, and the rest of the team is finally getting healthy again. Most everything is going right … outside of one outlier —
To begin the season, the Braves rotation was a cause for concern to some, primarily because of all of the injuries, which forced Jared Shuster and Dylan Dodd to make their major-league debuts way sooner than anticipated. With those guys now replaced by Max Fried and Kyle Wright, this unit looks like the most complete
The Braves are getting healthier. Max Fried hasn’t missed a beat since returning from the IL, and Kyle Wright is beginning to look more like the pitcher we saw last season after a few starts. Now, top relief option Collin McHugh is returning, with Michael Harris II, Travis d’Arnaud, and Raisel Iglesias not far behind.
Like every NBA offseason, this summer is going to be a soap opera. Superstars will be on the move again, and the Hawks could be right in the middle of it for the second year in a row. Last season, they made the blockbuster trade to acquire Dejounte Murray. Unfortunately, that hasn’t panned out as
Baseball fans can be crazy. One second, they’re on top of the world; the next, the sky is falling after a few losses. Braves fans are no different, and some of the questions I received following the Astros sweep in Atlanta were quite comical. The Braves have nothing to worry about, and if you needed
The NFL Draft is a few days away, and for Falcons fans, there’s much more excitement surrounding the team than there has been in years. Atlanta made a splurge of free agent signings this offseason, giving them legitimate playoff hopes again, and it finally feels like they have the right people in the building pulling
One of the most exciting developing storylines of the early part of this season has been Mike Soroka, who has looked really good to begin the year for the Gwinnett Stripers. Over three starts, he owns a 1.32 ERA in 13.2 innings, and his last time out, he threw six scoreless innings on 91 pitches.
