Atlanta Braves, buyers and sellers?
By Ryan Cothran
Shoutout to commenter Joe Robideaux who inspired this piece with his intellect last week!
Our Atlanta Braves keep hovering!
Sometimes I look at the stats and I just don’t understand how they’re doing it. More than any other year, this crew is a legit “team” with no one packing one single statistical category. If someone judges this team by simply looking up MLB stat leaders, they’d think the team is doing awful. Check out the Braves stat leaders (MLB):
Offensive Rankings (top 30)
Hits- Nick Markakis, 16th (80)
Runs- Freddie Freeman, 16th (43)
Home Runs- Freddie Freeman, 30th (12)
Stolen Bases- Cameron Maybin 15th (13)
Batting Average- Freddie Freeman 28th (.299)
On-Base Percentage- Nick Markakis, 11th (.391)
Slugging Percentage- Freddie Freeman, 21st (.520 behind 7 other 1b)
OPS- Freddie Freeman, 21st (.887 behind 8 other 1b)
WAR- No one in the top-30
Pitching Rankings (top 30)
Wins-No one in the top 30
ERA- Shelby Miller, 5th (1.99)
Saves- Jason Grilli, 5th
Innings Pitched- Shelby Miller, 30th
ERA by reliever (qualified)- No one in top 30
WAR by starter: No one in top 30.
WAR by reliever: Jason Grilli, 15th
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