Machado and Macias Start Off Hot

25% of the season is in the books and two rookies are having unprecedented success for the Tartans. Juan "Gone" Machado and Esteban Macias have led this club both on the field and in the club house thus far during the season.

The hard hitting RF, Machado, leads the American League in HRs (21), RBI (60), and is 6th in AVG (.344). Meanwhile, the talented backstop, Macias, is 4th in the AL in AVG (.355), leads AL catchers in runs scored (36), and has dramatically improved the performance of the pitching staff from last season (4.38 staff ERA, from 5.17 a year ago).

These two performances has given hope to an Atlanta fanbase that had low expectations at the start of the year. Regardless of how this season pans out, the Tartans have plenty in the pipeline and the rosters assembled next season and beyond will only get better.