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After dropping three of four for the first time since the final days of May, the Braves return home looking to rack up some wins against the Diamondbacks (who coincidentally, dealt them two of the losses in that last 1-3 stretch). The stuff below isn’t really specific to this game, and is more just something to pay attention to in terms of how these two teams do and don’t differ.

Batted ball profile: the Diamondbacks are like the mini-Braves

Offensively, the Braves and Diamondbacks are far apart. The Braves are fifth in MLB in xwOBA and fourth in wOBA, with th atlanta braves jersey acuna e league’s best xwOBACON and barrel rate, and a top-three hard-hit hit rate and average exit velocity. The Diamondbacks are middling-or-worse offensively across the board, including a bottom-seven xwOBA and xwOBACON. Yet, in some ways, they apparently try to do the same things offensively. Check it out:

Fly ball rate: Braves 3rd, Diamondbacks 9thLine drive rate: Braves 3rd-worst, Diamondbacks worstPull rate: Braves 1st, Diamondbacks 6thUp-the-middle rate: Braves 12th, Diamondbacks 11thOppo rate: Braves last, Diamondbacks second-to-lastWeak fly ball rate: Braves 13th, Diamondbacks 11thFl atlanta braves blue jersey are/burner rate: Braves second-to-last, Diamondbacks last

Both of these teams certainly look like they’re trying to pull the ball in the air. The difference, though, is that the Braves are able to take the stuff they hit, and hit it atlanta braves jersey vintage hard. The Diamondbacks seem to take the difference and mishit it, often on the ground:

Weak grounder rate: Braves 26th, Diamondbacks 11thSolid, non-barrel contact: Braves 6th, Diamondbacks 13thBarrel rate: Braves 1st, Diamondbacks 15th

Weird fact: The Diamondbacks have only three players (Christian Walker, David Peralta, Pavin Smith) with a barrel rate at or above the Braves’ teamwide barrel rate.

Plate discipline: the Diamondbacks are nothing like the Braves

Walk rate: Braves 21st, Diamondbacks 5thStrikeout rate: Braves 3rd, Diamondbacks 14thZone rate: Braves last, Diamondbacks firstZ-swing rate: Braves 3rd, Diamondbacks 3rd-to-lastZ-contact rate: Braves 29th, Diamondbacks 16thO-swing rate: Braves 4th,MLB T-Shirts DiamondbaRobinson Canocks 29thO-contact rate: Braves 24th, Diamondbacks 17thOverall swing rate: Braves fifth, Diamondbacks lastOverall whiff rate: Braves first, Diamondbacks seventh-to-last

The Diamondbacks basically don’t swing. They might be very patiently looking for a pitch to damage on (eDKNY Sport ven if they’re not great at doing damage when they do swing), but the way they avoid strikeouts is mostly by not swinging rather than not missing.

This is probably a lesson, to some extent, for the Braves’ pitching: you’re gonna have to get them to put it in play and just hope it finds gloves, because they’re not gonna chase. Hell, they’re not even gonna swing at hittable pitches a lot of the time. Just try not to get BABIPed to death.