As the Major League Baseball season nears its end in 2024, the Atlanta Braves are increasingly viewed as a potentially formidable contender, should they clinch a postseason berth. Despite currently sitting as a mid-tier team, the Braves have shown characteristics of a “sleeping giant” in the league, poised to make a significant impact in October.
The fifth- or sixth-best team out of 15 in each league is inherently going to be flawed, but in some circles, the Braves are seen as something of a sleeping giant,” ESPN insider Alden Gonzalez writes. “Chris Sale, Max Fried, Spencer Schwellenbach, Charlie Morton and Reynaldo López — the latter of whom is expected back for the final regular-season series and could be a multi-inning weapon out of the bullpen in October — make up the type of rotation nobody wants to face.