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BALTIMORE (AP) — Atlanta normal supervisor Alex Anthopoulos held a media session earlier than a recreation — which kind of says all of it about how the Braves have been taking part in.
“I don’t usually do scrums through the season, as a result of we’ve finished effectively,” he advised reporters Wednesday. “If I’m doing them, meaning we’re not taking part in effectively.”
That is, in fact, all relative. The Braves have the fourth-best document within the Nationwide League. However they misplaced their fifth straight recreation Wednesday evening, 4-2 at Baltimore, and so they path NL East-leading Philadelphia by double digits. So Anthopoulos was accessible to debate the disappointing actuality.
He acknowledged that by their requirements, the Braves aren’t wanting good, however there’s clearly a whole lot of season left. Proper now three groups within the Nationwide League — Philadelphia, Milwaukee and the Los Angeles Dodgers — have important division leads. Atlanta (35-30) is the very best of the remaining. The truth is, solely 5 groups within the league are above .500.
Three seasons in the past, the Braves went 88-73, however that was sufficient to take the division. They went on to win the World Sequence.
“The Phillies are clearly taking part in exceptionally effectively — finest workforce arguably within the recreation proper now — but it surely’s about ensuring you get to the playoffs somehow,” Anthopoulos mentioned. “Proper now, the NL, I guess you if you happen to took a whole lot of these groups and these entrance places of work, they’d inform you a similar factor. Nobody’s taking part in the way in which they thought they’d — barring Brewers, Dodgers, Phillies.”
Nonetheless, Atlanta hadn’t dropped 5 straight since 2017, the final time the Braves did not win the NL East. Two years in the past, the Braves got here from behind to win to win the division after the New York Mets had a giant lead.
The same comeback this yr will probably be powerful, since reigning NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. is out for the season due to a knee harm. Anthopoulos mentioned he is been extra energetic than common by way of pursuing trades, however nothing is imminent.
“The offensive points appear to be they’re unfold throughout the league,” Anthopoulos mentioned. “A whole lot of GMs are saying the identical factor. Individuals really feel like they don’t seem to be hitting the way in which they will.”
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