But that's what we knew the problem coming into the season was going to be all along. You can't compete when you've only got two good offensive players. The Braves wouldn't win this year if you gave them their 1995 rotation back.
I will say this about Jordan Schafer, though: .230 average or not, 40 strikeouts or not, etc. -- the kid has drawn 20 walks already in a little over 100 PA. I know he hits 8th, which means he's being pitched around some, but still, only 3 of those walks were on purpose. He's clearly still overmatched in the majors, but his OBP is already better than that of Kotchman, Escobar, Johnson, Francoeur, and so on. I don't know that he's going to be the star that the Braves thought he was a couple of a years ago, but I'm pretty confident now that he's a ML-quality hitter.