The dog days of summer are here. Or perhaps we should say bulldog days of summer: the Atlanta Braves saw some impressive pitching performances from the likes of Kyle Wright, Darius Vines, Bryce Elder and Joey Estes.
The Braves’ minor-league teams went a combined 14-10 last week, bouncing back from a brutal 9-16 stretch the week prior. But that was somewhat lost in the shuffle to one of the more memorable MLB trade deadlines in recent memory.
Chaos ensued over the last 48 hours of the 2021 deadline, as teams played chess by countering trade after trade after trade after.