"Brujan was the shiny new toy for a little while but has barely been recently. I get the Braves wanting to give Nacho Alvarez Jr. as much run as possible because, well, why not? But Alvarez has been absolutely horrendous - he's nearing 200 PAs of 0.0 fWAR, and that's with outhitting his xwOBA a fair bit. He's not even playing good defense, per Statcast/OAA."
"Collectively, they have 48 PAs, a .297 wOBA, and .276 xwOBA against him, which speaks to how Irvin bedeviled the Braves in 2024. The Nationals lineup is a bit of a mix between old and new: Andres Chaparro, Jorge Alfaro, and Brady House are somewhat new faces to the Nationals-versus-Braves arena; all of them are having pretty horrendous seasons, albeit the former two have very small samples."
Ronald Acuña Jr. is at DH while the Braves shuffled their bottom order, starting Eli White and Vidal Brujan. Vidal Brujan started after limited recent use, while Nacho Alvarez Jr. continued to play despite poor results. Alvarez is nearing 200 plate appearances with 0.0 fWAR, has out-hit his xwOBA, and has not produced adequate defense per Statcast/OAA. Only six Braves in the lineup previously faced Jake Irvin; collectively they have 48 PAs with a .297 wOBA and .276 xwOBA against him, reflecting Irvin's dominance in 2024. The Nationals lineup features Andres Chaparro, Jorge Alfaro, and Brady House, all struggling in small samples. Jose Suarez faced CJ Abrams twice in April 2023 (a bouncer RBI single and a flyout).
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