It’s a sentiment we saw expressed a few times on social media and one that occurred to us as well: Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos repeatedly rage-dropping his starting pitchers after spectacular blow ups felt reassuringly familiar to fantasy GMs, instances of life imitating fantasy baseball. Mike Foltynewicz (RHP, ATL) was designated for assignment after his first start of the season; the latest severance involved Sean Newcomb (LHP, ATL), after the Phillies bludgeoned him for 8 ER, 6 H, 2 BB in just 1.3 IP on August 10. Newcomb wasn’t DFA’d like Folty—he remains on the 40-man roster and 60-man player pool, but was remanded to the team’s alternate training site. With the ATL rotation in serious disarray, let’s have a look at a...
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