Hank

Nuggets and Noodles only please

[Ronald Acuña Jr. @ronaldacunajr24]

8.31.23 - Pt.2 - #30/60

[Beans (Beaneater Buzz) @BeaneaterB]

Spencer Strider became the fastest pitcher in history to reach 200 K in a season last year.

He could break his own record tonight with 11 Ks.

He’s 24 years old.

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

Most fair balls hit at 100+ MPH this year:

Ronald Acuña Jr., 156
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 127
Juan Soto, 117
Shohei Ohtani, 113
Yandy Díaz, 111
Christian Yelich, 110
Paul Goldschmidt, 109
Matt Olson, 108
Julio Rodríguez, 107
Rafael Devers, 107
Bo Bichette, 106

[Beans (Beaneater Buzz) @BeaneaterB]

There are only two players in MLB with more than 14 HR and a K% below 15%.

Ronald Acuña Jr.: 23 HR 11.7% K%
Ozzie Albies: 22 HR 14.8% K%

They happen to be best friends and hit back-to-back at the top of the Atlanta Braves lineup.

[willminder @willminder]

KRU actually went from 0-9 to one win away from champs... AINT NO WAY

How do we manage to have a dream run in every tournament

[Jay Cuda @JayCuda]

here is how many stolen bases each player who has 20+ homers this season has

[Kevin McAlpin @KevinMcAlpin]

Ronald Acuna Jr leads the National League in stolen bases (42) and OPS (.994)

He's looking to become just the third player since 1947 to lead their league in both categories. The others? Hall of Famers Willie Mays (1957 & 1958) and Rickey Henderson (1990)

[Kevin McAlpin @KevinMcAlpin]

With his first inning grand slam, Matt Olson became the first player in #Braves franchise history to hit 30 homers within the team's first 90 games of a season.

[Stephen Tolbert @b_outliers]

And the only reason they opened the 2022 season at home is the lockout moved the first two series of the year to the end of the season. They were org scheduled to open on the road. So 7 out of 8 years in the new park they’ve been scheduled on the road for Opening Day.

[Stephen Tolbert @b_outliers]

Braves new stadium opened in 2017 and through the 2024 season, the Braves will have had more opening days in Philadelphia (3) than they’ve had in their own park (2)

[Miles Garrett @MilesGarrettTV]

The #Braves officially go in to the All-Star Break at 60-29. That is:

-The best record in baseball by 4 games
-The best pre All-Star Break record in team history
-An incredible .674 winning percentage

Atlanta has set the MLB record for most home runs pre All-Star Break and their opening day starter is near a return to the team. This also doesn’t include the MLB wins leader from last year that the Braves should also get back from injury later as well.

📸@Braves

[Kevin Keneely @KevinKeneely1]

Spencer Strider has surpassed Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine for the fifth-most games (12) with 10+ strikeouts in Braves franchise history.

John Smoltz (45 games)
Phil Niekro (20)
Warren Spahn (18)
Denny Lemaster (14)
Spencer Strider (12)

[Stephen Tolbert @b_outliers]

The 5 other division leaders besides ATL are CIN, ARZ, TB, CLE, and TEX.

The Braves have played road series against all 5 and went 5-0 in those series.

[DSG @Disguised]

announcement in 2 days.

[Hank @Cheeeeeshh]

@MatthewBalte This is such a funny thing to try and get the Braves for too. Like do they not know who we traded him for??

[Grant McAuley @grantmcauley]

Sean Murphy's career-high is 18 home runs, set last season in 148 games.

In his first year with the #Braves, Murphy already has 16 homers prior to the All-Star break.

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

Teams in MLB history with the best OPS the 1st time through the order vs. the opposing starting pitcher:

2023 Braves ---> .970 🤯
1996 Rangers ---> .885
2019 Astros ---> .871
1939 Yankees ---> .865
2007 Yankees ---> .858
2005 Indians ---> .857
2009 Red Sox ---> .856

[Grant McAuley @grantmcauley]

At age 39, Charlie Morton very quietly put together a solid first half for the #Braves.

He went 9-6 with a 3.43 ERA in 17 starts, compiling 111 K in 97 IP – good for 10.3 K/9. Morton finished with 6.1 innings of 1-run ball to beat the Rays in his final start before the break.