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David Pinto worked for ten years as the chief researcher for ESPN’s Baseball Tonight. Starting in 2002, David brought his research and insights to a wider audience through his blog, Baseball Musings.

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    Braves Offense Falls

    July 8, 8:56 AM
    by David Pinto, Baseball Examiner
     
     
    Chipper Jones

    07 July 2008: Chipper Jones tosses his helmet away after striking out against Hiroki Kuroda.
    Photo:Icon SMI

    Hiroki Kuroda one hit the Braves Monday night in an extremely well pitched game. He faced one over the minimum and used just 91 pitches to dispatch the Braves. Given the recent history of the Braves offense, that's no surprise.

    Over their last thirteen games, Atlanta's offense played in a deep funk. As a team, they are hitting .213 with a .284 OBA and a .333 slugging percentage. Those numbers get most individuals sent back to the minors. Their situational hitting is even worse, with just 18 hits in 101 at bats with runners in scoring position.

    Interestingly, Teixeira, Jones and Blanco are hitting well during this period. So well, in fact, that in order for the team to post such low averages, everyone else is terrible. Jeff Francoeur was sent down, but McCann, Johnson, Kotsay and Escobar are pretty terrible right now as well.

    This probably makes a trade of Teixeira more likely. With the Braves falling fast and Mark heating up, now appears to be the time to trade the hitter for some prospects who can fill in the offense over the next couple of seasons. The problem is, about the only contender that can use help at first is the Athletics, and they tend not to trade for free agents. The other bay area team, the Giants, can also use some offense. Playing for now rather than building for the future is the kind of move Sabean has made lately. It should be an interesting month of speculation.

     

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    Topics: Baseball , Braves , Chipper Jones , Mark Teixeira , Hiroki Kuroda
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