You know what didn’t happen while the Braves racked up a meaningless ten-game winning streak late in the season? Any one-run losses. You know what did snap said winning streak? A one-run loss. The Braves hit three homers, but also allowed three homers, making a first-inning run aided by a bloop single that Jurickson Profar probably should’ve caught in left field the difference and the thing preventing the Braves from going to 11.

Bryce Elder got the ball in this one for his final start of 2025, and, well, this start was basically emblematic of why Elder continues to get run in this organization, but also why that’s not unequivocally a good thing. Elder did something he’s done quite often over the last two seasons at the big league level: post great peripherals, but get torched by homers i

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