And World Series MVP Jorge Soler went to Miami on a three-year, $36 million deal. had residual knee problems resulting from his surgically-repaired torn ACL and delivered only 15 homers after a late start.Įddie Rosario, last year’s Championship Series MVP, needed early-season eye surgery that kept him out of the lineup for long stretches of the first half.įormer MVP Freddie Freeman wasn’t available at all after signing a six-year, $162 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The season has been full of surprises for the Braves, who somehow survived the twin losses of Albies and outfielder Adam Duvall, both solid defenders who were also 30-homer, 100-rbi sluggers in 2021. Strider, who missed the last two weeks with an oblique issue, hopes to return to the Atlanta rotation for the playoffs, along with All-Star second baseman Ozzie Albies, who spent most of 2022 on the sidelines with a broken foot followed by a broken pinkie (the result of a head-first slide). Both are strong candidates for NL Rookie of the Year. The Braves began their comeback by reeling off a 14-game winning streak in June after promoting 21-year-old center-fielder Michael Harris II from Double-A and moving fireballer Spencer Strider from the bullpen to the rotation. The 2022 Braves battled back from a bad start that left them 10½ games out of first place after two months and still seven behind after dropping four of five against the Mets in New York in early August. The Braves also swept a Truist Park series against Philadelphia, although the Phillies eventually managed to secure the third wild-card spot in the playoffs. All rights reserved.Ītlanta’s sweep was its second over a divisional contender since mid-September.
(AP Foto/Brett Davis) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. That would put them at a disadvantage in the Division Series because many of the former off-days have been eliminated.ĭansby Swanson homered in each game as the Braves swept a three-game Truist Park series from the. If the Braves clinch the division, they would get the chance to regroup and reorganize while the Mets would be forced to use their best starters in the extra series, probably against the San Diego Padres at CitiField. But it will have to survive an extra series: a best-of-three Wild-Card Series in its home ballpark. Unlike 1993, when the Braves won 104 games to finish one game ahead of the Giants in a blistering NL West title chase, the second-place club will still advance to the postseason. If the Mets also reach 100 wins, it will mark the first time since the 1969 advent of divisional play that the National League East had two teams reach the century mark in the same season. Should they clinch in the next three days, they would get a first-round “bye” under the expanded playoff system that includes six teams and three wild-card winners per league. Atlanta’s 5-3 win Sunday gave them 100 in a season for the first time since 2003 and the ninth time in the history of the franchise, dating back to the Boston Beaneaters in 1892.
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