Well, the Braves’ playoff odds are down to around 10 percent, which makes plenty of sense given that they’re once again four games under .500, and six games back in the division. The best they can do today is to earn a split with the Reds, their second split of a four-game series in a row (and their third in June), while improving to five games back. The worst they can do is to slide further into irrelevance.
The man on the hill hoping to avoid that further decline will be Kyle Muller, making his second career start.