The Atlanta Braves will face San Diego Padres Knuckleballer Matt Waldron without third baseman Austin Riley
, one that will provide unique challenges and test the team’s resolve to give additional rest to several of their veteran starters. Opening that span is the San Diego Padres , sitting at 2nd place in the NL West and having already gone out for reinforcements with their in-season trade for divisional foe Luis Arraez from the Miami Marlins.
Fried’s turned around his stats after two rough starts to open the season - in his last six starts, he’s 3-1 with a minuscule 1.79 ERA. San Diego feels like a good matchup for the lefty, as he’s 30 with a 1.67 ERA in his four career starts versus the Padres, a stretch that includes five shutout innings last season where he allowed four hits, no walks, and struck out four.
Interestingly, several of San Diego’s stars don’t have a long track record of success off of Fried: Manny Machado is only 1-12 , while Xander Bogaerts is 1-5, Jake Cronenworth is 1-9, and Fernando Tatis Jr. is 1-2.Waldron’s the only pitcher in MLB that features a knuckleball as his primary pitch, throwing the 77mph floater about 35% of the time. Opponents are batting just .214 with a .375 off of the pitch.
Waldron’s never faced the Atlanta Braves and no one on their roster has an official at-bat against him.This evening’s series opener is slated for a 7:20 PM ET first pitch. Atlanta’s broadcast is on Bally Sports Southeast while the Padres are on theirIf you’d rather just listen, the Padres radio broadcast is available on KWFN 97.3 & XEMO 860 while the Atlanta Braves Radio Network has the standard broadcast on 680 AM/93.
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