Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday
While the Braves suffered a horrid loss Saturday, they have two superstars who look like they could return this week. Ronald Acuna is only four games into his rehab assignment, but after hitting a homer in the FCL, he’s now gone 3-6 with 6 walks and a homer in 3 triple-A games, along with some hard-hit outs. He hasn’t fully ramped up to playing full games in the field yet, but his bat looks locked in and as ready for his return as it possible could. The Braves are also expecting the return of Spencer Strider early this week, so reinforcements are on the way, and those are about as huge individual reinforcements as you can find for each side of the ball.
Braves News
Some bad management and bad pitching resulted in an excruciating bullpen meltdown in a game the Braves really should have won in Boston on Saturday.
MLB News
The Giants are moving flamethrower Jordan Hicks to the bullpen, after experimenting with him in the starting rotation.
Future hall-of-famer Clayton Kershaw was activated and made his season debut for the Dodgers, but did not perform very well.
Byron Buxton was placed on the concussion IL, and will hopefully be better soon.
The Orioles fired their manager, Brandon Hyde after a brutal and disappointing start to the season for the squad that looked so promising.