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Jays score 4 in the ninth, beat Braves Share this story A Sweep! After the first inning, we thought it was going to be a very short start for Ross Stripling. He gave up a leadoff home run to Ronald Acuna. Then there were three singles before he got to two outs. One of the singles was a popup that landed in front of Jonathan Davis in center field. Davis seemed to get a slow start on the ball, I thought it should have been caught. The other two weren’t hit hard either. But we were down 2-0, wit...

Wise decision-making). Before diving into the details of xxxFIP, let’s discuss its predecessors and what they are trying to measure. Earned Run Average is the grandfather of pitching statistics, existing since the early 1900s, and is one of the most widely accepted measures of pitcher quality. It is a relatively simple statistic, taking the rate of earned runs given up for every nine innings pitched. An earned run is a run which the pitcher gives up that wasn’t the fault of a defensive erro...

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The Blue Jays continue their long road trip, heading down to Atlanta for a three game stopover to play the Braves. The first game of the series is set to get underway at 7:20 ET. Blue Jays’ Starter Robbie Ray, somehow magically riding a 3 game walkless streak, will make his 6th start of the season in this one. On the year, he is 1-1 with a 3.14 ERA over 28.2 innings. While his strikeout numbers are down from his typical dominance so far (29, pretty much 9...

MLB Trade Rumors 2:40pm CDT 2:40pm: Flowers will earn a prorated $1.5MM base salary upon reaching the big leagues, tweets MLB.com’s Mark Bowman. 12:22pm: The Braves have re-signed veteran catcher Tyler Flowers to a minor league contract, reports David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via Twitter). The O’Connell Sports client will head to Triple-A Gwinnett for the time being. O’Brien reported last month that Flowers had taken a non-playing role in the Braves organization, he...

By Megan Molteni May 3, 2021Reprints Adobe Six patients with dementia traveled to Mexico last year to be injected with a gene therapy not authorized for use in the U.S., according to the CEO of a Seattle-area startup that wants to accelerate testing of unproven anti-aging medicines and views U.S. drug safety regulations as a hindrance. At the heart of the project is a controversial biotech called BioViva, whose CEO had herself injected with an experimental gene therapy in Colombia and whose adv...

Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud is headed to the injured list after suffering a left thumb injury in tonight’s game with the Blue Jays, manager Brian Snitker told David O’Brien of The Athletic and other reporters.  More will be known about d’Arnaud’s injury after he undergoes tests, though Snitker bluntly described the situation as “ not good.”  D’Arnaud isn’t staying with the team on the road, as he is heading back to Atlanta to visit team doctors on Sunday. D’Arnaud suff...

In addition, dArnauds original replacement, Alex Jackson, has also been placed on the injured list. 

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The season of injury continues for the Atlanta Braves, and now with both of the catchers at the MLB level going down with injuries, the starting catcher for the foreseeable future will be the system’s top catching prospect William Contreras. While losing a key piece of the lineup in Travis d’Arnaud is a major blow to a struggling team, they have quite a solid backup option here in Contreras who came in at No. 4 on Talking Chop’s preseason top 30 prospe...

MLB Trade Rumors The injury that landed Travis d’Arnaud on the 10-day injured list yesterday appears much worse than originally expected. Per David O’Brien of the Athletic (via Twitter), further testing remains on the docket, but the Braves know enough to move d’Arnaud to the 60-day injured list today, per the team. In addition, Alex Jackson, who replaced d’Arnaud in yesterday’s game, has also landed on the injured list with a strained left hamstring. Just like that, the Braves have...

April 28, 2021 The idea has long been a refrain for both proponents and critics of extra-innings baseball, though often voiced with tongue in cheek: instead of drawing out contests to 10 or 12 or 17 wearying innings, or starting each extra frame with a runner on second base, why not just settle the matter via a home run derby? This year, as the affiliated minor and independent leagues implement a variety of experimental rules, the Pioneer League will do just that. The “Knock Out” rule, as t...