Problem is, this is pretty much normal for this version of the Braves- good/decent pitching for the most part (3.86 team era that's inflated by Jojo Reyes' one outing and 24 something era) and weak ass hitting (.228 avg and an OPS less than .700). For fucks sakes, Tommy Hanson has a 2.14 era and is 1-2 because our hitting fucking sucks so bad.
This is pretty much par for the course with the budget Braves of the past 8 years or so, too. We don't have enough money to have both good pitching and hitting, so we spend the money on the one (pitching with this version of the team) and try to cobble together the other side... which means instead of an actual first baseman, we've got the Troy Glaus experiment. Instead of signing Jermaine Dye (how the fuck is he still unsigned, by the way) we have Melkdud Cabrera and his sub .200 avg playing most games because... well fuck, even I don't know why we start that piece of shit when we could be starting Diaz or Hinske.
At some point we'll start to turn things around a bit and we'll end up being good but not good enough to make the playoffs; probably finish third again. I fucking hate baseball.
