Braves News: Winning streak (?), Chris Sale, more

The Braves managed another win Saturday after an emotional comeback win on Friday night. It’s still early, but you have to wonder if this could be the turning point for the season, as the team finally wakes up from a brutal start to the season that felt eerily similar to much of last year. Chris Sale had an impressive 8 strikeouts in his outing, but only managed to cover 4.1 innings and struggled a but with command and inconsistent velocity. I’m still not super worried about Sale, as he continues to get extraordinarily unlucky with BABIP and the strikeouts are there, but his command was uncharacteristically inconsistent Saturday and the continuing lack of going deep into starts is unhelpful and concerning. We really have to hope the results can start looking more like last season.

Braves News

The Braves picked up a 4-3 win over the Twins, as Chris Sale wasn’t his peak self but the team as a whole got the job done.

MLB News

Jorge Lopez had his suspension reduced to 2 games, after a hit-by-pitch turned brawl situation between the Nationals and Pirates.

The Dodgers activated Evan Phillips, placing Blake Treinen on the 15-day IL with forearm tightness as the corresponding move.

The Red Sox reinstated Liam Hendriks off the 15-day IL, where he had been since spring training with elbow inflammation.