Atlanta Braves starting pitching finished 28th in baseball with 3.62 BB/9 rate while the bullpen managed a 26th place finish with 4.41. Overall the Braves earned 29th place in baseball, just behind Miami and ahead of the White Sox.
I tend to remove intentional walks from the calculation as those really belong to the manager. While that made the numbers look a little better – 3.54 for starters. and 3.85 for the relief corps – it didn’t change the ranks.
Chuck Hernandez carries the blame because it’s his job to correct these things. It’s true he had a young staff and young pitchers tend to be wild, but he coached many of them in the minors and bears some responsibility for them arriving with a bucket of walks.