It’s legit: the Atlanta Braves are the best group in baseball. Thursday evening, the Braves advanced to 103-56 and clinched the best record in baseball with their win over the Chicago Cubs (ATL 5, CHC 3). Atlanta, which clinched the NL East name two weeks in the past, has secured home-field advantage right through the postseason.
Here is the NL postseason bracket at the second:
The Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Miami Marlins are combating for the ones ultimate two wild-card spots and the ones races is probably not determined till Sunday, the ultimate day of the common season. The Braves will play the winner of WC2, the sequence in opposition to the Phillies, and the NLDS will open at Truist Park on Saturday, Oct. 7.
Atlanta took over the best record in baseball on July 1 and has held it since. Rarely did a group climb inside of even two video games of the best spot. The Braves had been the recreation’s maximum dominant group this season, and, with a sweep of the Washington Nationals this weekend, they might fit the 1998 group’s franchise record 106 wins.
For the Braves, the fear now’s getting their pitching wholesome. Charlie Morton will pass over the NLDS with a finger damage and ace Max Fried is operating his long ago from a blister. Spencer Strider and Bryce Elder are a bold 1-2 punch, however the Braves will have their best likelihood to win the name with Morton and Fried wholesome.