The Atlanta Braves are off to one of the worst imaginable starts this season and it just shows they had the wrong scapegoat in 2024.

The Atlanta Braves are calling up fan favorite reliever Jesse Chavez and designating Hector Neris for assignment amid their 0-4 start.

As noted, the Braves are winless through their first four games having been swept by the Padres. Atlanta was shut out in their last two games of the series. They collected just one hit in Saturday’s 5-0 loss. Marcel Ozuna is the team’s leading hitter batting .222 thus far.

Torpedo bats are the hot new thing in MLB. Over the weekend, the Yankees hit a franchise-record nine home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers while using

The Dodgers are the best team in baseball. Hot take! We know. But they’re not the only team in baseball, either. Over a six-month season, the gap between the best team and the second-best team is usually something like one extra win every six to eight weeks or so.

The D-backs had the highest-scoring offense in baseball a year ago, and it was more of the same to start the 2025 season as they hit .329 and scored 27 runs in four games against the Cubs. New ace Corbin Burnes will make his season debut on Tuesday against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

The Atlanta Braves are already sold on the results generated by the Yankees' batters. The Braves are a batter-heavy lineup - they tied the team season record for home runs with 307 home runs in 2023. Just like fans of other teams, the Braves seem ready to take the plunge and test the 'torpedo'-shaped bats currently being used by the Yankees.

Oh, it probably won't matter, but it's worth pondering that the most significant feat of this opening weekend was the Padres sweeping four games against Atlanta, marking six consecutive victories over them at Petco Park, dating to their wild-card steamrolling during last year's playoffs.

Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta tossed 7.0 scoreless innings against the Braves on Sunday, helping his new team close out a season-opening sweep in the process.