Following a rollercoaster of a road trip out West that saw the Atlanta Braves dip into the deepest valley of losing a series to Oakland to reaching the peak of toppling a division leader in their house, the Braves are now coming home to host their bitter divisional rivals in the form of the New York Mets.
Folks, it brings me great pleasure to inform y’all that today, is in fact, Bryce Elder Day. While the Braves somehow conspired to lose to the A’s in his most recent start, it wasn’t because of anything Elder did — Elder finished the start with 7.