"López has looked good this spring in his 9.0 innings pitched. He has only allowed six hits, and one earned run so far while striking out eight. Hitters are only hitting .182 against him thus far. The few areas that give pause is that he has walked four hitters and his groundout to air out ratio is only 0.36."
"Gray has only pitched 5.1 innings this spring and has struggled in limited action. ERA in small sample sizes can be deceiving, but even if we look beyond his 6.75 we see that he has three walks to only five strikeouts while giving up four hits to include two HRs. Hitters have been able to maintain a .300 average against him."
"Kyle Farmer, Dominic Smith, and José Azcóar have all made strong cases if we are looking at this spring training in a vacuum. They carry an OPS of .986, .804, and .832 respectively. Based on their platoon splits, there are arguments to be made that both Farmer and Smith make the team on Opening Day."
Reynaldo López has performed well during spring training, pitching 9.0 innings with only six hits allowed, one earned run, and eight strikeouts. His ERA and opponent batting average of .182 are impressive, though concerns exist regarding four walks and a low groundout-to-airout ratio of 0.36. The Braves face Sonny Gray, who has struggled in limited spring action with a 6.75 ERA, three walks, five strikeouts, and a .300 opponent batting average. As spring training concludes, the Braves have several bench spots to finalize. Kyle Farmer, Dominic Smith, and José Azcóar have made strong cases with respective OPS figures of .986, .804, and .832. Farmer and Azcóar will start today against Gray to strengthen their Opening Day roster cases.
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