The Braves got off to a hot start in yesterday’s game scoring 9 runs in the first two innings. Before the hour-and-a-half rain delay, this team was looking like the record-setting offense of 2023. While the offensive production did cool off for the Braves when the game resumed, they were able to hang on to the lead taking the series opener in Minnesota.
Braves vs Twins Fantasy Starts
Matt Olson, 1B, Atlanta Braves
Matt Olson has had a bad season by all standards for the Braves, but things look to be turning around for the veteran first baseman. In the series opener, Olson went 3-4 at the plate with a home run and 5 runs batted in. Olson is a naturally streaky player so if you still roster him. now is the time to start him and ride the hot streak.
Marcell Ozuna, DH, Atlanta Braves
In the series finale against the nationals, Ozuna went 0-3 at the plate but had a walk which extended his on-base streak to 18 games and he continued that in the series opener going 2-4. Ozuna is on fire this season batting over .300 against righties and lefties, making him matchup-proof. Look for Ozuna to extend his on-base streak to 20 in tonight’s game.
Manuel Margot, OF, Minnesota Twins
Margot is batting over .300 in the past week going 3-4 in last night’s loss to Atlanta. Margot is only batting.210 against righties but the Twins may start him just to ride the hot hand and hope for continued production from the veteran outfielder.
Braves vs Twins Fantasy Sits
Jose Miranda, 3B, Minnesota Twins
Miranda has gone hitless in his past 4 games. He is on a massive cold streak only batting .176 in the past week and .215 in the past month. Despite his high average for the season, fantasy baseball is very much a what have you done for me lately game. Miranda shouldn’t be started in your lineup until he starts to turn things around.
Ramon Laureano, OF, Atlanta Braves
Laureano is hitless in his past 2 games including going 0-5 In the series opener. this comes after Laureano had a hot streak leading up to this mini-slump. The Twins have a rightie on the mound tonight so Laureano is likely to start the game on the bench given he is only batting .196 this season against righties. Atlanta will likely start a combination of Duval, Kelenic, Soler, and Harris in the outfield giving Laureano a day off.
Braves vs Twins Pitching Matchup
Spencer Schwellenbach RHP (5-6, 3.94 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 94 Ks, 82.1 IP) vs Simeon Woods-Richardson RHP (5-3, 3.69 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 99 Ks, 112.1 IP)
Schwellenbach has been a welcome surprise for the Braves this season after a litany of injuries. He has been better than his 5-6 record would suggest only allowing more than three runs in one outing since the start of July. The lack of offensive support has hurt his record but he keeps the Braves in the game while piling up strikeouts. if you roster Schwellenbach you start him against a cold Twins lineup that only started to hit last night once the Braves had the game in hand and brought in the B-squad bullpen arms.
Woods-Richardson has had an up-and-down season for the Twins. He is up at the moment going 3-1 in August, only allowing 8 runs in 4 starts. He’s got a tall task ahead of him as he is running into the red-hot bats of the Braves, which seem to have woken up recently. If you roster Woods-Richardson start him at your own risk as per usual. he could go 7 shutout innings but could also give up 5 runs in 4 innings against the Braves.
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