Photo: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports
Familiarity breeds offense.
At least in the case of the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves, when Aaron Nola and Max Fried pitch.
Some of the batter vs. pitcher numbers on both sides of the coin are staggering.
For example, Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, and J.T. Realmuto all have multiple home runs off Max Fried, Nick Castellanos has a .500 batting average in 12 at-bats, and Alec Bohm owns a .292 batting average in 24 at-bats.
Marcell Ozuna alone has four home runs against Nola. Travis d’Arnaud, Matt Olson, Michael Harris II, and Adam Duvall all have multiple homers against Nola.