The Braves and Phillies will face one another for the 13th time this season on Friday night, the first of what will be seven games in ten days between these two teams. Let’s go right to the Statcast graphic, because there’s a lot to digest here.
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For the Braves, the big announcement is that Ozzie Albies is back in the lineup, and he will slide back in hitting eighth. Albies returns to an 89 wRC+ and 1.0 fWAR in 263 PAs; the batting line will likely be a career low for him unless he really rakes over the team’s remaining games.