Many teams in the National League are playing excellent baseball at the moment, and that includes the Phillies and Braves. For the Braves, a big key to their success has been a huge turnaround in the overall production of the bottom half of their order, including big months from Eddie Rosario and Michael Harris II. Now,
Atlanta has to hope that their starting pitching can find a stretch of success, especially Spencer Strider. Strider takes the mound in the series opener against the Phillies, with hope that he can limit the long ball.
Shawn Coleman looks at this and much more in this edition of the Daily Hammer.