They’ve got one more game to make it happen
Through two games, the Braves have outscored the Rockies 14-5, so no superficial problems there. But, here’s a weird thing: they’ve been outhomered, 1-0, in each of those games.
The Braves haven’t had a visit to Coors Field with no homers in a series since 2013. Furthermore, before this current series, they hadn’t even had a game without a homer at Coors Field since 2022. The franchise has homered in exactly 75 percent of the games they’ve played at Coors Field so far, with a multihomer game happening about 43 percent of the time. And then there’s this season.
If you want to see a dinger or two for the Braves, the good news is that Chase Dollander is running an insane rate of 3.72 HR/9 on the back of a HR/FB rate of nearly 30 percent. It’s even more dramatic at home, where he’s given up six homers in nine innings.
Daily Notes
Record: 14-15
Yesterday’s wOBA and xwOBA: .375 / .287 (Season rank: 9th | 8th)
Yesterday’s wOBA and xwOBA allowed: .241 / .302 (Season rank: 22nd | 20th)
Yesterday’s homers: 0
Yesterday’s homers allowed: 1
Record when out-xwOBAing: 9-7 (League: 322-114)
Record when out-xwOBAed: 5-8 (League: 114-322)
Record when out-wOBAing: 13-2 (League: 372-65)
Record when out-wOBAed: 1-13 (League: 65-372)
Record when outhomering: 6-3 (League: 221-68)
Record when outhomered: 3-8 (League: 68-221)