“Gallen’s Gems Could Dethrone Braves: Inside the Diamondbacks’ Upset Plan”

The Braves are off to a very rough start, especially considering their lofty expectations. Atlanta two years ago was ridiculously good with basically every player hitting above expectations. It seemed like they had nine guys in the lineup with 30+ homers. Last year they had the injury bug bite them and they still managed to be competitive. It helped the Marcell Ozuna had a MVP-caliber season, and their pitching staff was deep enough. These things don’t seem to be the case this year, even though the team is now healthy again (Ozuna is still doing well). One guy that rejuvenated his career in Atlanta was tonight’s starter, Chris Sale. Sale is 0-2 for the season with a 6.17 ERA and a 1.63 WHIP. So, obviously, his success is also not there this year, yet. Diamondbacks hitters outside of Randal Grichuk and Lourdes Gurriel haven’t faced Sale much. 

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