{"id":20045,"date":"2019-05-23T10:48:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=20045"},"modified":"2019-05-23T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T15:19:34","slug":"sky-is-the-limit-for-atlanta-braves-mike-soroka-and-max-fried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/05\/23\/sky-is-the-limit-for-atlanta-braves-mike-soroka-and-max-fried\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky is the Limit for Atlanta Braves Mike Soroka and Max Fried"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly a third of the way into the 2019 season, the starting rotation of the Atlanta Braves<\/a> is being anchored to two surprising pitchers. The impressive pitching duo of Mike Soroka<\/a> and Max Fried<\/a> remind many of a couple of Hall of Famers that led the Braves to division titles 14 out of 15 seasons between 1991-2005. Tom Glavine<\/a> and Greg Maddux<\/a> collected five Cy Young\u00a0Awards<\/a> during the historic run of division crowns. Many fans are quick to point out the similarities in the two lefty-righty hurler combinations. Given their early successes, the sky is the limit for Soroka and Fried.<\/p>\n

Unexpected Ascension<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A rash of injuries in spring training led to the Braves starting the season with an unforeseen pitching rotation. Injuries to Mike Foltynewicz<\/a> and Kevin Gausman<\/a> left the Braves looking to a familiar face in Julio Teheran<\/a> to open the season<\/a> against the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>. Kyle Wright<\/a> and Bryse Wilson<\/a> filled in until the vets were healthy.\u00a0 Soroka also missed time with shoulder soreness and didn’t make his season debut until April 18th against the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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