Let's Go Tribe · Apr 26, 2024
Series Preview: Guardians at Braves
Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty ImagesNot too many folks projected the Cleveland-Atlanta series at the end of April to feature the two best teams in MLB, but here we are.
Atlanta enters the series at 17-6 with a +44 run differential, a team wRC+ of 128 (leading MLB), a starting rotation FIP of 3.78, and a bullpen FIP of 3.85, and 2.3 Defensive WAR.
Cleveland enters the series at 18-7 with a +49 run differential, a team wRC+ of 113, a starting rotation FIP of 4.43, and a bullpen FIP of 2.55 (leading MLB), and 2.8 Defensive WAR.
Matchups:
Game 1: Logan Allen (5.50 FIP) vs. Chris Sale (3.38 FIP) 7:20 PM EST