The Braves’ starting pitching has been absolutely abysmal in June, after being much maligned in the offseason for lack of depth, but surprisingly productive to start the season. It really is “Chris Sale and pray” right now, which is a bigger problem when Sale performs best on extra rest and the offense is struggling. It looked like the Braves might have been able to skate by on their pitching depth to start the season, but injuries (that were always likely to happen) and Bryce Elder crashing back to Earth has rapidly turned this into a crisis. All the wins the team banked to start the season feel even bigger now as the team flounders due to injuries and underperformance.
The Braves are bringing Carlos Santana in on a minor league deal, as they hope he can find another few months of productive offense in his career to give some desperately needed offensive depth.
The Braves lost a depressing game 5-0 to the Giants.
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Royals’ star Cole Ragans will get elbow surgery of an unknown extent this week.
One of the A’s top prospects and one of the best pitching prospects in baseball will get Tommy John surgery.
The Phillies are bringing in Tommy Pham on a minor league deal.
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