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Atlanta Braves Clippings Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Braves.Com Atlanta Braves Clippings Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Braves.com As Duvall, Braves rake, 'you almost expect it' Slugger ties for NL lead with 15th HR -- 10th of Sept. -- and Freeman paces bats past O's By Mark Bowman Though Adam Duvall has hit more home runs than any other Major Leaguer this month, his September OPS ranks third on his own team. That’s just how ridiculous the Braves' offense has been while pushing the team toward another division title. Duvall belted his 10th homer of the month and Freddie Freeman recorded his seventh multi-hit performance within the past eight games as the Braves claimed a 5-1 win over the Orioles on Tuesday night at Camden Yards. “I’ve been in some top offensive lineups, but this one is top tier,” Braves catcher Travis d'Arnaud said. “Day in and day out, you almost expect it every day. I’m really glad I’m a part of it.” With 11 games remaining, the Braves own a 3 1/2-game lead in the National League East. Their magic number to clinch a third consecutive division crown is nine. They’ve gotten to this position thanks to an offense and bullpen that have managed to compensate for rotation woes. How good has the offense been? Well, entering Tuesday, the Braves led the Majors this month in both runs (105) and home runs (35). Yeah, this can happen when you score 29 runs in one game. But it’s worth noting that no other team had more than 25 homers and the Mets (85 runs) were the only club that had tallied more than 80 runs. Leading the power barrage has been Duvall, who has 10 home runs through 58 at-bats in September. No other big leaguer has hit more than seven homers this month, and only four have hit as many as six. Three of those guys -- Freeman, Marcell Ozuna and Ronald Acuña Jr. -- are Braves. “[Duvall] works so hard, too,” d’Arnaud said. “He’s in the cage so much and studying the pitchers so much, just making sure he’s locked in for when the game begins. I believe his hard work is definitely paying off.” One year after humbly accepting the role of former All-Star who had to spend most of the season back at Triple-A, Duvall is tied with top MVP candidates Fernando Tatis Jr. and Mookie Betts for the NL lead in home runs with 15. Duvall’s bid to get into the MVP discussion is blocked by the fact his strong resume isn’t quite as impressive as those constructed by Freeman, Ozuna and arguably Acuña, despite the time he missed with a couple different ailments. Freeman strengthened his MVP bid as he highlighted this latest win with his fifth game of at least three hits this season. The four-time All-Star contributed a pair of RBI doubles and exited the game with a team-best 1.391 OPS for the month. Ozuna’s ranks second on the Braves with a 1.218 OPS in September and Duvall ranks third with a 1.206 mark. Of course, that latter number will once again spike if the veteran outfielder extends a recent trend in the series finale against the Orioles. He has produced a three-homer performance on both of the two previous Wednesdays this month. “It’s been a little surprising that they’ve all gotten it going together,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “In our circumstances, thank God they did. If we had to pick something to gel with what we’ve been through, [the offense] would be the one aspect we would have really needed.” Hamels gearing for Oct.: 'What I enjoy most' By Mark Bowman Nearly a year since he last faced an opposing team and less than two weeks before the regular season concludes, Cole Hamels will make his season debut for the Braves and begin an accelerated preparation for the postseason. “I know this is kind of my Spring Training,” Hamels said. “But I know what it takes to focus, to be able to get outs, to minimize damage, put up zeros and try to pitch as long as I can under a pitch count.” When Hamels takes the mound at Camden Yards for the series finale against the Orioles on Wednesday night, he’ll aim to throw between 55-60 pitches, which might amount to four innings. If all goes well, the veteran lefty should be targeted for 80-90 pitches when he makes his third and final regular-season start within the Red Sox series, which will be played Sept. 25-27 at Truist Park. Other than throwing live batting practice twice within the past nine days, Hamels has not pitched in a game situation since facing the Cardinals as a member of the Cubs on Sept. 28 of last year. He missed all of Spring Training with left shoulder inflammation and then developed what was termed as left triceps tendinitis one week into Summer Camp. Hamels described the injury as a left elbow bone bruise. Regardless, the arm ailment forced him to miss nearly all of this shortened season. “I do understand I’m a little bit older and I’m not healing as fast as a 22-year-old,” Hamels said. “But I had to do it right. I had to do it as best as I possibly could so that I could be of service here and a person they really could rely on here when it is crunch time. That’s what I enjoy most, the postseason.” When the Braves signed Hamels to a one-year, $18 million deal this past offseason, they recognized the value he could provide as a veteran who had posted a 3.48 ERA over 16 playoff starts. Hamels will now make $7 million this year with his prorated salary. That will equate to about $2.33 million per regular-season start. But if those three outings lead to a successful October, nobody will be complaining about the cost. Elusive MVP may find Freeman this year By Richard Justice Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman has played at such a high level for so long that we’ve come to take him for granted. That may be the most reasonable explanation for why he didn’t crack the top five in the National League portion of MLB.com's Most Valuable Player Award poll last week. Fernando Tatis Jr. was the runaway winner, getting 28 of 30 first-place votes, as he puts the finishing touches on an electrifying season that has put the Padres on the threshold of their first playoff appearance in 14 years. Freeman? Sort of the same old, same old. His team is closing in on a third straight NL East title and his fifth playoff appearance in 11 seasons in Atlanta. He’s really, really good this season, but he’s usually really, really good. Freeman has finished in the top eight in NL MVP voting in four of the past seven seasons and 23rd in 2014. Freeman’s .919 OPS since 2013 trails only Paul Goldschmidt (.929) and Giancarlo Stanton (.921) among NL hitters. So he’s in the MVP discussion again? Big deal, right? Only thing is, this time it is a big deal. If the voting is reflective of the player having the best season, Freddie Freeman is your man. Let’s go to the leaderboard to see how Freeman stacked up against the NL’s best entering Tuesday’s games: • 1st in OPS+ (185) • 2nd in OPS (1.105) and OBP (.462) • 4th in batting average (.345) • Tied for 2nd in doubles (16) • Tied for 11th in home runs (11) Of those six statistics, Tatis leads him in just one (and it’s a big one). Tatis’ 15 homers are tied with Mookie Betts for the NL lead. Tatis also leads Freeman in stolen bases (9-1) and runs scored (46-41). In non-traditional stats, Freeman has an advantage: • 2nd in wOBA (.455) • 2nd in wRC+ (186) (The Nationals’ Juan Soto, who has 67 fewer plate appearances than Freeman, leads in both.) Now to Wins Above Replacement. Betts leads all NL position players in Baseball Reference’s version of WAR at 3.0, while Tatis (2.5) is second and Freeman and Manny Machado are tied for third (2.3). Tatis (3.0) is first in fWAR, the FanGraphs calculation, with Freeman second at 2.7. (Tatis leads MLB with a 64.2-percent hard hit rate and is second with a 96 mph average exit velocity. Freeman is 20th and 26th, but third overall in xwOBA.) September? While MVP Awards are based on an entire body of work, Freeman holds a big edge in the final month of the season. He was hitting .415 in September entering play on Tuesday to .220 for Tatis. That Freeman is even in this conversation is remarkable considering how this season began for him. That’s why the NL MVP Award will seem like a small thing compared to the real-life COVID-19 challenge he faced. Freeman got sick in early July, with his fever spiking to 104.5 degrees. He was so sick at one point that he remembers praying: “Please don’t take me.” Freeman is the Braves’ 2020 Roberto Clemente Award nominee, following years of community work, including a $125,000 commitment this season to Atlanta-based charities to combat food insecurity and homelessness during the pandemic. Incredibly, Freeman returned to the Braves on July 18 and was in the Opening Day lineup against the Mets six days later.
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