The Braves bought themselves some margin for error in avoiding certain catastrophic outcomes by winning Friday’s opener of this four-game Philly series and the first of seven games against the division rivals in the next 10 for Atlanta. That said, they could still easily get themselves into trouble in the standings through these games against the Phillies. They still have a 4 game buffer with only 5 games left against Philly, and with a two game swing for each game effectively, even just winning another
two of the five would be a perfectly fine outcome, maintaining a 3 game lead into mid-September. Anything less than that gets fairly dangerous, however, as going 1-4 in these next 5 games against Philly would leave them clinging to a 1 game lead in the division (assuming the teams perform equivalently in the interluding series. Sunday’s pitching matchup would be a good one for Atlanta to take advantage of, with Tyler Mahle having a bunch of success in an Atlanta uniform so far and Aaron Nola having a fairly middling season.
Braves News
Martin Perez dug the Braves a hole the offense couldn’t dig out of in a tight matchup against the Phillies.
MLB News
Bobby Miller was activated by the Dodgers, who will hope he can bolster their pitching staff down the home stretch and perhaps the postseason.
TheYankees are putting centerfielder Trent Grisham on the 10-day IL with a hamstring strain.
