There are a lot of people who are tracing this offensive outburst from the Atlanta Braves back to the trade for Matt Kemp. That’s actually a bit coincidental, as Freddie Freeman, Ender Inciarte, Adonis Garcia, and Nick Markakis had all already started a resurgence of their own.
Adding Kemp (.296/.851 OPS), however, hasn’t hurt a bit. Neither did swapping out Erick Aybar (.250 with Detroit/.685 OPS) in favor Dansby Swanson (.305/.780). Nor the return of Tyler Flowers (.319/.831 since being reinstated).