A series of walks by the bullpen once again proved costly to the Atlanta Braves in Monday’s 10-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Walks is becoming an unfortunate theme of late for most of Atlanta’s relievers and it is undoing what was a solid start to the season by the bullpen.
Three Braves’ relievers allowed seven hits, eight runs and four walks in just 3.1 innings Monday night against the Reds. Those four walks added to their league-high total of 61 which is 16 more than the Marlins who are 29th. Add to that seven intentional walks, six hit batters and seven wild pitches and you see just how much self inflicted damage the bullpen is absorbing.