The Atlanta Braves represent not just a collection of baseball players that happen to wear the same uniform. If you want to see what that dysfunction looks like, check the other dugout this weekend. No, these Braves are a team and that distinction is becoming more clear day by day.
In a game on Friday that matched up squads of “what should have been” and “what is emerging”, the Braves faced a pitcher in Max Scherzer who represents exactly the type of challenge that they will face in October: a Cy Young-caliber pitcher that battles every AB with every pitch in his arsenal.