After getting eviscerated by Sandy Alcantara on Saturday afternoon, the Braves will hope that staff ace Max Fried will be able to do the same to the Marlins on Sunday, as they seek to take two series in a row from Miami, and maybe get a little bit of traction as far as their season is concerned.
The Braves remain mired in mediocrity, with a 22-25 record that puts them 8.5 games behind the Mets in the division, and three games out of a playoff spot. They continue to have something like a top-five roster, but between injuries, poor sequencing and the like, and poor tactics, the only kind of lemonade they’ve been able to make out of the 2022 season’s lemons has been a foul-tasting quaff.