The Braves: Not really hackers?
Well, not in terms of strikeouts anyway. Now, take this for what it is worth, but outside of Matt Diaz, no other Braves regular is on pace to strikeout 100+ times this season. Yunel Escobar is the only other regular projected to strikeout 80+ times. I did read a little blurb the other day about a stretch of games (4 games or so) where the opposing team's starter failed to strikeout a Brave, but this really surprised me. I mean, King Hack himself (Francoeur) is only on pace to strikeout 56 times.
Now, if we could just get them to be more patient and stop hitting weak grounders and pop ups we'll be all set.
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