The Braves continued to suffer from a string of bad batted ball luck this season as they lost a game to the Nationals 3-1, in which they had more walks, a higher team xBA, and a higher team xwOBA. Three of the team’s four losses this season have come in games in which Atlanta has out-xwOBA’d their opponent. This is a frustrating series of events against bad teams that have played mostly like bad teams against Atlanta early in the season. Fortunately, a 3-4 record is far from disastrous and the underlying performance is much more predictive of future outcomes, but banking some unjustified losses is never good.
Braves News: Offense falters in 3-1 loss, Luke Jackson has Tommy John surgery
