Perez’s Next Move Could Shake Up Braves’ Future—Is the Team Ready?

Marlins vs. Braves, 7:15 ET

Sports betting means you need to constantly evaluate things. You make first assumptions about teams before they start, then you need to adjust to what happens during the games. At the start of the year, if you looked at this schedule and the season, you probably would’ve assumed that the teams in today’s contest would’ve been in opposite places. The Marlins are a game below .500 for the season, and the Braves are almost 20 games under they square off today.

The Marlins are surprisingly successful this season. I’d challenge most people to name five players on their team. Sometimes things just work out for a club, and I feel like Miami has that happen more than any franchise. This is also considering that they essentially don’t try to field a winning team for more than a year at a time. They do have young and controllable players, but they are in a tough division with two teams who have rosters that are not going away – though the Phillies could lose at least one key player this offseason. Still, this is a good building year if the Marlins ownership actually chooses to be successful. They have a pretty solid pitcher on the hill today, Eury Perez. He has a 4-3 record with a 2.70 ERA, and a 0.94 WHIP. He has only completed 50 innings this season, and he has 51 strikeouts. The biggest issue is that he struggles with control at the moment. He has 18 walks so far this season, if he can adjust that, he could be a very good pitcher. Braves hitters have been good against him, batting .350 in 20 at-bats against Perez in his career. He allowed three earned runs over 4.2 innings earlier in the year against Atlanta. 

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