The Atlanta Braves were one of the best teams in major league baseball in Fredi Gonzalez’s first three seasons as manager. They won 279 games, which trailed the Texas Rangers by one win for most in baseball.
Then in 2014 the Braves fell below .500 for just the third time since 1991. They lost 95 games in 2015, their most since a 97-loss season in 1990, and their 9-28 start this season is worse than that of the 1962 New York Mets, who went 12-25 in their first 37 games on their way to a modern-era record 120 losses.