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What a wonderful game, all the way around.\u00a0 On his 25th<\/sup> birthday, Spencer Schwellenbach was masterful yet again, going \u00a06 and a third, striking out 11 and walking none.\u00a0 He held them scoreless on 5 hits.\u00a0 The bullpen (Daysbel, Lee, and Montero) shut them out the rest of the way.\u00a0 PDQ is one of the most impressive young pitchers I remember in my now long Braves fandom.<\/p>\n

Offensively there was a lot to like.\u00a0 Ronald had two hits, including a two run homer off Walker Buehler.\u00a0 That alone was worth the price of admission, as it evoked memories of the grand slam he hit off Ferris in the 2018 playoffs.\u00a0 I\u2019d say Ronald is back.\u00a0 His OPS is 1.174.\u00a0 Riley also homered, Olson doubled, and El Oso Grande had a couple of hits.\u00a0 Now here\u2019s something you might not believe if you were not watching:\u00a0 Michael Harris II had 3(!) hits on the day.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to declare him back (he\u2019s got a looong way to go), but his OPS is now up to .611.\u00a0 Ozzie didn\u2019t get a hit, but he did earn a base on balls, which in some ways I find even more encouraging.<\/p>\n

Still, the Braves finish May with a record of 27-30, 8.5 games out of first and 5 games out of the final wild card spot.\u00a0 That\u2019s not good!<\/p>\n

But as bad as the Braves stand here on May 31, it\u2019s not hopeless.\u00a0 There is still a long season ahead.\u00a0 On the last day of May, 2022, the Braves were 23-27, 10.5 games out of first place.\u00a0 They then had a terrific June, cutting the lead to 3.5 games by the end of the month.\u00a0 They finally caught the Mets in September, winning 101 games and the division (and sweeping that memorable series at Truist in the last weekend).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at 2021: on the last day of May, our guys were 25-26, 4 games out of first. But unlike 2022, it got worse from there. By June 16, they had fallen 5 games below .500 and 8 games out of first.\u00a0 Even on August 1, they were 3 games below .500 and 5 games out of first.\u00a0 You might remember how that season turned out.<\/p>\n

I remember well another dismal May.\u00a0 After the remarkable, magical worst-to-first season of 1991, in the first third of 1992 the team had regressed. On the last day of May, they were 23-27, 5 games out of first. But then they had a terrific June (19-6) and went on to win the division by 8 games.<\/p>\n

Speaking of 1991: Unlike 2022, 2021, and 1992, they were in pretty good shape at the end of May\u20146 games over .500 and only a half game out of first.\u00a0 Best the team had looked in many years.\u00a0 But then reality set in.\u00a0 By the All Star break in July, the team had dropped to 39-40 and 9.5 games out of first.\u00a0 Right after the break, though, the team was torrid, and they went on to win the division in the last weekend.<\/p>\n

While we\u2019re reflecting on in-season turnarounds, let\u2019s not forget 1993: they were 9 games out of first as late as August 11.\u00a0 One month later they were up by 1 game.\u00a0 They went on to win 104 games and edge the Giants by a game in one of the all-time great pennant races.<\/p>\n

Am I predicting a similar turnaround this season?\u00a0 Certainly not.\u00a0 Unless several guys in the lineup up their production substantially in the next month, and also the bullpen gets more reliable, it won\u2019t happen.\u00a0 But\u2019s it\u2019s not impossible!\u00a0 We still don\u2019t know how good this team is.\u00a0 They may turn out to be mediocre, or even terribad, but this is still the team that most preseason forecasts and projections had winning well over 90 games.<\/p>\n

I do realize how incredibly frustrating this team has been and how excruciating some of the losses have been.\u00a0 You are certainly within your rights to decry the state of this team, and it\u2019s entirely reasonable to expect them to remain at or below .500 and finish well out of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

But as for me and my house, we choose to remain hopeful.\u00a0 We have lived through the magic of those remarkable in-season turnarounds in the recent and not so recent past. \u00a0Why not expect it again?<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is June 1.\u00a0 Bryce Elder against Garrett Crochet.\u00a0 Time to get a streak going.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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