Atlanta Braves off day chat and discussion: June 8

Good evening, folks! I hope everybody’s had a lovely start to their day. The Braves may not be in action but sometimes it’s just nice to take some time to look at the standings and relax a bit. Things are looking good for the Braves and days like this are nice to just take it all in. Let’s hope that they continue to keep the pedal to the metal as this season progresses.

Meanwhile, there are still plenty of options for baseball this evening if you still need your fix. If you’re trying to do a hate-watch then the Phillies are going to have a pretty interesting matchup with the Blue Jays tonight. Cristopher Sánchez has been having an incredible season so far and Toronto is countering that with Patrick Corbin as their starting pitcher, so we’ll see how that goes. Meanwhile, the Yankees and Guardians will be locking horns about 20 minutes before the game in Toronto starts and both of those teams have been looking good in the standings so far. The Yankees are learning how to navigate without Aaron Judge after the pain of playing with an injured rib was finally too much for him, so we’ll see if New York can topple the Guardians. The game will be on FS1 too, so that might be the easier choice for you if you’re reading this and you don’t have MLB.tv or live in Philadelphia or Canada.

I wished I could’ve been here to talk about what happened between my Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Georgia Bulldogs during Game 3 of their Super Regional but we (sadly, IMO) won’t be getting a Game 3 because the red-and-black Bulldogs out-slugged the maroon-and-white Bulldogs and punched their ticket to the College World Series. If you’re following the NCAA Tournament, tell us who you got winning it all now that the field for Omaha is revealing itself. Or you can tell us who’s going to win tonight in the two big league games I mentioned above. Or you can tell me what you’re having for dinner. It’s all on the table. The floor is now yours.