Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 19, 2007
Teixeira Connects

Mark Teixeira hits his sixth home run since joining the Braves on August first. The hit gives the Braves a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first, and Teixeira 17 RBI in 17 games. Despite the improvement at first base, the Braves offense has fallen in August to 5.5 runs per game from 5.8 in July. On top of that, the Atlanta pitching staff saw its ERA shoot up a run compared to July. So despite the trades, Atlanta comes into this afternoon's contest 8-8 on the month. A big reason is the starting pitching, the big weakness before the trade deadline. Their ERA is 5.50 this month. A low strikeout and a high home run rate are their biggest issues.

Update: Mark hits a second home run in the game and the Braves lead 6-2 in the eighth.


Posted by David Pinto at 01:26 PM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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The nice thing for Atlanta is that, like almost everybody else in the NL, they're in the wild card race. They haven't lost any ground there despite the so-so August. They were 1 1/2 out on July 31, they're 1 1/2 out now. In fact, things have gotten a little better for them because there are only two teams in front of them now instead of the four on July 31.

Really, the slightest improvement for the Braves could cop them a postseason berth. Better living through parity.

Posted by: Casey Abell at August 20, 2007 01:03 PM

By the way, Teixeira has been everything the Braves could ask. A 1.016 OPS since coming over.

Posted by: Casey Abell at August 20, 2007 01:08 PM
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