The Phillies are 3-1, but if you’re the type of fan who must always seek out the negatives, there have been things to not like. Trea Turner and J.T. Realmuto have been banged up, if minor. Ranger Suárez is on the shelf. They haven’t hit starters well. The one loss, I guess.
No one in Atlanta wants to hear it.
The Braves’ train wreck of an opening week got even worse on Monday when Jurickson Profar was suspended for 80 games because of a positive PED test. It came just four days into his Braves tenure, right on the heels of a three-year, $42 million free-agent contract this offseason.