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2006 Atlanta Braves Predictions
High
hopes yet again with our 2006 Atlanta Braves predictions. Just as
the Angels are a lock in the AL West, the Braves are a Lock in the NL
East. Even if the Mets or the Phillies are able to hang around for a
while, they always choke down the stretch, giving the Braves another
division title. The team has the moxie that it takes to win, as
evidenced by their 14 straight division titles. The reason why the
Braves have dominated the division for so many years, other than it
simply being a weak division, is their consistent starting pitching.
It’s been their starting pitching which has allowed them to dominate the
entire National League for more than a decade and now with Andruw Jones
emerging as one of the biggest sticks in baseball, to go along with his
dominant play in center field, the Braves may be ready to make another
World Series run. The team has a nice group of young guns who mix well
with veterans such as Smoltz, Andruw Jones, and Chipper.
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Despite how the playoffs turn out for Atlanta, what you really need to
know about the Braves is that they win their backers lots of money!
Atlanta Braves backers have collected 57 units over the last 4 seasons
and when they are facing left-handed pitching, you can just about take
it to the bank. With great right-handed sticks, and Chipper Jones’
ability to switch-hit, the Braves destroy south paws winning by nearly a
run on average over the past 7 years. That’s a more than impressive
trend that will continue into this season. The only time you may want to
think twice about steering clear of the Braves when they are coming up
against lefties is when they are playing an Interleague game. They
haven’t fared well in these games as they don’t seem to put as much of
an emphasis on going after the American League teams. It will be smart
to bet the Braves versus lefties in 2006.
Who
knows if Atlanta can keep up their pitching dominance without their
pitching coach, Leo Mazzoni. John Smoltz came back to the rotation this
season without missing much of a beat. Tim Hudson is another ace on
this staff and as long as he can get past his health issues will be a
force. The bottom of the staff will also be able to keep up with the
opposition with Jorge Sosa, John Thomson, and Horacio Ramirez all
capable of putting up some fine numbers. The bullpen was shakey with
the exit of Smoltz, but Reitsmas is learning how to fulfill nicely. Ray
is a solid setup man and should be able to move into the closer roll if
there are any problems this season.
Andruw
Jones came out of nowhere last season to hit 51 bombs, but he’ll need to
raise his .263 batting average to become a more complete player.
Chipper Jones is getting older and I suspect that he may be injury prone
this season. Young guys like Jeff Franceour, Langerhorn will need to
keep picking up the slack. Veteran infielders LaRoche, Giles, and
Renteria provide both a solid presence in the lineup and will help
defensively to compliment this solid pitching staff.
This article was written by Jimmy Boyd Pick up his
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