It’s time for some Sunday baseball. The Atlanta Braves are looking to take the series against their division rivals in this afternoon’s finale, and the rosters are set.
Let’s take a look at them.
Michael Harris II is leading off for the Braves today, swapping places with Mauricio Dubón. Austin Riley, Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson have the most experience facing Mets’ Freddy Peralta.
Albies, with 14 at-bats against him, hasn’t recorded as much success, only batting .071 with a .378 OPS, but Olson and Riley,
however, with 11 and 14 respective appearances, find their ways to bases pretty frequently, with Riley batting .429 against him with an OPS of 1.396.
Dominic Smith has also found his pitches against Peralta, batting .400 with an .800 OPS.
The person Peralta really has to worry about, though, with only two appearances against him, is Eli White. Batting in the seventh hole, he averages .500 and has 2.500 OPS against the righty.
The Braves are looking for Bryce Elder to hold the Mets’ defense off, as a few key players are known to get hot against him, and have shown in this series that they could rally at any point. Though the name Bo Bichette has been ringing throughout the series, it’s Juan Soto, who’s seen him the second-most behind Brett Baty, that Elder needs to look out for. Soto’s average is .429 against Elder with a 1.413 OPS, in which he also recorded one homerun and one RBI.
A lot of possibilities as both teams look to close this matchup with a series win. New York is looking to continue their celebration and defeat their division rivals to add to a fresh NBA finals win, but the Braves are looking to shut it down before getting back on the road.
Tune in at 1:40 PM EDT to watch it all play out.
