Always Braves! A Braves Franchise (MLB 14)

[IXI DECAY IXI]

After taking 2 of the 3 games from their division rivals, the Braves would head to Atlanta for the first time on the young season. The Braves would see Bartolo Colon for the first time in a Met uniform and from the results, they are eager to see him again.

After Kris Medlen surrendered a 2 run homerun to Braves killer David Wright in the top of the 1st inning, the Braves would rebound jumping on Colon early putting up 4 runs in the bottom half of the 1st inning.

Heyward, Johnson, Uggla, and Gattis were able to send balls out of the park in todays contest as the Braves were able to put up 8 runs on 12 hits. Jason Heyward has been perhaps the Braves brightest spot of the season thus far as he left todays game with a .370 average.

The Braves would cruise through the middle innings until giving up a run to the Mets in the top of the 6th to bring the game to 4-3. The Braves were once again able to rebound by putting up 3 runs in the bottom half of the 6th.

So with a 7-3 lead heading into the 8th, Fredie Gonzalez felt pretty comfortable and decided to hand the ball to Aaron Harang for the first time since the bashing he took on opening day in Milwaukee. Braves fans faces went from excitement to worry in a matter of minutes as Harang surrendered 2 runs on 3 hits in his 1 inning of work. It's already being discussed early that Harang being in the bullpen might not have been the best decision but the Braves feel it's too early to make any movements.

This would force the Braves to go to Craig Kimbrel in the 9th on a day they were hoping to give him off with him throwing in back to back games. Kimbrel wouldn't struggle at all though as he sat the Mets down in order to give the Braves an 8-5 win and push them over .500 for the first time this year while dropping the Mets to 2-5.

New York Mets at Atlanta Braves
Apr 8, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (2-5)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	9	0
Atlanta (4-3)	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	X	8	12	0
W: Medlen (2-0) L: Colon (0-2) S: Kimbrel (4)

New York Mets
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Young Jr, LF	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	.321
Tejada, SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.153
Wright, 3B	4	2	2	2	0	1	1	.227
Granderson, RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.200
Davis, 1B	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	.153
Murphy, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.160
Young, CF	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.055
Recker, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Colon, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Torres, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Duda, PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Farnsworth, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Lagares, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
BATTING: HR: Wright RBI: Tejada, Wright 2, Davis 2

Atlanta Braves
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Heyward, RF	4	2	3	2	0	0	1	.370
Upton, CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.142
Freeman, 1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.222
Johnson, 3B	4	1	1	3	0	0	1	.275
Upton, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.320
Uggla, 2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.259
Gattis, C	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.291
Simmons, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.260
Medlen, P	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Harang, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Doumit, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kimbrel, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
BATTING: 2B: Heyward HR: Heyward, Johnson, Uggla, Gattis RBI: Heyward 2, Freeman, Johnson 3, Uggla, Gattis

New York Mets
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Colon (L, 0-2)	5.1	9	4	4	0	3	N/A	3.29
Torres	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	N/A	23.62
Farnsworth	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1.12

Atlanta Braves
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Medlen (W, 2-0)	7.0	6	3	3	0	7	N/A	2.07
Harang	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	N/A	27.00
Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	N/A	0.00

New York Mets at Atlanta Braves
Apr 9, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (2-6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Atlanta (5-3)	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	X	6	8	0
W: Minor (W, 1-1) L: Wheeler (L, 0-1)

New York Mets at Atlanta Braves
Apr 10, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (2-7)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Atlanta (6-3)	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	6	10	0
W: Teheran (1-0) L: Niese (1-1)

Following the sweep of the Mets, the Braves will host the Nationals but we will once again miss them as the next user game with be in Philadelphia against the Phillies as Mike Minor is set to go against A.J. Burnett.

[IXI DECAY IXI]

Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves
Apr 26, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (8-16)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	0
Atlanta (16-8)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	2	7	1
W: Teheran (3-2) L: Cingrani (3-1) S: Kimbrel (9)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CIN	ATL
ATL	4	Gattis homered to center.	0	1
ATL	4	Uggla singled to center. Heyward scores	0	2
CIN	8	Votto reached first on fielders choice. Shumaker scores.	1	2

Cincinnati Reds
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Phillips, 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.301
Santiago, 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.058
Cozart, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.146
Votto, 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.250
Bruce, RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Frazier, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.197
Heisey, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222
Ludwick, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.328
Pena, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.224
Cingrani, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Shumaker, PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.342
BATTING: RBI: Votto HBP: Bruce GIDP: Cozart
BASERUNNING: SB: Phillips

Atlanta Braves
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Upton, CF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.187
Upton, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200
Freeman, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.394
Gattis, C	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.298
Heyward, RF	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.291
Uggla, 2B	4	0	1	1	0	3	0	.212
Pena, 3B	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200
Teheran, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
BATTING: 2B: Freeman HR: Gattis RBI: Gattis, Uggla SAC: Teheran GIDP: Pena
BASERUNNING: SB: Upton, Heyward
FIELDING: E: Pena

Cincinnati Reds
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Cingrani	5.0	7	2	2	3	6	1	2.35
Parra	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.84
LeCure	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.70

Atlanta Braves
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Teheran	7.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	2.12
Avilan	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.50
Carpenter	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

[IXI DECAY IXI]

ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- The Braves have just announced that they have reached an agreement with the Cleveland Indians that will send the left handed relief pitcher Jonny Venters to Cleveland in return for the center field prospect Clint Frazier.

Venters missed the 2013 season after going through Tommy John surgery and never saw an MLB game this season. He has spent his first month of the season in AAA trying to get back in MLB form. The Braves have been looking to shop him as they felt they have enough depth in the pen that allowed the move.

The Braves will welcome in the 20 year old Clint Frazier who is projected to be a future star. With the struggles from B.J. Upton in 2013 and the slow start to 2014, the Braves were ecstatic when the Indians reached out with the trade offer. Clint Frazier will slide right into a starting role in center field for the Gwinnett Braves. If Upton continues to struggle, you could see Frazier find himself in the majors as early as 2015.

[royals19]

I've always been a huge Clint Frazier fan. He's probably my favorite prospect to come out of the draft in the past 4-5 years. He gets compared to Mike Trout quite a bit because of his raw tools.

The fact that he's also from Georgia and he's now playing for the Atlanta Braves is cool too. It reminds me a lot of Jason Heyward's career arch.

[AC]

Quote: Originally Posted by royals19

I've always been a huge Clint Frazier fan. He's probably my favorite prospect to come out of the draft in the past 4-5 years. He gets compared to Mike Trout quite a bit because of his raw tools. The fact that he's also from Georgia and he's now playing for the Atlanta Braves is cool too. It reminds me a lot of Jason Heyward's career arch.

Only J-Hey never got traded for an injured reliever.

[IXI DECAY IXI]

Quote: Originally Posted by AC

Only J-Hey never got traded for an injured reliever.

Well Venters wasn't injured in my franchise. He has pitched the whole season in AAA and was lighting it up. I put him on the block because I really like Avilan and Carpenter in the setup roles.

[IXI DECAY IXI]

Quote: Originally Posted by royals19

I've always been a huge Clint Frazier fan. He's probably my favorite prospect to come out of the draft in the past 4-5 years. He gets compared to Mike Trout quite a bit because of his raw tools. The fact that he's also from Georgia and he's now playing for the Atlanta Braves is cool too. It reminds me a lot of Jason Heyward's career arch.

I don't know anything about him. Never heard of him, but to know he is from Georgia is cool. Good storyline.

[IXI DECAY IXI]

ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- After losing the first two games in the three game series, the Reds were able to put together 4 runs on 11 hits to leave Atlanta with a win. The Reds got 6 innings of solid work from Alfredo Simon as he only allowed 1 run on 5 hits.

Jay Bruce was a force to be reckoned with this game as he went 2/3 with 1 run and 2 RBI's including a solo homerun in the 4th. Luis Avilan was tagged with the loss as his early season struggles continue as he gave up a run on 2 hits in just .1 inning of work.

Andrelton Simmons continued along with his hot bat as he increased his hitting streak to 14 games.

Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves
Apr 27, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (9-16)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	11	0
Atlanta (16-9)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	0
W: Marshall (2-0) L: Avilan (0-2) S: Chapman (5)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CIN	ATL
ATL	1	Uggla lined to left for a single. Schafer scores.	0	1
CIN	4	Bruce homered to right.	1	1
CIN	5	Cozart lined to left for a single. Ludwick scores.	2	1
ATL	7	Upton doubled to right. La Stella scores.	2	2
CIN	8	Bruce hit sacrifice fly to Schafer. Cozart scores.	3	2
CIN	9	Mesaraco homered to center.	4	2