The 2023 Braves still aren't going to be competing for anything come October but I feel like things are starting to take shape and come together a bit after a multi-year rebuild (of which we probably still have a couple to go). Casas and Jung anchor a really young line-up - Braves hitters with projections average just 24 years old, and the oldest are only 26. There are still multiple questions marks throughout the line-up, but with some of the prospects coming up we hopefully have answers for at least a few of those questions.
Pitching, however, is the current strength of the team. This group also skews young - only 24.9 for the average age - with the oldest guys only being 28. Even after dealing Top 100 arms like Taj Bradley and Owen White, the rest of the young core of starters is beginning to break through with guys like the Hunter Tandem (Green, 114 ERA+ & Brown, 111 ERA+) showing out pretty well last year and looking to build on that success. Add in guys like Ian Anderson, Kyle Harrison, and Edward Cabrera among others and SP is looking pretty good moving forward. The bullpen looks relatively solid as well, led by Alex Vesia and his 122 ERA+.
Projected Line-up:
C - Shea Langeliers - 225/289/398; 93 OPS+; 0 DEF; 1.9 WAR
1B - Triston Casas - 256/352/440; 113 OPS+; 1 DEF; 1.2 WAR
2B - Davis Schneider - 222/303/393; 93 OPS+; 5 DEF; 1.6 WAR
SS - Jacob Amaya - 231/308/351; 82 OPS+; 2 DEF; 1.6 WAR
3B - Josh Jung - 250/304/450; 105 OPS+; 2 DEF; 1.3 WAR
LF - Kyle Isbel - 238/299/380; 85 OPS+; 9 DEF; 0.8 WAR
CF - Jarren Duran - 251/308/406; 91 OPS+; 0 DEF; 1.2 WAR
RF - Nolan Jones - 251/340/418; 96 OPS+; -1 DEF; 0.4 WAR
DH - Niko Kavadas - 218/337/414; 102 OPS+; -2 DEF; 0.6 WAR
Bench Options:
C - Korey Lee - 220/276/385; 81 OPS+; -3 DEF; 0.7 WAR
C - Daniel Vellojin - 209/304/336; 69 OPS+; -4 DEF; 0.0 WAR
1B - Brandon Lewis - 207/257/402; 76 OPS+; 1 Def; -0.5 WAR
2B - Tyler Black - 219/322/313; 76 OPS+; -1 DEF; 0.3 WAR
SS - Liover Peguero - 236/278/346; -1 DEF; 0.3 WAR
SS - Blaze Alexander - 220/287/346; 73 OPS+; 2 DEF; 0.7 WAR
SS - Will Wilson - 205/270/334; 66 OPS+; -2 DEF; 0.0 WAR
3B - Jared Triolo - 241/306/352; 81 OPS+; 3 DEF; 1.0 WAR
3B - Osleivis Basabe - 248/297/340; 82 OPS+; 3 DEF; 1.1 WAR
OF - Jasson Dominguez - 211/287/339; 74 OPS+; 4 DEF; 0.9 WAR
OF - Peyton Burdick - 211/308/377; 89 OPS+; 0 DEF; 1.3 WAR
OF - Kameron Misner - 197/289/314; 73 OPS+; 3 DEF; 0.8 WAR
OF - Matt Wallner - 212/309/385; 94 OPS+; -4 DEF; 0.4 WAR
OF - Denzel Clarke - 185/269/323; 68 OPS+; 2 DEF; 0.2 WAR
Pitching Chart:
SP - Hunter Greene - 3.92 ERA/3.88 FIP/114 ERA+; 11.0 K/9; 2.2 WAR
SP - Hunter Brown - 3.78 ERA/3.75 FIP/111 ERA+; 10.3 K/9; 1.7 WAR
SP - Ian Anderson - 4.14 ERA/4.35 FIP/101 ERA+; 8.5 K/9; 1.7 WAR
SP - Kyle Harrison - 3.99 ERA/4.00 FIP/101 ERA+; 10.6 K/9; 1.6 WAR
SP - Connor Thomas - 3.93 ERA/4.12 FIP/100 ERA+; 6.1 K/9; 1.7 WAR
SP - Robert Gasser - 4.28 ERA/4.19 FIP/96 ERA+; 8.9 K/9; 1.4 WAR
SP - Edward Cabrera - 4.24 ERA/4.40 FIP/96 ERA+; 10.0 K/9; 1.1 WAR
SP - Zach Plesac - 4.35 ERA/4.48 FIP/95 ERA+; 6.9 K/9; 1.2 WAR
SP - Xavion Curry - 4.40 ERA/4.40 FIP/94 ERA+; 7.8 K/9; 1.1 WAR
SP - Kyle Nicolas - 5.01 ERA/4.93 FIP/83 ERA+; 8.6 K/9; 0.5 WAR
SP - Joey Wentz - 5.05 ERA/5.02 FIP/82 ERA+; 8.1 K/9; 0.3 WAR
SP - Antoine Kelly - 5.50 ERA/5.38 FIP/78 ERA+; 9.5 K/9; 0.0 WAR
RP - Alex Vesia - 3.41 ERA/3.58 FIP/122 ERA+; 12.4 K/9; 0.8 WAR
RP - RJ Dabovich - 3.51 ERA/3.56 FIP/115 ERA+; 10.7 K/9; 0.6 WAR
RP - Ryan Loutos - 3.57 ERA/3.91 FIP/110 ERA+; 7.8 K/9; 0.6 WAR
RP - Anthony Misiewicz - 4.13 ERA/3.93 FIP/105 ERA+; 8.0 K/9; 0.7 WAR
RP - Nick Sandlin - 4.01 ERA/4.21 FIP/103 ERA+; 9.7 K/9; 0.2 WAR
RP - Will Vest - 4.03 ERA/3.77 FIP/102 ERA+; 8.7 K/9; 0.2 WAR
RP - Matt Cronin - 4.14 ERA/4.12 FIP/99 ERA+; 9.5 K/9; 0.2 WAR
RP - Zack Littell - 4.18 ERA/4.36 FIP/-- ERA+; 7.8 K/9; 0.0 WAR
RP - Cole Sands - 4.52 ERA/4.31 FIP/90 ERA+; 8.6 K/9; 0.6 WAR
Top Prospects
1. Kyle Harrison (SP)
2. Triston Casas (1B)
3. Hunter Brown (SP)
4. Jasson Dominguez (OF)
5. Josh Jung (3B)
6. Miguel Bleis (OF)
7. Brady House (SS/3B)
8. Liover Peguero (SS)
9. Tyler Black (2B/OF)
10. Robert Gasser (SP)
2023 Braves
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