Where do the Atlanta Braves stack up against the top MLB teams?
Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman break down how the Atlanta Braves stack up against other top teams in MLB. Hear the full conversation on the "Baseball Bar-B-Cast" podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you listen.
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The Braves, they take care of business by sweeping the Colorado Rockies.
They have won seven games in a row.
They have the same record as the Dodgers.
That is, of course, what they are focused on, not just fending off the Phillies, but trying to get one of those top two seeds.
They, of course, clinched the tiebreaker over the Dodgers last week.
Now they take care of business against the Rockies.
Michael Harris had a big weekend.
Acuna finally getting some hits, and then Matt Olson, who's been doing it for them all season, has the walk-off on Sunday.
Sean Murphy is also back.
He's started to put together some good swings.
How they work him into the lineup with Drake Baldwin still being the main catcher is interesting.
The Braves pitching, I'm still not feeling awesome about beyond Chris Sale.
We'll talk about th- more, of that coming, as October approaches.
I guess my question is, like, the Braves, because of their record, I, I think I'm still gonna have them ahead of the Dodgers, obviously, just because of the, they, what they just did last week.
I'm curious how you would stack up, first of all, Phillies versus Cubs, and then where the Yankees fit into that conversation.
Phillies/Cubs, I think that along the lines of power ranking ideology, power ranking theology, you have to rank the Phillies above the Cubs because they have the same record and the Phillies are hotter.
I agree with you.
I think I'm, I'm, I feel comfortable having the Phillies ahead of the Cubs, even though they have the same record and the Cubs have been ahead of them in the standings for a while.
W- would you, would you put the Yankees over both of them?
Over neither of them?
Like, where, what do we think?
Over both.
I might just put them right in between them.
Oh, you think over both?
Okay.
I'd go over both.
Just so you know, the, the outfield, oh my God, Felix Reyes hit fourth.
Yes.
Fourth.
I remember that well.
The last time that the Phillies- No kidding and the Cubs played.
All right?
Yeah.
It has been- And that sums it up a while.
That's all.
I would put the Yankees above both of these teams right now.
I think they have a higher ceiling.
I think they have an easier path to the World Series, obviously.
And with Judge, I, I, I think taking all three out of four from the Red Sox is sort of s- a definitive loud statement series.
Sure.
More impressive than the Phillies beating the worst team in the league in Anaheim.
