ATLANTA — Pitch envy is real. The first step in dealing with it is acknowledging not only its existence, but that everyone is battling it.
It’s no different within the Braves clubhouse and a pitching staff that is seventh in fWAR (7.2) behind the top-ranked bullpen (3.5), two of the top 11 starters in Kyle Wright and Max Fried — both at 1.7 fWAR — and two relievers in the top eight with A.J. Minter (1.2) and Kenley Jansen (0.8).
“Everybody has some tool that they are very good and sharp with, but everybody wishes they had a pitch that somebody else has,” said right-handed reliever Jackson Stephens.