Playoff baseball in October is supposed to lead to players performing at their peak to ensure they can help their team advance through October. For Ronald Acuna Jr., this was not the case.
Ronald Acuña Jr. was visibly emotional after the Atlanta Braves’ season came to an end Wednesday night. The Braves fell 4-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the National League Division Series, ending Atlanta’s postseason run with a 3-1 series loss.
After a scorching start, the Braves never really recaptured that magic over the final four months of the season. There were flashes of brilliance, sure — but mostly it was inconsistency, and nowhere more so than at the plate.
The Braves’ season came to end on Wednesday night. It’s hard to tie a nice bow on the narrative arc with the loss: Tyler Mahle was good, the bullpen was not, and the Braves were neither done in by one of their particular strengths nor a specific, exceptional weakness.
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When the Braves arrived to the playoffs, one thing was obvious: they’d need their biggest stars to show up if they wanted to go toe to toe with the best in baseball.
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From the moment the season opened, one question hung over the Braves above all others: would they have enough pitching to be legitimate championship contenders?
Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss credited the Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching depth after his club’s season ended with a 4-1 loss in Wednesday’s NLDS Game 4 at Truist Park in Atlanta.
Just like that. The season is over. The Atlanta Braves fell to the Dodgers 4-1 to seal the deal. When we'll see them take the field again is anybody's guess, given the elephant in the room behind the scenes.
On their way to a third consecutive National League Championship Series appearance, the Los Angeles Dodgers controlled the Atlanta Braves at the most critical times.
Ronald Acuña Jr. is going home and going home with some backlash at that. The Atlanta Braves star Acuña has partnered with online prediction market Kalshi, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reported on Wednesday.
You do not need to be a baseball savant to know at the start of each season that the Los Angeles Dodgers are going to be a factor in the playoffs. It is like clockwork.
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The Atlanta Braves have added a young Canadian arm, signing right-hander Logan Cummins to a minor league contract and assigning him to the Florida Complex League Braves, according to his transaction page.
With the Braves on the brink, the club will have outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. available. And, he’s going to play in the field, one day after the Braves opted to have the outfielder be the designated hitter in Game 3.
The Atlanta Braves are looking to keep their season alive on Wednesday. Atlanta is trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 in the National League Division Series at the moment.
It’s put up or shut up time for the Braves, especially for the guys at the top of the order. Matt Olson, Drake Baldwin, and Ronald Acuña Jr. have been ghosts this postseason — and if that doesn’t change tonight, nobody expects Atlanta to take this series back to Los Angeles.
Atlanta will always have a special place in Freddie Freeman’s heart, but Atlanta Braves fans didn’t seem to care about that on Tuesday.
Once a team comes up with its projected salary for all of its arbitration-eligible players, it will begin a tender analysis to simply determine: “Are we comfortable guaranteeing Player X this much money?” If the answer is yes, the player will be tendered a contract prior to the mid-November Tender Deadline.
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Acuna hasn't been at his best when it matters most, though, as he has continuously failed to show up and perform when it matters most in October.
Joe Davis was not on the call for Tuesday’s pivotal NLDS game as he was apparently a little unwell. Davis missed Game 3 of the NLDS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta, Ga.
The Major League Baseball postseason is well underway and there have already been plenty of standout performances. Harris II's performance has arguably been the best.
For Kerr, the first two appearances of his postseason career have been flawless.
On a toasty Saturday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, Skubal lived up to every bit of the hype surrounding his postseason Dodger debut.
The Braves won on Thursday night, 6-2, but it was Sale who pitched the final 1.1 innings for Atlanta to end the game and send them to the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Major League Baseball postseason often puts players in situations that they aren't familiar with, and that was the case Thursday night for Atlanta Braves left-hander Ray Kerr.
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