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Atlanta Braves: Notes on Wright, Pache, and Albies

By Jake Mastroianni

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - MARCH 13: Ozzie Albies #1 and Dansby Swanson #7 of the Atlanta Braves wait for a spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals to begin at Fitteam Ballpark of the Palm Beaches on March 13, 2019 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Nationals defeated the Braves 8-4. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - MARCH 13: Ozzie Albies #1 and Dansby Swanson #7 of the Atlanta Braves wait for a spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals to begin at Fitteam Ballpark of the Palm Beaches on March 13, 2019 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Nationals defeated the Braves 8-4. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images) /
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Atlanta Braves Kyle Wright
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 26: Kyle Wright #73 of the Atlanta Braves delivers a pitch to Michael Conforto #30 of the New York Mets in the eight inning on September 26,2018 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

After a 6-1 loss for the Atlanta Braves to the Red Sox on Saturday, we look at a couple of takeaways from the game. Particulary Kyle Wright’s performance.

The game against the Red Sox on Saturday had a different feel than most Spring Training games for the Atlanta Braves.

Boston threw out a regular lineup that played most of the game, and they had Chris Sale on the mound.

Other than Ozzie Albies, Braves hitters didn’t do much against Sale, which is not a surprise.

But this game — at least from the Braves standpoint — was all about how Wright held up against the defending World Series champions.

Things didn’t get out to a great start as Wright gave up two runs in the first inning. It seemed like he knew how big this start was and tried to be too perfect with his pitches.

He went into a lot of deep counts and left some balls up in the zone, and the hitters in the Red Sox’ lineup know how to take advantage of those pitches.

A single by Mookie Betts and double by Mitch Moreland setup J.D. Martinez with a sacrifice fly.

Wright had a chance to limit the damage to just one run, but couldn’t put away Xander Bogaerts and he ripped a double to right on a pitch that was up-and-in.

After that, Wright really settled in and only allowed one baserunner over the next three innings.

Overall he gave up two runs on three hits and a walk with five strikeouts over four innings.

With the injuries and struggles of other pitchers for the Atlanta Braves, I thought Kyle Wright was pretty safe for the rotation anyway.

But how he battled against that Red Sox lineup just confirms his spot in the rotation to begin the season — in my opinion.

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