Ask opposing players about the Braves and they get quiet: 'It’s the best lineup I’ve ever faced.' It might be the greatest of all time.
' lineup and they get quiet, borderline reverential. Hyperbole and cynicism fade away, replaced by grand statements, glowing praise and utter respect."Every night someone new is gonna get you," an American League hitter whose team recently faced the Braves said."Or all of them get you, and then you're f---ed."
"There's no break in the lineup. Everyone is a bopper and can burn you at any moment," another AL hitter lamented."It's exhausting."Through 120 games this year, the Braves have smashed 232 homers, putting them on pace for 313, a mark that would eclipse's single-season record. Atlanta is tops or near tops in almost every important statistical category and not a single starting player has performed at a below-average level this season.
Baseball's best team has an offense with everything: star power at the top, balance between righties and lefties, outrageous down-order production and a strong cadre of depth reserves. And with the final month of the regular season inching into focus, this Braves offense is building a legitimate case to be the greatest offense in baseball history.
Runs and traditional stats like batting average or on-base plus slugging percentage are insufficient to compare teams across run scoring environments. Two of the top 10 single-season run totals belong to various unspectacularThe OPS+ metric, which accounts for differences across eras and ballpark run scoring environments, provides a much truer picture of a team's offensive output. For reference, a mark of 100 is league average.
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