Murphy back at catcher and Dubón hits cleanup as Braves face Dodgers

Tonight could go a long way in proving the offense is not dead if they could tag tonight's starter, Roki Sasaki , with a decent amount of runs.

There have only been four Braves players with a wRC+ above league average in the month of August, and interestingly Walt Weiss continues to bat two of them low in the lineup. Austin Riley has a wRC+ of 110 this month, and Mike Yastrzemski has a 123, yet they are nowhere near the heart of the order. It may behoove Weiss to consider shaking up the lineup and shift the hot hands up to secure more at-bats and help knock in more baserunners. Almost a full month of a struggling offense should be enough data to make a change.

The Braves are scheduled to face Roki Sasaki who has only faced five hitters on the roster in his young career and none of them in more than three at-bats. Ozzie Albies has done well having two hits to include a solo HR. Austin Riley is 1-2. Matt Olson , Sean Murphy , and Michael Harris have yet to record a hit against Sasaki in very limited action, although Olson has walked twice.