It’s getting late early
The Braves have been stuck in neutral or worse for decent stretches of the year. They sit eight and a half games behind the Phillies at 25-26. Fangraphs rates their odds at 16.8% to win the division, as of Saturday. So they saying there’s a chance… out of six. The Braves haven’t exactly gotten a lot of good results out of their interesting new offensive 1980s-inspired approach.
So is the NL East going to get away from the Braves? They’re not exactly showing a lot of urgency to chase it right now. The Phillies have reeled off nine in a row. At some point, the Braves are going to need a long winning streak of their own.
Daily Notes
Record: 25-26
Yesterday’s wOBA and xwOBA: .246 / .344 Friday | .436 / .424 Saturday (Season rank: 13th | 12th)
Yesterday’s wOBA and xwOBA allowed: .296 / .338 Friday | .253 / .280 Saturday (Season rank: 14th | 14th)
Yesterday’s homers: 1 Friday | 2 Saturday
Yesterday’s homers allowed: 2 Friday | 0 Saturday
Record when out-xwOBAing: 16-11 (League: 561-206)
Record when out-xwOBAed: 9-15 (League: 206-561)
Record when out-wOBAing: 21-3 (League: 650-120)
Record when out-wOBAed: 4-23 (League: 120-650)
Record when outhomering: 11-5 (League: 402-118)
Record when outhomered: 5-13 (League: 118-402)