The lineups are out for tonight’s contest between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets and as far as the Braves are concerned, well, it is a lineup, I’ll give ‘em that. We’ve gotten a bit used to seeing “Imagine if someone told you that this would be the lineup in March” scenarios throughout this entire season and this continues to be the case as tonight’s lineup shows.
Here’s the look for the Braves:
The main change here is that Drake Baldwin is getting the start at catcher instead of Sean Murphy. Murphy will start tonight’s game from the bench as Marcell Ozuna continues to get some at-bats out there. Ozuna has cracked six homers since July 28, which is keeping pace with Kyle Schwarber in that regard. He’s also been hitting .314/.457/.829 during that span, which covers 45 plate appearances. It makes sense that he’s in the lineup. The top half of the lineup should be fine but once you get to a struggling Ozzie Albies, the quality dips significantly. We’ll see what they can do against the Mets tonight.
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Speaking of, here’s New York’s lineup:
The Mets have been playing like one of the worst teams in baseball in recent weeks so hopefully the Braves can continue to pile onto their misery tonight.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET. Come on and join us in the game thread once it’s up, won’t you?