I just want to give some thoughts on the pen. There’s been much anguish over The Sliderman’s recent blown saves, so here’s some food for thought.
In the first month of the season, the Braves had a 4.41 ERA, 17th in baseball. In that one month, we used 16 different guys in relief. Many notable dumpster fires including Jonny Venters giving up 5 runs in 2.2 IP. A.J. Minter had an ERA over 9 and was getting clobbered to a BABIP of .400, and Sobotka logged the second-most innings and had an ERA near 9.