PHILADELPHIA – Braves right fielder Nick Markakis never played on a 100-loss team in Baltimore, but the Orioles lost at least 90 games and finished at least 27 games out of first place in each of the first six of his nine seasons with the O’s.
In his first season with the Braves, they are flirting with a 100-loss season, having dropped 20 of 22 games to fall to 55-84 before Wednesday night’s series finale at Philadelphia. The rebuilding Braves, having traded away most uninjured veterans who weren’t signed long-term, had a staggering 13-42 record since their 42-42 start.