Atlanta Braves rumors: 3 biggest trade deadline mistakes

The Braves will regret not being in on more starting pitching

As they say, you can never have too much pitching and the Braves have learned that throughout recent years. They lost Mike Soroka in the 2020 season and it ended up costing them in the postseason.

Even with winning the World Series, the Braves had to scramble in the World Series after Charlie Morton suffered an injury in Game 1 of the World Series. When his turn in the rotation came up in Game 5, the Braves had to go with a bullpen game.

In fact, they used Tucker Davidson as the opener and he was one of the pieces traded to the Angels for Raisel Iglesias. The Braves ended up losing the game 9-7. They ended up winning in Game 6 but it was because they got a fantastic start from Max Fried.

In the postseason, nerves are high. It’s not easy to ask six or seven relievers to not have nerves and to pitch well. It’s much easier to ask for a good start out of a pitcher like Max Fried and two relievers.

Some of the biggest starting pitchers went to some of the Braves rivals in the NL East or in the Wild Card picture. Those starters include Noah Syndergaard to the Phillies and both José Quintana and Jordan Montgomery to the Cardinals. Some went to AL teams and some, like Carlos Rodón and Chad Kuhl stayed with their teams.