Following Monday’s loss to the New York Mets, during which ace Mike Soroka went down with a torn Achilles tendon, many Atlanta Braves fans began clamoring for the team to make a big move for starting pitching.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the time for that.
The Soroka injury was gutting for many reasons, even moreso than the 7-2 beating the team took on the field. The young Canadian is, of course, one of the game’s most promising young arms, so seeing him miss even more time due to injury is heartbreaking. For a team already short on starting pitching, losing one of two reliable starters for at least the rest of this year is almost crippling.