The Atlanta Braves face off against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in what looks to be a pitchers duel between the two staff aces. Chris Sale has only given up one run in his two starts, and José Soriano has yet to surrender an earned run this season in twelve innings.
The Braves’ offense has been up and down to put it lightly. The underlying metrics show that they should see some positive regression to the mean, so tonight may be that time. Michael Harris is primed for a good game with an xwOBA
of .395 which is top 16.0 percent of MLB, when his wOBA is only .255. His expected slugging is in the top 4.0 percent of all MLB hitters.
The metrics are there for the Braves’ offense to take off. Hopefully that will happen tonight. Follow along in the comments.
First pitch is at 9:38 PM EDT
