The Atlanta Braves came into the regular season hoping to be World Series contenders as one of the best teams in the National League. However, Atlanta enters MLB games today well below the .500 mark with all eyes on the club more than a month out from the MLB trade deadline.

Atlanta (31-38) defeated Colorado (13-57), 4-1, Saturday at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Saturday's National League contest featured two starting pitchers with ties to Knoxville.

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The Braves beat the Colorado Rockies on Saturday behind a dominant 13-strikeout performance from Spencer Strider.

The Atlanta Braves started the weekend series on a high note after Friday night’s 12-4 defeat over the Colorado Rockies. Bryce Elder got the ball to start the game; he threw 3.1 mediocre innings and allowed each of Colorado’s runs. The Atlanta offense, however, finally came to life and put together a few crooked number innings.

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Ronald Acuña Jr. took his time to build back up to succeed out of the gate for the Atlanta Braves. Months of simply working in the cages and taking his time with the use of his legs after another ACL surgery panned out with an electric return in his first 20 games.

Kimbrel signed a minor-league deal on March 18 with the Braves, his original Major League team. Atlanta added Kimbrel to its 40-man roster on Friday, and he pitched a scoreless inning in a 5-4, 10-inning loss to the San Francisco Giants.

Arcia returned to his former home Friday, now a member of the Colorado Rockies, and was penciled in to start at shortstop and hit seventh in the series opener against Atlanta.

The longtime ESPN analyst and former Major Leaguer won't write off the Atlanta Braves just yet for a couple reasons