Trying To Make Sense of the Atlanta Braves' No Good, Very Bad June

The Braves closing out a trip out west.

And unfortunately, they're going to be bringing home more losses than wins because it has been yet another chapter in a challenging month of June that we are going to spend much of the next couple of hours trying to talk about, make sense, parse through, and Maybe give you some reasons to see what the Braves have struggled with and how they can turn some of this stuff around as well.

At least that's what I've been trying to do over my first few hours of Sunday and trying to dig into what's been going on with this team that we've been watching really for about two weeks now.

It has been an uphill battle.

That's one way to put it.

It's been a slog.

That's another way to put it.

It's just been some not so great baseball and not so great month of June.

And the Braves have dealt with it.

on just about every facet of how a baseball team can go through it at one time.

You've had injuries.

You've had bad weather.

You've had bad play.

You've had bad offense.

You've had bad pitching.

I mean, just about every box you can check has been checked for if it can go wrong, it has gone wrong in some way, shape, or form for the Braves in the month of June.

Despite all of that, and while it feels like they're losing and losing and losing and losing some more this month, the Braves are somehow 9-12 in the month of June, which doesn't sound as bad as what we've seen.

And I think that's kind of the operative phrase here, is early on, first week, eight days of June, it seemed like a continuation of April and May.

But the last two weeks, and as we head toward the final few days here in the month of June and head towards the All-Star break, and at the mathematical halfway point, a club on pace for 98 wins somehow doesn't feel like it's A, on pace for 98 wins, and B, like a team that's capable of winning 98 games.

More to the point.

Maybe that's kind of the same thing.

Either way, the Braves have not been passing the eye test here lately, and that's got some folks concerned.

And I think there's some reasons for those concerns and very valid reasons and some very big questions that the Braves are facing and what is kind of a gut check portion of their season.

And those come along at different times, and all 30 teams have to go through it sometimes.

It smacks you right in the face that first week.