The NL race is gonna be awesome . . .

[thewupk]

Feels like this Braves team is the least equipped for a playoff run of any Braves team I can remember. Hopefully a **** rotation and pen is the magic formula we were missing all the years.

Meh. Soroka and Fried are legit starters. Soroka is 21st among starters in xWOBA and Fried is 26th

[thethe]

Meh. Soroka and Fried are legit starters. Soroka is 21st among starters in xWOBA and Fried is 26th

So Fried might be getting close to that ace territory after all....

[bravesfanforlife88]

Just playing around with some numbers....if the Braves play their final 41 games at 1 game under .500, they would finish with 91 wins....The rest of the teams in the division would need the following win percentage to finish with 92 wins (gNats, Phillies, and Mets have 43 games remaining)

gNats: currently 6 GB: would need to play .651 (win 65% of their remaining games) to overtake the Braves....that equates to 28 wins out of 43 games
Phillies: currently 9 GB: would need to play .721 (win 72% of their remaining games) to overtake the Braves....that equates to 31 wins out of 43 games
Mets: currently 9 GB: would need to play .721 (win 72% of their remaining games) to overtake the Braves...that equates to 31 wins out of 43 games

Given some unforseen collapse on our end, this baby is over

[bravesfanMatt]

WTF. Unjinx. This is Atlanta sports we are talking about.

[bravesfanMatt]

Just playing around with some numbers....if the Braves play their final 41 games at 1 game under .500, they would finish with 91 wins....The rest of the teams in the division would need the following win percentage to finish with 92 wins (gNats, Phillies, and Mets have 43 games remaining)

gNats: currently 6 GB: would need to play .651 (win 65% of their remaining games) to overtake the Braves....that equates to 28 wins out of 43 games
Phillies: currently 9 GB: would need to play .721 (win 72% of their remaining games) to overtake the Braves....that equates to 31 wins out of 43 games
Mets: currently 9 GB: would need to play .721 (win 72% of their remaining games) to overtake the Braves...that equates to 31 wins out of 43 games

Given some unforseen collapse on our end, this baby is over

I would like to point out all that has happened since this post. Is it still legal to publicly flog?

[nsacpi]

I would like to point out all that has happened since this post. Is it still legal to publicly flog?

I have some salt to apply after you're done flogging him

[bravesfanforlife88]

I would like to point out all that has happened since this post. Is it still legal to publicly flog?

I have some salt to apply after you're done flogging him

I have been benched

[cajunrevenge]

Soroka is unquestionably our ace so they need to set him up to get the most out of our off days. If we move Sproka up to game 2 vs the Marlins and kept him on regular rest that would get 3 starts in the 11 game stretch starting on September 5th where we face the Nats for 4, Phillies for 4, and them the Nats again for 3. The 11 game stretch is bookended by off days so getting Soroka in that first game is key. This would also put Soroka starting the makeup game at Colorado in between series in New York and then Toronto.