The 96-50 Braves, winners of six straight NL East titles, are on pace to beat the franchise record of 106 wins of 1998, back when their rotation included three future Hall of Famers.Ĭonsidering the injuries that kept Fried and Wright out until recently, even they are amazed. Orlando Arcia, the surprise shortstop, became an All-Star. Eddie Rosario could barely see last year before surgery. Others are beset by injuries the Braves are bolstered by recovery. The Braves tried to deal Ozuna after his 2021 domestic violence arrest but found no takers. The Braves celebrate their NL East title. We know of teams for which everything goes wrong, and well, this is one for which everything’s going right. Marcell Ozuna needs one more homer to give them the first quartet with 35 homers apiece (with Olson, Acuna and Austin Riley). (basically in a dead heat at the top with Mookie Betts) and Matt Olson (who tied Andruw Jones’ franchise home run record at 51) are a big reason, but there’s great depth. The Braves break opponents’ spirits early, with a franchise-record 132 first-inning runs, putting them on pace for the most in decades. Meantime, the recent returns of Braves aces Max Fried and Kyle Wright round out a rotation plenty good enough considering the offense that’s already set a new mark for home runs by a National League team with 282 and is on pace to break the overall mark of 307 set by the 2019 Twins. Not only are they the easy favorites, but now the Dodgers, the most-cited second choice, are suffering so many rotation issues they may need to resort to employing some openers in the postseason. New Mets honcho David Stearns has a tough catchup job, but to be fair, everyone trails the Braves now. The team that tied the Mets atop the NL East last year is now 28 ¹/₂ games better.
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