With losing Jose Fernandez for the rest of the year, now without a true ace or leader of the pitching staff, I think the Marlins are slowly going to fade the rest of the season. Also the rest of the NL East has been struggling with injuries. So the offense has struggled and pitching has been good as usual and the Braves currently enjoy a three game lead in the division thanks a lot to the fact that the Braves are 15-9 against divisional opponents this season and no one else in the NL East is above. 500 on the road at 13-13 thanks to a sweep of the Marlins in Miami this past weekend. The Braves have done well in close games for the most part so far with a record of 13-8 in one run games and are 4-1 in extra inning games. If there has been one downside to the Braves' pitching staff, it is the middle relief. Julio is still just 23 and is looking like he is starting to emerge as one of the best pitchers in the NL. Braves' pitching has been lead by Julio Terheran who is 5-3 with an ERA of 1.83, WHIP of 0.932, and has already pitched two complete game shutouts so far this season. But the Braves' pitching staff have not missed a beat in the first two months of the season by posting a league best ERA of 2.97. Many questioned the braves' pitching going into the season and rightfully so due to the season ending injuries to Kris Medlen and Brandon Beachy. What the Braves have lacked in offense, they have made up in pitching. The Braves have also been shutout six times so far this season. As of today, the Braves have scored the third fewest runs in the National League, and are 12th in the league in team batting average at. The Biggest news so far this season for the Braves is probably the lack of offense. The Braves went 17-8 in April and since then they have gone 14-16, but the odd thing is the Braves have actually increased there division lead by a game since April. They will win several games in a row followed by losing several games in a row. So after a good start to the season in April, The Atlanta Braves have been playing somewhat of a game of Dr.
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