Drake Baldwin Returns, JR Ritchie Debuts

About this episode

The episode discusses player updates for the Braves, including Drake Baldwin's return and JR Ritchie's debut.

Drake Baldwin returns to catching for the Braves, opening the DH spot for Dominic Smith. Smith, with 17 RBIs in 18 games, bats seventh. Michael Harris II maintains his sixth spot after homering twice. Mike Yastrzemski drops to ninth, facing Nationals starter Cade Cavalli for the first time. The Nationals shuffle their lineup, with José Tena batting third and Jorbit Vivas hitting eighth. All attention turns to JR Ritchies debut on the mound for the Braves, as the Nationals have no prior experience against him. Support the show: Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/ac9e28415b99f24f

People in this episode

Guest: JR Ritchie

Topics covered

• Braves news
• player updates
• baseball performance
• debut
• lineup changes

Keywords

• Braves
• Dominic Smith
• Michael Harris II
• JR Ritchie
• baseball
• Nationals
• lineup

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nationals, Braves

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