10 hitters with 10 home runs, the best batting lineup ever… District championship for 6 consecutive years, Atlanta’s heyday begins

The Atlanta Braves won the National League (NL) East Division championship for the sixth consecutive year. With a strong batting lineup of 10 double-digit home run hitters, expectations were raised for the team to win the World Series for the first time in two years. 

Atlanta won 4-1 in the 2023 Major League Baseball away game against the Philadelphia Phillies held at the Citizens Bank in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on the 14th (Korean time), and succeeded in winning the NL Eastern Division regardless of the remaining 16 games of the season. The second-fastest district win confirmed in club history. It is the fastest since September 10, 2002. He also won on September 14th in 1995, and this year is the second fastest win ever. 

Atlanta, which has the highest winning percentage (.658) among the 30 major league teams with 96 wins and 50 losses on the season, has achieved the district title for six consecutive years since 2018. It is the 23rd district championship in league history since the district reorganization in 1969, and it is another long-term reign after reaching the top of the district for 11 consecutive years from 1995 to 2005. 

Atlanta has a strong batting line with two strong NL MVP candidates, Ronald Acuña Jr. (batting average of .335, 37 home runs, 97 RBI, 66 stolen bases, OPS 1.002) and Matt Olson (batting average of .279, 51 home runs, 128 RBI, OPS .999). It is also first in major offensive categories such as team batting average (.275), home runs (282), on-base percentage (.343), slugging percentage (.501), and OPS (.844). 

Olsen, Acuña, Austin Riley (35), Marcell Osuna (34), Aji Albis (29), Eddie Rosario (21), Sean Murphy (20), Orlando Arcia (17), Michael There is no rest in the batting order as 10 batters, including Harris II (16) and Travis Dano (11), recorded double-digit home runs. They are poised to surpass the 307 home runs by a team in a single season in major league history, recorded by the Minnesota Twins in 2019. Mathematically, it is a 313 home run pace. 토토사이트

The team’s average ERA is also ranked 5th (3.90), and the mound is also stable. Although main starters Max Fried and Kyle Wright were sidelined for an extended period of time due to injuries, second-year player Bryce Elder (12-4, 3.38) has shown rapid growth, taking the mound along with Spencer Strider (17-5, 3.73) and Charlie Morton (14-11, 3.42). led. Freed (7 wins, 1 loss, 2.64), who returned from injury in August, announced his health, creating a strong 1st to 4th starting lineup. 

Finisher Raysel Iglesias (5 wins, 4 losses, 29 saves, 3.26), Curb Yates (7 wins, 1 loss, 5 saves, 8 holds, 2.70), AJ Minter (3 wins, 5 losses, 10 saves, 19 holds, 3.84), and Joe Jimenez (3 losses, 12 holds) 3.38) and Michael Tonkin (6 wins, 2 losses, 2 holds, 1 save, 3.64), and the bullpen is also stable, boasting a power that makes it difficult to find gaps in two-strokes. 

Atlanta has won the district championship six out of seven years under coach Brian Snitker, who started in 2017, and is enjoying its second golden age since the era of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, and Chipper Jones in the 1990s. The possibility of winning the World Series for the third time in the club’s history has also increased, following 1995 and 2021. 

According to MLB.com, Atlanta coach Brian Snitker said, “Everyone worked really hard. He told the players, ‘Don’t forget this feeling.’ “It feels really good to see the results of your hard work,” he said. “There’s something special about our team,” said slugging third baseman Riley. We trust each other and work hard. “I enjoy coming to the baseball stadium every day,” he said. Acuña looked forward to winning the World Series, saying, “The work we have to do is not over.”