Braves Briefing: Atlanta is getting closer to being healthy

Here's a look around MLB from an Atlanta Braves perspective.

The Atlanta Braves took care of business in their second game against their divisional rival Miami Marlins.

A 7-4 win led by Braves pitcher Charlie Morton and second baseman Ozzie Allbies made this one an easy contest to watch Tuesday night.

Michael Harris, others are coming back

Per reports, Michael Harris II will begin his rehab assignment Wednesday. The outfielder will suit up for the Gwinnett Stripers. According to Mark Bowman of MLB.com, the number of games he will play in Gwinnett is TBD.

Atlanta saw Collin McHugh activated from the IL yesterday in time to relieve Morton in the eighth inning. He recorded two outs before Atlanta felt that he needed to be pulled.

Travis d'Arnaud should be back soon for Atlanta as well. It will provide another bat and the chance for Sean Murphy to take a day off if it comes to that. 

The chatter about Michael Soroka is heating up too. He continues to pitch on rehab assignment in the minors. He could be added to the rotation soon.

NL East Standings

Atlanta earned some breathing room Tuesday night. They defeated the third-place Marlins while the second-place Mets lost to the last-place Nationals 5-0.

Team	Record	GB	Action Today
Atlanta	16-8	-	Hosts Miami
NYM	14-10	2.0	Hosts Washington
Miami	12-12	4.0	@ Atlanta
Philadelphia	11-13	5.0	Hosts Seattle
Washington	8-14	7.0	@ NYM

We wrote it

Braves Today's Will Moon covered the action Tuesday night. In his takeaways, he highlighted the production from the bottom of the order.

Ronald Acuña Jr. led off the game with a double and came around to score the game's first run, but after that, it was the bottom of the order's night to shine. The 5-9 spots in the lineup collected six hits and drove in seven runs, with three bombs and a double mixed in there. Ozzie Albies hit two of those dingers, both right-handed, and has the team lead in both homers (seven) and RBIs (23). He also now leads all middle-infielders in ya-yas, and this despite what was a cold start to the season.
It was also nice to see Eddie Rosario homer off a left-hander for the second straight night. (Miami has a seemingly endless supply of random lefties in their bullpen, so Eddie will probably keep getting chances to do this kind of damage.) With Marcell Ozuna essentially dead, whatever production the club can get from the left-field and DH spots is particularly valuable, and if Eddie Money can overcome platoon disadvantages, that's all the better.

Read the full takeaways here.

Watch the Braves vs Marlins highlights

What's next?

The Braves and Marlins are at it again Wednesday night, same Bat-time (7:20 ET), same Bat-channels (Bally Sports South and the Braves Radio Network). Reigning NL Cy Young Award-winner Sandy Alcantara goes for the Fish, and the Braves counter with  NL ERA leader Bryce Elder. That should be fun, though Alcantara is off to a bit of a slow start this season. (He allowed nine earned runs against the Phillies two starts ago). The Braves then conclude matters with Miami on Thursday afternoon before heading to Queens to play the Mets this weekend.

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