The Braves and Mets will begin play in the most important regular season series in the last two years on Tuesday. Compared to two years earlier, this game is considerably more important because the Braves need to win the series in order to improve their prospects of making it to the postseason in 2024.
Spencer Schwellenbach of the Braves will start the series opener on the mound against Luis Severino. The Braves’ offense will need to match its potency from the previous game if Schwellenbach is able to put up a good effort and contain the Mets lineup.
For the Braves, winning is essential right now. If they win, they can keep control of their hopes of making the playoffs; if they lose, their season might be done by Sunday.
In Braves news, the team’s series victory over the Marlins over the weekend produced a lot of encouraging things, especially with the offense playing well. Furthermore, Drake Baldwin has been named the Braves’ Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America. In his most recent start, AJ Smith-Shawver astoundingly recorded 10 strikeouts.
While Mark Bowman analyzes the upcoming series against the Mets, Justin Toscano provides a thorough study of how the Braves can seal their own destiny.
The Diamondbacks are a club to keep an eye on in the upcoming week as they dropped to the Giants on Monday, trailing the Braves by just one game and falling 1.5 games behind in the Wild Card race.
With their victory on Monday, the Phillies won the NL East, their first division triumph since 2011. This is also the first time since 2017 that the Braves have failed to capture the division crown.
In other news, the Tigers are pushing highly touted prospect Jackson Jobe, while Charlie Blackmon, a veteran of the Rockies, has announced his retirement.
