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It looked like Fuentes – the youngest current major league player at just 20 years old – was about to get his doors blown off by the lowly Marlins in his debut. They had eight hard-hit balls over the first three innings and had four runs home. Yet, Fuentes settled over his final two frames and grew more comfortable with his secondary pitches to try and force some weak contact. While it wasn’t a great debut, the Braves have proven to be one of the more aggressive teams when promoting young prospects and Fuentes could get another shot in this rotation soon if Bryce Elder falters or they sustain another injury. This was expected to just be a single spot start though as Atlanta has aggressively reshuffled their rotation in order to allow their top-line starters to face the Mets with seven games against them in 10 days.
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Cox was up briefly earlier this month for Atlanta but didn’t end up getting into a game. The 28-year-old lefty provides the club with some extra relief depth until they need to fill Chris Sale’s rotation spot in a couple days.
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It’s a devastating hit to Atlanta’s rotation and fantasy managers alike as Sale suffered the injury while making a sensational diving stop to rob Juan Soto of a potential infield hit during the ninth inning of Wednesday’s masterpiece against the division-rival Mets. The 36-year-old veteran southpaw was in the midst of another Cy Young Award-caliber campaign with a pristine 2.52 ERA across 15 starts. No word yet on how much time he’ll wind up missing, but fantasy managers should anticipate a lengthy absence since he’ll be shut down from throwing until his ribs heal completely.
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Perhaps the Braves can only play well against the Mets. After sweeping their rivals earlier this week, they fell short in their season opener against the Marlins. Riley’s eighth inning home run was only their second run of the game as they were shut down by Janson Junk and Miami’s bullpen. That was Riley’s 12th home run in what’s been a good, not great season for the slugging third baseman.
