House That Hank Built
Fansided

Could The Atlanta Braves Reach 100 Losses?

By Jeff Schafer

PHOENIX, AZ - OCTOBER 02: The diamond is ready for the MLB game between the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on October 2, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Diego Padres 3-2. (Photo by Darin Wallentine/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ - OCTOBER 02: The diamond is ready for the MLB game between the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on October 2, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Diego Padres 3-2. (Photo by Darin Wallentine/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit

Braves Playing .500 Baseball

At the start of the 2017 Major League Baseball season, it was known that 2017 would be a rebuilding year for the Atlanta Braves.  Not many individuals and ‘experts’ envisioned the Braves making the postseason.  The opening of SunTrust Park was the big event for the Braves in 2017, not having a winning record.

However, the Braves began changing people’s opinion of what 2017 might be in the middle of July. Sweeping the Arizona Diamondbacks in the series after the All-Star break, to bring the Braves record to 45-45, the Braves had a .500 record!  There was talk of a postseason berth as a wild card in the National League.  Something that not many people envisioned.  But, that is when disaster struck.

What caused this disaster, it is hard to say, but before you could say ‘Atlanta Braves’, the Braves’ record entering tonight’s game is 59-73.  Yes, that is a 14-28 record since July 16th – the last game of that Diamondback series.  So instead of looking toward the postseason, the Braves are looking toward next season.

More from Braves News

Could 100 Losses be a Possibility?

Although highly unlikely, there is the very slim possibility that the Braves reach 100 losses for the season.  Having thirty games left, the Braves would have to lose twenty-seven of those thirty games.  It sounds like it is impossible to do that, but is it looking at who the Braves have on their schedule over the last month of the year.

The Braves have three games left on this road trip against the Chicago Cubs, who currently have a record of 73-60.  The defending World Series Champions might be the harder task left on the schedule, so three losses to the Cubbies is not out of the picture.

The lone American League team left for the Braves are the Texas Rangers for three games.  Although the Rangers have a 66-67 record, the Rangers are only four games out of the final American League Wild Card slot and will do what they need to in order to win.

Now these next two teams the Braves have left, the Miami Marlins and the New York Mets, might just be the ones that save the Braves.  The Marlins have a 66-67, but have been hot and cold all year, if the hot team shows up, the Braves are in trouble in these eight games.  The Mets on the other hand are on a free fall toward 2018 like the Braves and very well could be the team the Braves take at least four games from, as they face each other for seven more.

The Washington Nationals face the Braves six times over the last month of the season.  About the only thing saving the Braves here is if the Nationals rest their starters.

The remaining team on the Braves schedule, the Philadelphia Phillies, are the worse team in baseball.  However, having the Braves number all year, winning these three games by the Braves seems unlikely.

Next: Chop, box, Sanchez, ''unlikely'' Acuna called up

One hundred losses in 2017 for the Braves?  That was probably an even further stretch then making the postseason.  Although unlikely, the thought just makes one cringe.

Home/Braves News