Originally Posted by
Enscheff
The Braves lost because Albies, Freeman, JD, Markakis and Mac decided not to show up.
The game 5 disaster was equal parts Folty, Fried and a devastating Freeman error.
A rotation led by Soroka, Fried and Folty is good enough to compete in October. Improving over that group in any meaningful way is probably too expensive for the Braves and their $130M opening day payroll, so folks might want to start thinking about creative ways to deploy the pitching talent already in the system.