Braves players currently out with injury
- Ronald Acuña Jr.
- Drake Baldwin
- Spencer Schwellenbach
- AJ Smith Shawver
- Hurston Waldrep
- Spencer Strider (expected)
- Joe Jimenez
- Sean Murphy
We currently have 8 definitive major leaguers out including a front end starter, the 2023 MVP (on his second IL stint) and potential MVP candidate Drake Baldwin. There isn’t a team in baseball who’ve had worse injury luck than the Braves have had from 2024 until now.
2021 - played ucla who was a shot away from natty
2023 injured + sdsu who lost the natty
2024 final 4 lost to UConn who was unbeatable
2025- elite 8 against best kenpom team ever
2026 - lost to one of the best teams ever.
They cant stop us forever
Programs to make the College Football Playoff and Sweet 16 in the same school year:
2015-16 Oklahoma
2017-18 Clemson
2019-20 LSU
2020-21 Alabama
2021-22 Michigan
2023-24 Alabama
2024-25 Tennessee
2025-26 Alabama
Feels like this Nate Oats guy is pretty good
-5 total Sweet 16 appearances
-4 consecutive Sweet 16 appearances
-2 Elite Eight appearances
-1 Final Four
To put this in even a crazier light, Acuña Jr had 552 less plate appearances than Soriano, 1263 less than Barry Bonds, and 1570 less than Bobby Bonds. If we normalize all four’s stats to 4512 plate appearances (the average of the four):
Home Runs:
Ronald Acuña Jr - 229
Alfonso Soriano - 223
Barry Bonds - 203
Bobby Bonds - 188
Stolen Bases:
Barry Bonds - 256
Bobby Bonds - 253
Ronald Acuña Jr - 252
Alfonso Soriano - 225
Prior to Nate Oats, Alabama basketball achieved a No. 4 seed or better in the NCAA Tournament 4 times ('82, '87, '91, '02).
With a 4 seed tomorrow, Bama will achieve that mark in 4 STRAIGHT YEARS and 5 of the last 6 under Nate Oats.
A lot to be proud of as a Bama hoops fan.