ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves exercised a $20 million option for pitcher Charlie Morton on Monday, bolstering a shaky rotation for the NL East champions, but they declined a $9 million option for outfielder Eddie Rosario. The Braves cut ties with Yates and McHugh after reaching multi-year deals to bring back two other right-handed relievers — Joe Jiménez and Pierce …
ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves right-hander Mike Soroka has experienced a setback in his recovery from surgery to repair his torn right Achilles tendon and will have a follow-up procedure next week. Manager Brian Snitker said Wednesday that Soroka will have exploratory surgery early next week in Green Bay, Wisconsin. I hate it for him personally to have this setback.” Soroka …
We’re in a new age of information in baseball that could have tremendous ramifications for projecting players. Statcast data straight from MLB can tell us what pitchers are expected to allow in foundational stats like batting average and slugging average based on batted-ball profiles — and we of course know what they actually did. Soroka earned a batting average allowed …
