{"id":61654,"date":"2023-09-01T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=61654"},"modified":"2023-08-31T15:57:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:57:29","slug":"braves-national-league-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/09\/01\/braves-national-league-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Braves Set a Standard That Only the Dodgers Can Imitate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Atlanta Braves<\/a>, fresh off a sweep of the Colorado Rockies<\/a>, visit the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in a crucial National League series. But for Atlanta, they have a unique strategy for building and maintaining a winning team. That is to say, an envy of many teams. For the Dodgers, they have taken the effort to a new level, replicating some of those standards with their own slight twist here and there. When it comes to these two teams, it’s fair to say that imitation is the greatest form of flattery.<\/p>\n

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The Atlanta @Braves<\/a> have reached 250 homers this season while maintaining a league-leading .276 batting average. Only one team in MLB history has finished the season with 250 or more home runs and a better batting average, the 1997 Seattle Mariners (264 HR, .280 BA). pic.twitter.com\/WxbfMCyRfz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n