In doing these monthly recaps for a few years, I’ve tried to do variations on the “Braves [verb] [preposition] [month]” theme where possible. That just really doesn’t seem to fit anymore. How best to describe April 2021 for the Braves? What comes to mind is the very apocryphally-attributed aphorism: “May you live in interesting times.”
Interesting times they were, indeed. To wit: through the first half of the month, the Braves had the highest-leverage offensive PAs in the league, while their pitching PAs were seventh-highest by the same measure. The Braves were only 5-8 through that date, but those 13 games included three extra-inning contests, two other games settled by walkoffs, eight one-run games, and just three games settled by more than two runs.