Does Brian McCann's Reunite Make the Atlanta Braves Any Better?

A act for playing time, at-bats and production may start for Fredi Gonzalez, because the Atlanta Braves get set to trigger Brian McCann from the disabled list on Monday in Cincinnati (via ESPN). As a result of the introduction of 26-year-old power hitting catcher Evan Gattis, the Braves, playing without the luxury of the DH in the National League, should determine if the 2013 version of McCann, coming from shoulder surgery, is really their utmost alternative behind the plate. Regardless of the heart-warming story of Gattis' rise to the big leagues, he is a flawed player. Despite his early period success, including mammoth property runs, middle-of-the-order power and success against Stephen Strasburg, the league has begun to work him out. Carrying out a 9-0 conquer Washington on April 14, Atlanta was 9-0 in activities where Gattis had appeared. In 39 menu shows, Braves supporters fell in love with a story and a bat which was slugging.735 with four home runs. Along with Justin Upton's red hot start, the Braves were scoring runs at will, bludgeoning their competitors and decreasing the need for McCann's return. From that date on, things have not gone as smoothly. Over Gattis' last 59 plate shows, he is posted a.224/.258/.446 line. It's nowhere close to the production of early April, while that's truly more than acceptable for a backup catcher. If Gattis may continue to handle a house run every 20 at-bats, there will be a place for him on Atlanta's major league team, however the new 16/2 K/BB ratio suggests more struggles are to come. Meanwhile, McCann is healthy and ready to be penciled in to the Braves collection. If he's the decreased person he appeared to be during all the 2012 time (.230/.300/.399/.699, 87 OPS+), Gattis deserves a break at multiple starts per week, especially against left-handed pitching. On the other hand, prior to his difficult shoulder disorder, McCann was one of the most consistently productive catchers in the game. From 2006-2011a'McCann's first six years being an everyday playera'he published an OPS, hit 131 home runs, performed in the All-Star Game every season and won five Silver Slugger awards for his bat behind the plate. While Gattis is just bursting on the world at age-26, McCann was a four-time All-Star and entrenched in the middle of the Atlanta selection at the same moment. Moreover, a wholesome McCann includes two characteristics that Gattis can't match. First, he is left-handed. Beyond Freddie Freeman, the Atlanta lineup is now predominately right-handed. For decades, the current presence of the switch-hitting Chipper Jones in the lineup made life hard on professionals in late-game situations. Now, with new improvements like B.J. Upton, Justin Upton and Dan Uggla, the lineup leans very, very far to the best. As managers make powerful right-handed hands to manage Atlanta, particularly in the late innings of small games, keep this in mind: Brian McCann's career OPS against righties is.856, or, in other words, similar to the career OPS of Carlos Beltran. Second, McCann hasn't been an intense strikeout player. In a selection where every regular hitter, excluding Andrelton Simmons, can easily exceed 100 strikeouts, McCann never reached that level in a season. He is averaged only 70 K's per period since arriving in 2005. Although Gattis' career has only presented a little sample size, his 22.8 percentA strikeout price lends it self to numerous more strikeouts over a complete season compared to the career 16.2 % level of McCann. In fact, there should be enough at-bats in Atlanta to maximize the worthiness of both McCann and Gattis in 2013. Gattis has the bat to play against left-handed beginners, power to change the game late as a pinch hitter, usefulness to test another place and has already developed enough of a relationship with Atlanta's rotation to mean McCann usually enough to keep him balanced over the long period. Atlanta is a great group with an specially strong offense. They are able to get with just Gattis. They would be better still with a healthy McCann. However a McCann-Gattis combination is the better option dancing. May Fredi Gonzalez have the ability to control playing time for both Gattis and McCann? Comment below, follow me on Twitter or "Like" my Facebook page to speak all things baseball!