As we enter Spring Training 2017, by listening and following reports on MLB network and online my Braves are gonna try to contend. In the NL East in 2016, ATL went 32-24 vs. MIA, NYM and PHI and underachieving 4-15 vs. WAS. Washington has been Atlanta's problem and hoping that Max Scherzer (fractured knuckle) will be out for sometime, though the Braves will still need to face Stephen Strasburg (15-4, 183Ks in '16) and Gio Gonzalez (11-11, 171Ks in '16) along with the rest of the Nationals rotation.
How I see the projected Braves batting order will look like in 2017
(2016 stats Games/Avg/R/HR/RBI/SB)
1. Ender Inciarte CF (131/.291/85/3/29/16)
2. Adonis Garcia 3B (134/.273/65/14/65/3)
3. Freddie Freeman 1B (158/.302/102/34/91/6)
4. Matt Kemp LF (156/.268/89/35/108/1)
5. Brandon Phillips 2B (141/.291/74/11/64/14)
6. Nick Markakis RF (158/.269/67/13/89/0) *Backup 1B
7. Dansby Swanson SS (38/.302/20/3/17/3)
8. Kurt Suzuki C (106/.258/34/8/49/0)
9. Pitcher
C Tyler Flowers (83/.270/27/8/41/0
CF Chase D' Amaud (84/.245/24/1/21/9)
3B/SS/2B Jace Peterson (115/.254/45/7/29/5)
Starting Rotation
(W-L/IP/ERA/K)
Julio Teheran (7-10/188.0/3.21/167)
R.A. Dickey (10-15/169.2/4.46/126)
Bartolo Colon (15-8/191.2/3.43/128)
Jamie Garcia (10-15/171.2/4.67/150)
Mike Folytynewicz (9-5/123.1/4.31/111)
Closer
(SV/BS/K/ERA
Jim Johnson (20/3/68/3.06)
Newcomer and Veteran Maui Catcher Kurt Suzuki will wear #24 for the Braves and hope he'll win the job over Tyler Flowers. Watching spring training highlights so far Suzuki been seen working with knuckleballer R.A. Dickey and be his primary catcher. Nice to see a Hawaii boy play for my Atlanta Braves and inside brand new Suntrust Park.
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