So, it looks like the NL Central is going to be the division to watch all year. Cubs came back to the pack a bit thanks to the Dirty Red Birds. Cubs, Brew Crew, Cards and Pirates are all solid. But, we saw last night that the Bucco's bullpen may be Braves level bad. The Braves scored 10 unanswered runs from the 7th inning on last night.
Two quick notes: Dothan/Slocomb/Auburn got a mention last night on the ATL/Pitt telecast when Pirates reliever, Clay Holmes, came in. They talked about him being from Braves country originally. Raised in Dothan, played ball at Slocomb (Po-dunk community outside of Dothan) and was going to Auburn before the Pirates drafted him.
Don't know how long this will last, but Austin Riley is a beast right now. In 18 games he is hitting .324 with 9 HR and 25 RBI.
Another quick observation. I'm not much of a believer in conspiracy theories, except when it comes to Bama. But in case anyone hasn't noticed, balls are flying out of the park in record numbers. And I'm not talking about mine. Is the ball juiced? Have no clue, but I was starting to think that MLB was getting boring. It seems like every pitcher who steps on the mound can bring it at 95 plus. Hell, the Cards have a guy reaching 104 consistently on the gun. And the way managers use pitchers situationally, bringing in guys just to get that one batter in the 6th....the game just wasn't that interesting. And I love great pitching. But May saw the overall HR record broken and it looks like June may be no different. The Braves scored 12 last night. The Orioles won 12-11. The Marlins even hung 16 on Milwaukee. I'm kind of liking this.