Martín Pérez is keeping the Braves' pitching staff stable after a few lost years

MIAMI — Starting pitchers often isolate themselves, plug in their headphones and focus on their game plan on the day of their outing. That was the opposite of what Martín Pérez did before the Atlanta Braves’ 8-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.The veteran left-hander walked into the visitors clubhouse at loanDepot Park with a smile — decked out in a cheetah print shirt, baggy jeans and sparkling black sneakers — and eagerly greeted his teammates and shared laughs with members of the local Spanish-speaking media. The behavior was far from typical, but so was the outing the 35-year-old assembled hours later.Advertisement