2018 Atlanta Braves season

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2018 Atlanta Braves
National League East champions
Atlanta Braves Insignia.svg
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 90–72 (.556)
Divisional place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Liberty Media/John Malone
General manager(s) Alex Anthopoulos
Manager(s) Brian Snitker
Local television Fox Sports Southeast
Fox Sports South
(Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy, Jeff Francoeur)
Local radio 680 The Fan
Rock 100.5
Atlanta Braves Radio Network
(Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Mark Lemke, Jeff Francoeur)
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The 2018 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 53rd season in Atlanta, 148th overall, and second season at SunTrust Park. They completely reversed their 72-90 season in 2017, and made the postseason and won a division title for the first time since 2013. They lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games in the NL Division Series.

Offseason

October

On October 2, 2017, John Coppolella resigned as general manager of the Braves amid a Major League Baseball investigation into Atlanta's international signings, having committed what the Braves termed "a breach of MLB rules regarding the international player market".[1]

November

On November 13, 2017, the Braves announced Alex Anthopoulos as the new general manager and executive vice president.[2] John Hart was removed as team president and assumed a senior adviser role with the organization.[2] Braves chairman Terry McGuirk apologized to fans "on behalf of the entire Braves family" for the scandal.[2] McGuirk described Anthopoulos as "a man of integrity" and that "he will operate in a way that will make all of our Braves fans proud."[2] On November 17, 2017, the Braves announced that John Hart had stepped down as senior advisor for the organization.[3] Hart said in a statement that "with the hiring of Alex Anthopoulos as general manager, this organization is in great hands."[3]

On November 21, 2017, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the findings of the MLB investigation into Atlanta's international signings.[4] Manfred ruled that the Braves must forfeit 13 international prospects, including highly touted Kevin Maitan, an infielder from Venezuela who signed for $4.25 million in 2016.[4] The team also forfeited a third-round draft pick in the 2018 draft. Former Braves general manager John Coppolella was placed on baseball's permanently ineligible list.[4]

Additionally, the Braves shall be prohibited from signing any international player for more than $10,000 during the 2019–20 signing period and their international signing bonus pool for the 2020–21 signing period will be reduced by 50 percent.[4]

December

The Braves traded outfielder Matt Kemp to the Los Angeles Dodgers for infielder Charlie Culberson, first baseman Adrián González and pitchers Scott Kazmir and Brandon McCarthy on December 16, 2017. The Braves released Adrián González a few days later.[5]

Regular season

Game log

2018 Game Log: 90–72 (Home: 43–38; Away: 47–34)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Braves team member

Season standings

National League East

National League East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 0 0 nan 0–0 0–0
Miami Marlins 0 0 nan 0–0 0–0
New York Mets 0 0 nan 0–0 0–0
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 nan 0–0 0–0
Washington Nationals 0 0 nan 0–0 0–0


National League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Arizona Diamonbacks 0 0 nan
Atlanta Braves 0 0 nan
Chicago Cubs 0 0 nan


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)
W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 nan
Colorado Rockies 0 0 nan
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 nan
Miami Marlins 0 0 nan
Milwaukee Brewers 0 0 nan
New York Mets 0 0 nan
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 nan
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 nan
San Diego Padres 0 0 nan
San Francisco Giants 0 0 nan
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 nan
Washington Nationals 0 0 nan


Record vs. opponents

Template:2018 NL Record vs. opponents

Postseason

2018 postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)

Roster

2018 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Source: [6]

Batting

Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG OBP SLG SB
Freddie Freeman 162 618 94 191 44 4 23 98 .309 .388 .505 10
Nick Markakis 162 623 78 185 43 2 14 93 .297 .366 .440 1
Ozzie Albies 158 639 105 167 40 5 24 72 .261 .305 .452 14
Ender Inciarte 156 597 83 158 27 6 10 61 .265 .325 .380 28
Dansby Swanson 136 478 51 114 25 4 14 59 .238 .304 .395 10
Johan Camargo 134 464 63 126 27 1 19 76 .272 .349 .457 1
Kurt Suzuki 105 347 45 94 24 0 12 50 .271 .332 .444 0
Preston Tucker 80 129 15 31 10 0 4 22 .240 .303 .411 0
Charlie Culberson 113 296 47 80 18 2 12 45 .270 .326 .466 4
Ryan Flaherty 81 161 17 35 6 0 2 13 .217 .298 .292 4
Peter Bourjos 36 44 5 9 2 1 1 4 .205 .239 .364 0
Tyler Flowers 82 251 34 57 9 0 8 30 .227 .341 .359 0
Ronald Acuña Jr. 111 433 78 127 26 4 26 64 .293 .366 .552 16
Lane Adams 26 25 10 6 1 0 2 6 .240 .345 .520 1
José Bautista 12 35 3 5 1 0 2 5 .143 .250 .343 0
Carlos Pérez 8 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 .143 .182 .143 0
Danny Santana 15 28 4 5 3 0 0 2 .179 .281 .286 1
Chris Stewart 5 14 3 3 0 0 0 3 .214 .250 .214 0
Dustin Peterson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0

Pitching

Source: [7]

Players in bold are on the active roster.

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Sean Newcomb 10 6 3.73 24 24 0 135.0 113 59 56 14 64 123
Brandon McCarthy 6 3 4.92 15 15 0 78.2 94 45 43 15 21 65
Mike Foltynewicz 10 7 2.72 24 24 0 139.0 106 48 42 14 54 161
Julio Teherán 9 7 4.09 25 25 0 140.2 100 66 64 23 66 129
Kevin Gausman 3 1 2.00 4 4 0 27.0 20 6 6 1 6 17
Shane Carle 4 1 2.38 34 0 0 41.2 33 13 11 2 16 33
A. J. Minter 3 1 3.00 36 0 2 33.0 30 11 11 1 14 35
Aníbal Sánchez 3 2 2.68 9 8 0 47.0 35 16 14 6 16 44
Dan Winkler 2 0 2.53 34 0 0 32.0 22 12 9 0 9 41
Mike Soroka 2 1 3.51 5 5 0 25.2 30 14 10 1 7 21
Arodys Vizcaíno 2 2 1.82 30 0 15 29.2 22 6 6 2 12 33
Sam Freeman 2 4 5.13 39 0 0 33.1 25 21 19 2 18 35
Jesse Biddle 1 0 2.54 23 0 0 28.1 19 9 8 3 15 30
Luke Jackson 1 0 2.70 8 0 1 10.0 4 3 3 1 6 13
Matt Wisler 1 1 4.32 6 3 0 25.0 25 12 12 5 5 19
Rex Brothers 0 0 *.** 1 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 0 2 0
Lucas Sims 0 0 7.84 6 0 0 10.1 12 9 9 2 8 10
Chase Whitley 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 1
Luiz Gohara 0 1 6.89 7 1 1 15.2 15 12 12 2 8 13
Peter Moylan 0 1 4.62 34 0 0 25.1 29 13 13 3 16 23
Josh Ravin 0 1 6.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 2 1
Miguel Socolovich 0 1 10.80 4 0 0 5.0 8 6 6 0 2 4
Max Fried 0 2 4.09 5 1 0 11.0 9 6 5 3 7 10
José Ramírez 0 2 17.05 7 0 0 6.1 9 12 12 0 8 7

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Gwinnett Stripers International League Damon Berryhill
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Chris Maloney
A-Advanced Florida Fire Frogs Florida State League Luis Salazar
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Ralph "Rocket" Wheeler
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Barrett Kleinknecht
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Nestor Pérez
Rookie DSL Braves Dominican Summer League Francisco Santiesteban

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