What's everyone's take on the Braves? My one RSW bet loss was betting the Braves under last year. They had some good fortune in 2018 and I felt were due for some regression. They did have a couple young pitchers develop faster than I thought, although the advanced numbers said those pitchers may have been fortunate.
C: 2019: B McCann/Flowers 2020: D'Arnaud
1B: Freeman
2B: Albies
SS: Swanson
3B: 2019: Donaldson 2020: Riley
OF: Acuna
OF: Markakis
OF: 2019: Riley/Joyce 2020: Ozuna
SP: 2019: Soroka, Fried, Keuchel, Folty, Teheran
2020: Soroka, Fried, Hamels, Folty,. K Wright (?)
They are priced at 92 wins. A lot of them reaching that number will depend on the performance of the Mets and Phillies. Can the Mets staff finally stay healthy? Are the Phillies just overrated? Did the public put too much emphasis on the Harper signing?
There are reasons to believe the Braves are due for some regression but they do have a strong nucleus. Hard to imagine any falloff in wins will be too severe unless Acuna were to miss a lot of games. Losing Donaldson and gaining Ozuna a slight downgrade. Losing Keuchel and Teheran and gaining Hamels and an unknown 5th starter a slight downgrade as well.