At this point, the Atlanta Braves’ 2021 season reminds me of a joke I heard a lot growing up that, when translated, goes something like this:
Did you know that the Soviet Union is the most progressive country in the world? Things were already better yesterday than they’re going to be tomorrow!
If that doesn’t sum up this chart, well, I got nothin’ else.
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As a result of, well, everything that’s happened over the last two months, the Braves enter Memorial Day in pretty much the same place they’ve been all season: they can easily clamber back into playoff contention relevance by reeling off a streak of good baseball, but, you know, they have to actually do that.