The Week Ahead for Atlanta: Can the Braves Make a Comeback?

Well, somebody's gotta stop Jacob Misiorowski, right?

There's no place like home, and the Atlanta Braves will surely be grateful to have spent some time in their own respective beds instead of what they had to deal with during their terrible road trip against the White Sox and Mets.

With that being said, it's not like the Braves are coming home for a cakewalk. The Giants may have a poor record, but they've been known to spring some upsets this season, and the Brewers will be bringing arguably the most talented pitcher in all of baseball to town in the form of Jacob Misiorowski. Atlanta's going to really have to work to get things back on track, so let's see what the week ahead has in store for them.

Current Record: 29-43 Projected Record (via FanGraphs): 74-88

On paper, the Braves probably couldn't have asked for a better opponent to take on upon returning home from a rough road trip. The Giants have been pretty bad this season, and outside of Casey Schmitt launching a bunch of dingers, there hasn't been much for the fans in San Francisco to cheer about – either on or off the field.

San Francisco's offense has been mostly middle of the road in terms of performance, as they have produced a team wRC+ of 102 off the strength of a team slash line of .257/.307/.416 with a .316 wOBA. As I mentioned before, Schmitt has largely been responsible for the power as he's currently the only Giants hitter with over 10 homers so far this season.

With that being said, this lineup isn't full of pushovers, either. Luis Arraez seems determined to continue hitting nothing but singles, Matt Chapman and Jung Hoo Lee have been productive with little-to-no power, and Bryce Eldrige has been playing the role of "exciting young player" for the struggling Giants.

Atlanta's pitching staff will have to be on their game to keep this crew quiet, and they have to be taken seriously – this same Giants team won a series at Wrigley Field and split a four-game series in Milwaukee against the Brewers, so this is not a team to be taken lightly.

Still, the lineup will have to get the job done against a pitching staff that has largely struggled. Considering what ballpark the Giants spend most of their time in, it is honestly kind of shocking that they have the fifth-worst team ERA- in all of baseball (113) along with a bottom-10 FIP- (108).

Adrian Houser is set to start for San Francisco during the season opener, and he's looked very vulnerable on the mound all season. Of the 13 starts that he's made so far, he's given up at least three runs in 10 of those starts. Five of those 10 starts saw him give up at least four runs, and he hasn't had a start of the "three runs or less" variety since May 17 against the Athletics.

Meanwhile, Wednesday's starter Robbie Ray has been a bit better, but his stats have been skewed a bit after he got lit up on May 18 against the Diamondbacks for 10 runs on 11 hits.

Landen Roupp will be a different story, as he's proven himself to be the top guy in San Francisco's rotation so far and could really give the Braves some problems during his scheduled start on Thursday.

Even if all of San Francisco's starters do a solid job, the Braves could still turn things around late in the game if San Francisco's bullpen continues to have issues. JT Brubaker and Keaton Winn have given opposing batters fits, but outside of that, nobody else in this bullpen has really stood out as being of the shutdown variety.

Now it's time to talk about the Brewers, who will be coming to town next. The first team the Braves will face in their upcoming series is the Brewers, and Jacob Misiorowski will likely be starting against the Braves.

Misiorowski has been dominating hitters all season, with his near-overwhelming stuff. His heater is five mph above average, his slider and curve are both seven mph above average, and his cutter and change-up are both six mph above average. No matter what he's throwing, it's going to have high velocity, and it's going to be nasty.

The rest of the Brewers' team is still pretty good too, with Brice Turang being productive in all facets of the game, old friend William Contreras raking, Jackson Chourio continuing to be exciting, Jake Bauers being a true threat at the plate, and guys like Garrett Mitchell and Andrew Vaughn being tough to deal with.

This Brewers team has combined for one of the best offenses in baseball so far, hitting for 107 wRC+ as a team (for reference's sake, they're right behind the Braves, who have a team wRC+ of 108) and delivering a slash line of .255/.341/.392 with a wOBA of .326.

The Braves will have a real challenge on their hands this weekend as they take on the mighty Brewers. Here are the game times for the upcoming week:

Tuesday, June 16 at 7:15 p.m. ET (BravesVision)Wednesday, June 17 at 7:15 p.m. ET (BravesVision)Thursday, June 18 at 7:15 p.m. ET (BravesVision)

Current Record: 43-26 Projected Record: 92-70

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