Barry Svrluga

The Braves appear to be one of the best teams in baseball.

They can't compete financially or talent-wise right now in that division, but they're trying to compete on every pitch and every at-bat, and that's led to...

you know, an 18 and 20 record after the first, you know, they're not a quarter, quarter of the way through the season, but, um, the product is watchable in my mind.

And that's in part because of the way to Boney and his staff have provided information to Blake Butera and his staff and the way they're implementing it with, uh, you know, basically James Wood, CJ Abrams, and a bunch of unknowns or parts.

I think so.

I mean, you know, this lineup, when you roll it out, it's not intimidating to anybody.

Wood is a superstar in the making.

I mean, and Abrams...

has gone through stretches like this.

You know, he's got 33 RBI, not a quarter of the way through the season.

It's a question of whether he can sustain it.

But beyond those two guys, there's nobody in the lineup that scares anybody yet.

Headed into yesterday, they were averaging 5.35 runs per game.

That's fourth in the major leagues.

That is more than the Dodgers.

I don't know that that's sustainable, but they're doing something right so far.

Again, baseball is built for 162 games, not 38.

So that's how you prove yourselves.

And there will be a lull.

And some of that is they didn't score anything good.