Braves' Hot Start, Slumping Stars, and Unstoppable Rookie

0:00On April 10th, the Atlanta Braves are off to a solid 8-5 star in the first two weeks of the 20-26 season, owning the best ERA. In baseball, after grinding through 13 games in 13 days, that's a huge flip from last year, when they dropped their first 7 and sat at 3-10 after 13 games. Stars like Austin Riley are struggling hard, batting just 176 with a low-hard hit rate, while Ronald Acunio Jr. and Michael Harris stay. Second are smashing the ball, but getting bad breaks. Acunio's expected slugging is top 10 percent, but his actual mark lags way behind, and Harris has rock as turning into outs, despite career high exit. Velocities. On the flip side, rookie Drake Baldwin is unstoppable, leading the majors with 15 RBI's and 5 homers, carrying the lineup with a 1.0. 1.0, 1.3 OPS, while handling lefties and righties. The pitching staff is the real story, with a 2.03 ERA from the starters, and an MLB Best 0.82 from the bullpen.

1:02Bryce Elder is perfect so far in 13 innings, Chris sale steady, and guys like Ronaldo Lopez stepping up amid injuries to Spencer Strider, and Spencer Schwellenbach. As these slumps even out and Strider nears are returned by months end, the braves head into a homestand against the Guardians looking prime for a fun. Ride if the bats and arms keep sinking up. I'm Cory with the story. That's your MLB news today update, AI powered and always on.