The Mets will be headed to Atlanta this weekend to play on an apparently substandard Turner Field, according to Doug Padilla of ESPN.
The infield conditions at Turner Field as so bad, Padilla reports, that Braves players are mulling requesting an intervention by the players’ union.
The Dodgers, who played a three-game set at Turner Field this week, voiced concern over the conditions after making five errors in three games. “Behind home plate, I felt it was very soft,” said Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal. “But then again, it’s not our home field. It all depends on how the infielders like it here. We just have to adjust to every playing field we go to and make plays. Obviously it was a little hard for us the last two days, making a couple of errors, but that’s all right. Between the two teams, ten errors were made in the series.
This year is the Braves’ last at their current stadium before moving to SunTrust Park outside of Atlanta next April. Braves players say the team has neglected to take care of the field as well as in past years, perhaps because of the impending move.
