Orlando Arcia

Severino struck out six and also issued a pair of walks. He gave up seven hits as run-scoring singles from Orlando Arcia and Travis d'Arnaud in the second and sixth innings, respectively, accounted for all of the damage against him in this one. The 30-year-old righty has allowed two earned runs or fewer in three straight starts since getting lit up for seven runs by the Pirates back on July 5. He'll bring a serviceable 3.58 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 94/42 K/BB ratio across 120 2/3 innings (20 starts) into a home outing on Wednesday against the Twins.

Waldron struck out one with one walk and allowed six hits. The right-hander gave up two roundtrippers; a solo homer to Marcell Ozuna and a two-run blast to Orlando Arcia. Sans the homers it was a solid outing for the 27-year-old, but the homers did happen and San Diego scored all of one run while he was in the game. Waldron ends his first half with a 3.71 ERA and 94/31 K/BB over 106 2/3 innings.

Arcia turned a 2-1 lead into a 4-1 cushion when he socked a two-run homer off Matt Waldron. The shortstop has mostly scuffled in 2024, as the two-hit game still has his overall line at a disappointing .212/.246/.338 through Atlanta's first 93 games.

The Braves are pretty aggressive with promotions, and it's worth wondering if they might decide to give 21-year-old Nacho Alvarez Jr. a chance to replace Arcia after the break. A trade for an upgrade also wouldn't be too difficult to pull off. After all, Arcia is hitting just .208/.243/.327, and it's not like he's particularly strong defensively.

The 29-year-old shortstop missed each of the Braves' last three contests due to an abscessed tooth and an infection that went along with it. Thankfully, he's feeling much better on Friday and ready to return to action. He'll start at shortstop and bat ninth against Aaron Nola and the Phillies on Friday evening in Atlanta.