One of the Atlanta Braves’ most troublesome opponents these days isn’t the team from Washington or Philadelphia or New York, but irony.
The Braves, who spent more than a decade using their first-round picks on pitchers and went through a significant rebuild with pitching prospects as primary targets, have a need in their starting rotation. In fact, for the third year in a row, a contending Braves team with pitching prospects coming out its proverbial ears entered the season looking for “that guy,” the frontline starter, the guy who would definitely get the ball in Game 1 of a playoff series.