2018 Atlanta Braves season

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 NLDS.

2018 Atlanta Braves
National League East champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	SunTrust Park
City	Atlanta
Record	90–72 (.556)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Liberty Media/John Malone
General managers	Alex Anthopoulos
Managers	Brian Snitker
Television	Fox Sports Southeast Fox Sports South (Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy, Jeff Francoeur)
Radio	680 The Fan Rock 100.5 Atlanta Braves Radio Network (Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Mark Lemke, Jeff Francoeur)
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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)
March/April: 16–11 (Home: 8–4; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 1 March 29 Phillies 8–5 Vizcaíno (1–0) Neris (0–1) — 40,208 1–0 W1 2 March 30 Phillies 4–5 (11) Hutchison (1–0) Carle (0–1) — 35,123 1–1 L1 3 March 31 Phillies 15–2 McCarthy (1–0) Velasquez (0–1) — 37,777 2–1 W1 4 April 2 Nationals 1–8 Roark (1–0) Newcomb (0–1) — 25,054 2–2 L1 5 April 3 Nationals 13–6 Carle (1–1) Cole (0–1) — 26,782 3–2 W1 6 April 4 Nationals 7–1 Foltynewicz (1–0) Scherzer (1–1) — 29,834 4–2 W2 7 April 6 @ Rockies 8–3 McCarthy (2–0) Márquez (0–1) — 48,216 5–2 W3 8 April 7 @ Rockies 2–3 (10) Ottavino (2–0) Vizcaíno (1–1) — 40,120 5–3 L1 9 April 8 @ Rockies 4–0 Newcomb (1–1) Freeland (0–2) — 42,031 6–3 W1 10 April 9 @ Nationals 0–2 Scherzer (2–1) Teherán (0–1) — 19,528 6–4 L1 11 April 10 @ Nationals 1–4 Strasburg (2–1) Foltynewicz (1–1) Madson (1) 19,357 6–5 L2 12 April 11 @ Nationals 5–3 (12) Carle (2–1) Madson (0–1) — 21,109 7–5 W1 13 April 13 @ Cubs 4–0 Sánchez (1–0) Darvish (0–1) — 29,775 8–5 W2 14 April 14 @ Cubs 10–14 Wilson (1–0) Ramirez (0–1) — 36,788 8–6 L1 — April 15 @ Cubs Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 14 15 April 16 Phillies 2–1 Teherán (1–1) Nola (1–1) Vizcaíno (1) 17,812 9–6 W1 16 April 17 Phillies 1–5 Neris (1–1) Ramirez (0–2) — 17,913 9–7 L1 17 April 18 Phillies 7–3 McCarthy (3–0) Velasquez (1–2) — 22,135 10–7 W1 18 April 19 Mets 12–4 Wisler (1–0) Harvey (0–2) — 23,610 11–7 W2 19 April 20 Mets 3–5 (12) Gsellman (2–0) Ravin (0–1) Familia (8) 39,016 11–8 L1 20 April 21 Mets 4–3 Biddle (1–0) Familia (1–1) — 41,396 12–8 W1 — April 22 Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 28 21 April 23 @ Reds 4–10 Romano (1–2) Freeman (0–1) Iglesias (3) 9,463 12–9 L1 22 April 24 @ Reds 7–9 (12) Hughes (1–2) Fried (0–1) — 14,139 12–10 L2 23 April 25 @ Reds 4–3 Winkler (1–0) Shackelford (0–1) Minter (1) 13,113 13–10 W1 24 April 26 @ Reds 7–4 Freeman (1–1) Peralta (1–1) Vizcaíno (2) 11,919 14–10 W2 25 April 27 @ Phillies 3–7 Nola (3–1) Fried (0–2) — 27,076 14–11 L1 26 April 28 @ Phillies 4–1 Foltynewicz (2–1) Pivetta (1–1) Vizcaíno (3) 27,794 15–11 W1 27 April 29 @ Phillies 10–1 McCarthy (4–0) Velasquez (1–4) — 31,010 16–11 W2
May: 17–12 (Home: 6–7; Away: 11–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 28 May 1 @ Mets 3–2 Soroka (1–0) Syndergaard (2–1) Vizcaíno (4) 22,527 17–11 W3 29 May 2 @ Mets 7–0 Newcomb (2–1) Sewald (0–2) — 23,528 18–11 W4 30 May 3 @ Mets 11–0 Teherán (2–1) Vargas (0–2) — 26,882 19–11 W5 31 May 4 Giants 4–9 Stratton (3–2) Foltynewicz (2–2) — 41,807 19–12 L1 32 May 5 Giants 2–11 Blach (3–3) McCarthy (4–1) — 38,264 19–13 L2 33 May 6 Giants 3–4 Suárez (1–1) Soroka (1–1) Strickland (8) 37,896 19–14 L3 34 May 8 @ Rays 1–0 Newcomb (3–1) Snell (4–2) Vizcaíno (5) 15,382 20–14 W1 35 May 9 @ Rays 5–2 Teherán (3–1) Yarbrough (2–2) Vizcaíno (6) 12,082 21–14 W2 36 May 10 @ Marlins 9–2 Foltynewicz (3–2) Smith (2–4) Gohara (1) 8,277 22–14 W3 37 May 11 @ Marlins 3–6 Straily (1–0) McCarthy (4–2) Ziegler (5) 9,149 22–15 L1 38 May 12 @ Marlins 10–5 Minter (1–0) Steckenrider (1–1) — 12,383 23–15 W1 39 May 13 @ Marlins 4–3 Newcomb (4–1) Ureña (0–6) Vizcaíno (7) 7,435 24–15 W2 40 May 14 @ Cubs 6–5 Teherán (4–1) Quintana (4–3) Minter (2) 35,946 25–15 W3 41 May 15 Cubs 2–3 Edwards Jr. (2–0) Vizcaíno (1–2) Morrow (10) 34,452 25–16 L1 42 May 16 Cubs 4–1 Minter (2–0) Edwards Jr. (2–1) Vizcaíno (8) 28,264 26–16 W1 — May 17 Cubs Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 30 43 May 18 Marlins 0–2 Straily (2–0) Wisler (1–1) Ziegler (8) 27,705 26–17 L1 44 May 19 Marlins 8–1 Newcomb (5–1) Ureña (0–7) — 37,715 27–17 W1 45 May 20 Marlins 10–9 Minter (3–0) Guerrero (0–2) — 28,352 28–17 W2 46 May 21 @ Phillies 0–3 Pivetta (4–2) Foltynewicz (3–3) Neris (9) 21,284 28–18 L1 47 May 22 @ Phillies 3–1 McCarthy (5–2) Velasquez (4–5) Vizcaíno (9) 18,545 29–18 W1 48 May 23 @ Phillies 0–4 Arrieta (4–2) Gohara (0–1) — 27,647 29–19 L1 49 May 25 @ Red Sox 2–6 Rodríguez (5–1) Teherán (4–2) — 37,008 29–20 L2 50 May 26 @ Red Sox 6–8 Wright (1–0) Freeman (1–2) Kimbrel (16) 36,510 29–21 L3 51 May 27 @ Red Sox 7–1 Foltynewicz (4–3) Sale (5–2) — 36,543 30–21 W1 52 May 28 (1) Mets 4–3 Carle (3–1) Lugo (1–1) — 32,377 31–21 W2 53 May 28 (2) Mets 5–8 Gsellman (5-1) Minter (3-1) Familia (14) 31,779 31–22 L1 54 May 29 Mets 7–6 Winkler (2–0) Bautista (0–1) — 19,443 32–22 W1 55 May 30 Mets 1–4 Vargas (2–3) Teherán (4–3) Gsellman (2) 21,449 32–23 L1 56 May 31 Nationals 4–2 Newcomb (6–1) Roark (2–5) Vizcaíno (10) 22,380 33–23 W1
June: 14–11 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 57 June 1 Nationals 4–0 Foltynewicz (5–3) Strasburg (6–5) — 33,845 34–23 W2 58 June 2 Nationals 3–5 (14) Miller (2–0) Socolovich (0–1) Doolittle (14) 39,578 34–24 L1 59 June 3 Nationals 4–2 Vizcaíno (2–2) Roark (2–6) – 33,132 35–24 W1 60 June 4 @ Padres 4–11 Richard (4–6) Teherán (4–4) — 19,419 35–25 L1 61 June 5 @ Padres 14–1 Newcomb (7–1) Lyles (2–2) Jackson (1) 21,049 36–25 W1 62 June 6 @ Padres 1–3 Castillo (1–0) Foltynewicz (5–4) Hand (18) 20,898 36–26 L1 63 June 8 @ Dodgers 3–7 Buehler (4–1) McCarthy (5–3) — 47,262 36–27 L2 64 June 9 @ Dodgers 5–3 Sánchez (2–0) Wood (1–5) Vizcaíno (11) 52,718 37–27 W1 65 June 10 @ Dodgers 2–7 Stripling (5–1) Newcomb (7–2) — 47,711 37–28 L1 66 June 12 Mets 8–2 Carle (4–1) Wheeler (2–5) — 29,892 38–28 W1 67 June 13 Mets 2–0 Soroka (2–1) deGrom (4–2) Vizcaíno (12) 32,015 39–28 W2 68 June 14 Padres 4–2 Sánchez (3–0) Ross (5–4) Vizcaíno (13) 25,250 40–28 W3 69 June 15 Padres 3–9 Richard (6–6) Freeman (1–3) — 41,497 40–29 L1 70 June 16 Padres 1–0 Newcomb (8–2) Lyles (2–4) Vizcaíno (14) 41,916 41–29 W1 71 June 17 Padres 4–1 Teherán (5–4) Castillo (1–1) Vizcaíno (15) 40,251 42–29 W2 72 June 19 @ Blue Jays 11–4 Freeman (2–3) García (2–6) — 32,466 43–29 W3 73 June 20 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Happ (9–3) Sánchez (3–1) Tepera (5) 45,563 43–30 L1 74 June 22 Orioles 7–10 (15) Wright (1–0) Moylan (0–1) — 37,192 43–31 L2 75 June 23 Orioles 5–7 Bundy (6–7) Teherán (5–5) Britton (1) 40,333 43–32 L3 76 June 24 Orioles 7–3 McCarthy (6–3) Hess (2–4) — 33,794 44–32 W1 77 June 25 Reds 5–4 (11) Jackson (1–0) Floro (2–2) — 27,851 45–32 W2 78 June 26 Reds 3–5 Harvey (3–5) Sánchez (3–2) Iglesias (14) 28,356 45–33 L1 79 June 27 Reds 5–6 Stephens (2–0) Freeman (2–4) Iglesias (15) 30,207 45–34 L2 80 June 29 @ Cardinals 5–1 Teherán (6–5) Mikolas (8–3) Winkler (1) 46,226 46–34 W1 81 June 30 @ Cardinals 11–4 Fried (1–2) Weaver (4–7) — 46,667 47–34 W2
July: 10–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 82 July 1 @ Cardinals 6–5 Foltynewicz (6–4) Gant (2–3) Minter (3) 46,448 48–34 W3 83 July 2 @ Yankees 5–3 (11) Biddle (2–0) Robertson (5–3) Minter (4) 43,792 49–34 W4 84 July 3 @ Yankees 5–8 Cole (3–1) Newcomb (8–3) Chapman (24) 45,448 49–35 L1 85 July 4 @ Yankees 2–6 Sabathia (6–3) Teherán (6–6) — 46,658 49–36 L2 86 July 5 @ Brewers 2–7 Chacín (7–3) Fried (1–3) Jennings (1) 27,557 49–37 L3 87 July 6 @ Brewers 4–5 Peralta (4–1) Foltynewicz (6–5) Knebel (11) 31,452 49–38 L4 88 July 7 @ Brewers 5–1 Sánchez (4–2) Wilkerson (0–1) — 38,813 50–38 W1 89 July 8 @ Brewers 3–10 Guerra (6–5) Newcomb (8–4) — 43,262 50–39 L1 90 July 10 Blue Jays 2–6 Stroman (2–6) Minter (3–2) — 31,747 50–40 L2 91 July 11 Blue Jays 9–5 Foltynewicz (7–5) Gaviglio (2–3) — 27,839 51–40 W1 92 July 13 Diamondbacks 1–2 Godley (11–6) Freeman (2–5) Boxberger (23) 42,130 51-41 L1 93 July 14 Diamondbacks 0–3 Greinke (10–5) Newcomb (8–5) Boxberger (24) 40,862 51-42 L2 94 July 15 Diamondbacks 5–1 Teherán (7–6) Corbin (6–4) — 27,323 52-42 W1 89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. 95 July 20 @ Nationals 8–5 Sánchez (5–2) Strasburg (6–7) Minter (5) 41,008 53-42 W2 — July 21 @ Nationals Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for August 7 as part of a doubleheader. 96 July 22 @ Nationals 2–6 Scherzer (13–5) Foltynewicz (7–6) Herrera (15) 39,063 53-43 L1 97 July 23 @ Marlins 12–1 Newcomb (9–5) Ureña (2–10) — 8.259 54–43 W1 98 July 24 @ Marlins 3–9 Chen (3–7) Teherán (7–7) — 21,673 54–44 L1 99 July 26 Dodgers 2–8 Hill (4–4) Sánchez (5–3) — 40,706 54–45 L2 100 July 27 Dodgers 1–4 Kershaw (4–5) Foltynewicz (7–7) Jansen (30) 41,647 54–46 L3 101 July 28 Dodgers 1–5 Wood (7–5) Fried (1–4) – 41, 758 54–47 L4 102 July 29 Dodgers 4–1 Newcomb (10–5) Stirpling (8–3) — 40,303 55–47 W1 103 July 30 Marlins 5–3 Teherán (8–7) Chen (3–8) Minter (6) 21,230 56–47 W2 104 July 31 Marlins 11–6 Allard (1–0) Straily (4–5) — 18,627 57–47 W3
August: 17–13 (Home: 7–8; Away: 10–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak — August 1 Marlins Postponed (rain); Rescheduled for August 13 as part of a doubleheader. 105 August 2 @ Mets 4–2 Foltynewicz (8–7) Vargas (2–7) Minter (7) 24,525 58–47 W4 106 August 3 @ Mets 2–1 Sánchez (6–3) deGrom (5–7) Minter (8) 25,101 59–47 W5 107 August 4 @ Mets 0–3 Wheeler (6–6) Gausman (5–9) Gsellman (6) 36,946 59–48 L1 108 August 5 @ Mets 5–4 Minter (4–5) Bashlor (0–1) Biddle (1) 27,134 60–48 W1 109 August 7 (1) @ Nationals 3–8 Rodríguez (1–0) Allard (1–1) — 26,965 60–49 L1 110 August 7 (2) @ Nationals 3–1 Biddle (3–0) Herrera (2–3) Minter (9) 28,970 61–49 W1 111 August 8 @ Nationals 8–3 Foltynewicz (9–7) Milone (1–1) — 30,203 62–49 W2 112 August 9 @ Nationals 3–6 González (7–8) Parsons (0–1) — 28,347 62–50 L1 113 August 10 Brewers 10–1 Gausman (6–9) Peralta (5–3) — 36,519 63–50 W1 114 August 11 Brewers 2–4 Burnes (3–0) Biddle (3–1) Hader (9) 40,297 63–51 L1 115 August 12 Brewers 8–7 Venters (2–1) Jennings (4–4) Minter (10) 25,360 64–51 W1 116 August 13 (1) Marlins 9–1 Toussaint (1–0) López (2–3) — 16,049 65–51 W2 117 August 13 (2) Marlins 6–1 Foltynewicz (10–7) González (2–1) — 18,186 66–51 W3 118 August 14 Marlins 10–6 Biddle (4–1) Conley (3–3) — 19,409 67–51 W4 119 August 15 Marlins 5–2 Gausman (7–9) García (1-2) Minter (11) 19,045 68-51 W5 120 August 16 Rockies 3–5 Oh (5–3) Brach (1–3) Davis (33) 23,428 68-52 L1 121 August 17 Rockies 5–11 Freeland (11–7) Newcomb (10–6) — 28,964 68-53 L2 122 August 18 Rockies 3–5 (10) Ottavino (5–2) Jackson (1–1) Davis (34) 42,143 68-54 L3 123 August 19 Rockies 2–4 Márquez (11–9) Sánchez (6–4) Davis (35) 33,942 68-55 L4 124 August 20 @ Pirates 1–0 Wilson (1–0) Archer (4–6) Winkler (2) 16,445 69-55 W1 125 August 21 @ Pirates 6–1 Gausman (8–9) Nova (7–8) — 13,280 70-55 W2 126 August 22 @ Pirates 2–1 Teherán (9–7) Crick (2–2) Venters (2) 14,249 71-55 W3 127 August 23 @ Marlins 5–0 Newcomb (11–6) Hernandez (2–7) — 6,587 72-55 W4 128 August 24 @ Marlins 0–1 Straily (5–6) Foltynewicz (10–8) Conley (2) 7,792 72-56 L1 129 August 25 @ Marlins 1–3 Chen (5–9) Sánchez (6–5) Steckenrider (2) 7,823 72-57 L2 130 August 26 @ Marlins 4–0 Gausman (9–9) López (2–4) — 12,770 73-57 W1 131 August 28 Rays 9–5 Brach (2–3) Roe (1–3) — 21,216 74-57 W2 132 August 29 Rays 5–8 Beeks (4–1) Newcomb (11–7) Alvarado (6) 20,876 74-58 L1 133 August 30 Cubs 4–5 Kintzler (2–3) Foltynewicz (10–9) Strop (11) 37,603 74-59 L2 134 August 31 Pirates 2–3 Taillon (11–9) Brach (2–4) Vázquez (29) 36,650 74-60 L3
September: 16–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 135 September 1 Pirates 5–3 Venters (3–1) Kela (3–4) Minter (12) 33,705 75–60 W1 136 September 2 Pirates 5–1 Venters (4–1) Brault (3–1) — 37,475 76–60 W2 137 September 3 Red Sox 2–8 Workman (3–0) Toussaint (1–1) — 40,394 76–61 L1 138 September 4 Red Sox 1–5 Porcello (16–7) Newcomb (11–8) — 35,333 76–62 L2 139 September 5 Red Sox 8–9 Workman (4–0) Minter (4–3) Kimbrel (38) 28,386 76–63 L3 140 September 6 @ Diamondbacks 7–6 (10) Biddle (5–1) Boxberger (2–6) Brach (12) 21,903 77–63 W1 141 September 7 @ Diamondbacks 3–5 Corbin (11–5) Gausman (9–10) Boxberger(32) 31,308 77–64 L1 142 September 8 @ Diamondbacks 5–4 (10) Sobotka (1–0) Chafin (1–5) Minter (13) 40,482 78–64 W1 143 September 9 @ Diamondbacks 9–5 Freeman (3–5) Boxberger (2–7) — 28,339 79–64 W2 144 September 10 @ Giants 4–1 Newcomb (12–8) Rodríguez (6–3) Minter (14) 35,996 80–64 W3 145 September 11 @ Giants 4–1 Foltynewicz (11-9) Suarez (6–11) — 35,285 81–64 W4 146 September 12 @ Giants 2–1 Winkler (3-0) Smith (2-3) Venters (3) 38,156 82–64 W5 147 September 14 Nationals 10–5 Gausman (10–10) Scherzer (17–7) — 39,268 83–64 W6 148 September 15 Nationals 1–7 Rodríguez (3–2) Teherán (9–8) — 36,050 83–65 L1 149 September 16 Nationals 4–6 Roark (9–15) Newcomb (12–9) Doolittle (24) 33,403 83–66 L2 150 September 17 Cardinals 6–11 Mikolas (16–4) Foltynewicz (11–10) — 24,304 83–67 L3 151 September 18 Cardinals 1–8 Gomber (6–1) Sánchez (6–6) — 23,083 83–68 L4 152 September 19 Cardinals 7–3 Toussaint (2–1) Flaherty (8–8) — 25,195 84–68 W1 153 September 20 Phillies 8–3 Biddle (6–1) Hunter (4–4) — 27,474 85–68 W2 154 September 21 Phillies 6–5 Venters (5–1) Neshek (3–2) Minter (15) 34,370 86–68 W3 155 September 22 Phillies 5–3 Foltynewicz (12-10) Arrieta (10-10) Vizcaino (16) 35,616 87–68 W4 156 September 23 Phillies 2–1 Sánchez (7-6) Nola (16-6) Carle (1) 34,214 88–68 W5 157 September 25 @ Mets 7–3 Winkler (4–0) Gsellman (6–3) — 21,943 89–68 W6 158 September 26 @ Mets 0–3 deGrom (10–9) Jackson (1–2) Lugo (3) 23,205 89–69 L1 159 September 27 @ Mets 1–4 Vargas (7–2) Teherán (9–9) Gsellman (13) 24,824 89–70 L2 160 September 28 @ Phillies 10–2 Foltynewicz (13–10) Eickhoff (0–1) — 24,306 90–70 W1 161 September 29 @ Phillies 0–3 Nola (17–6) Venters (5–2) Domínguez (15) 30,886 90–71 L1 162 September 30 @ Phillies 1–3 Hunter (5–4) Gausman (10–11) Domínguez (16) 34,202 90–72 L2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Braves team member

Season standings

National League East

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	90	72	.556	—	43‍–‍38	47‍–‍34
Washington Nationals	82	80	.506	8	41‍–‍40	41‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	10	49‍–‍32	31‍–‍50
New York Mets	77	85	.475	13	37‍–‍44	40‍–‍41
Miami Marlins	63	98	.391	26½	38‍–‍43	25‍–‍55

National League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Milwaukee Brewers	96	67	.589
Los Angeles Dodgers	92	71	.564
Atlanta Braves	90	72	.556

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago Cubs	95	68	.583	+4
Colorado Rockies	91	72	.558	—
St. Louis Cardinals	88	74	.543	2½
Pittsburgh Pirates	82	79	.509	8
Arizona Diamondbacks	82	80	.506	8½
Washington Nationals	82	80	.506	8½
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	10½
New York Mets	77	85	.475	13½
San Francisco Giants	73	89	.451	17½
Cincinnati Reds	67	95	.414	23½
San Diego Padres	66	96	.407	24½
Miami Marlins	63	98	.391	27

Record vs. opponents

2018 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–4	3–4	3–3	8–11	11–8	6–1	1–5	2–5	4–2	6–1	12–7	8–11	3–3	2–5	10–10
Atlanta	4–3	—	3–3	3–4	2–5	2–5	14–5	3–4	13–6	12–7	5–1	4–3	3–3	4–2	10–9	8–12
Chicago	4–3	3–3	—	11–8	3–3	4–3	5–2	11–9	6–1	4–2	10–9	5–2	3–3	9–10	4–3	13–7
Cincinnati	3–3	4–3	8–11	—	2–4	6–1	2–5	6–13	3–3	3–4	5–14	3–4	4–2	7–12	1–6	10–10
Colorado	11–8	5–2	3–3	4–2	—	7–13	2–4	2–5	6–1	5–2	3–3	11–8	12–7	2–5	5–2	13–7
Los Angeles	8–11	5–2	3–4	1–6	13–7	—	2–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	5–1	14–5	10–9	3–4	5–1	12–8
Miami	1–6	5–14	2–5	5–2	4–2	4–2	—	2–5	7–12	8–11	1–4	2–5	4–3	3–3	6–13	9–11
Milwaukee	5–1	4–3	9–11	13–6	5–2	3–4	5–2	—	4–3	3–3	7–12	4–2	6–1	11–8	4–2	13–7
New York	5–2	6–13	1–6	3–3	1–6	2–4	12–7	3–4	—	11–8	3–4	4–2	4–3	3–3	11–8	8–12
Philadelphia	2–4	7–12	2–4	4–3	2–5	4–3	11–8	3–3	8–11	—	6–1	3–3	4–3	4–3	8–11	12–8
Pittsburgh	1–6	1–5	9–10	14–5	3–3	1–5	4–1	12–7	4–3	1–6	—	3–4	4–3	8–11	2–5	15–5
San Diego	7–12	3–4	2–5	4–3	8–11	5–14	5–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	4–3	—	8–11	4–3	2–4	7–13
San Francisco	11–8	3–3	3–3	2–4	7–12	9–10	3–4	1–6	3–4	3–4	3–4	11–8	—	2–5	4–2	8–12
St. Louis	3–3	2–4	10–9	12–7	5–2	4–3	3–3	8–11	3–3	3–4	11–8	3–4	5–2	—	5–2	11–9
Washington	5–2	9–10	3–4	6–1	2–5	1–5	13–6	2–4	8–11	11–8	5–2	4–2	2–4	2–5	—	9–11

The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.

Ronald Acuña Jr. (left) and Johan Camargo (right) signing autographs, September 18, 2018

Postseason

Game log

2018 postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2)
NLDS: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 4 @ Dodgers 0–6 Ryu (1–0) Foltynewicz (0–1) — 59,947 0–1 2 October 5 @ Dodgers 0–3 Kershaw (1–0) Sánchez (0–1) Jansen (1) 54,452 0–2 3 October 7 Dodgers 6–5 Toussaint (1–0) Wood (0–1) Vizcaíno (1) 42,385 1–2 4 October 8 Dodgers 2–6 Madson (1–0) Venters (0–1) — 39,586 1–3

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

National League Division Series Pitchers: 15 Sean Newcomb 19 Aníbal Sánchez 26 Mike Foltynewicz 33 A. J. Minter 38 Arodys Vizcaíno 45 Kevin Gausman 46 Brad Brach 48 Jonny Venters 49 Julio Teherán 54 Max Fried 61 Chad Sobotka 62 Touki Toussaint Catchers: 12 René Rivera 24 Kurt Suzuki 25 Tyler Flowers Infielders: 1 Ozzie Albies 5 Freddie Freeman 16 Charlie Culberson 17 Johan Camargo 20 Lucas Duda 27 Ryan Flaherty Outfielders: 11 Ender Inciarte 13 Ronald Acuña Jr. 18 Lane Adams 22 Nick Markakis

Roster

2018 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 36 Kolby Allard 63 Jesse Biddle 46 Brad Brach 57 Rex Brothers 51 Shane Carle 26 Mike Foltynewicz 39 Sam Freeman 54 Max Fried 45 Kevin Gausman 53 Luiz Gohara 64 Luke Jackson 32 Brandon McCarthy 68 Adam McCreery 33 A. J. Minter 30 Peter Moylan 15 Sean Newcomb 67 Wes Parsons 61 Evan Phillips 52 José Ramírez 71 Josh Ravin 19 Aníbal Sánchez 50 Lucas Sims 61 Chad Sobotka 48 Miguel Socolovich 40 Mike Soroka 49 Julio Teherán 62 Touki Toussaint 48 Jonny Venters 38 Arodys Vizcaíno 46 Chase Whitley 72 Bryse Wilson 58 Daniel Winkler 45 Matt Wisler 73 Kyle Wright		Catchers 25 Tyler Flowers 61 Carlos Pérez 12 René Rivera  8 Chris Stewart 24 Kurt Suzuki Infielders  1 Ozzie Albies 23 José Bautista 17 Johan Camargo 16 Charlie Culberson 20 Lucas Duda 27 Ryan Flaherty  5 Freddie Freeman 14 Rio Ruiz  7 Dansby Swanson		Outfielders 13 Ronald Acuña Jr. 18 Lane Adams 12 Peter Bourjos 23 Adam Duvall 11 Ender Inciarte 22 Nick Markakis 57 Michael Reed 23 Danny Santana 8,20 Preston Tucker Other batters 18 Dustin Peterson		Manager 43 Brian Snitker Coaches 59 José Castro (assistant hitting) 60 Sal Fasano (catching coach) 55 Chuck Hernandez (pitching) 34 Marty Reed (bullpen) 28 Kevin Seitzer (hitting) -- Dave Wallace (special assistant to pitching) 37 Ron Washington (third base)  4 Walt Weiss (bench) 99 José Yepez (bullpen catcher)  2 Eric Young (first base)

Statistics

Source:^[6]

Batting

Players in bold are on the active MLB roster as of the 2022 season.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; 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
Adam Duvall	33	53	8	7	1	0	0	0	.132	.193	.151	0
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
Lucas Duda	20	18	1	4	2	0	1	2	.222	.364	.500	0
Rio Ruiz	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.083	.267	.083	0
Chris Stewart	5	14	3	3	0	0	0	3	.214	.250	.214	0
Michael Reed	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	0
Dustin Peterson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Pitcher Totals	162	283	13	23	5	0	1	12	.081	.106	.110	0
Team Totals	162	5582	759	1433	314	29	175	717	.257	.324	.417	90

Pitching

Source:^[7]

Players in bold are on the active MLB roster as of 2022.

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; 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	12	9	3.90	31	30	0	164.0	137	74	71	18	81	160
Brandon McCarthy	6	3	4.92	15	15	0	78.2	94	45	43	15	21	65
Mike Foltynewicz	13	10	2.85	31	31	0	183.0	130	65	58	17	68	202
Julio Teherán	9	9	3.94	31	31	0	175.2	122	80	77	26	84	162
Kevin Gausman	5	3	2.87	10	10	0	59.2	50	23	19	5	18	44
Shane Carle	4	1	2.86	53	0	1	63.0	50	22	20	2	27	43
A. J. Minter	4	3	3.23	65	0	15	61.1	57	23	22	3	22	69
Aníbal Sánchez	7	6	2.83	25	24	0	136.2	106	48	43	15	42	135
Dan Winkler	4	0	3.43	69	0	2	60.1	52	27	23	3	20	69
Mike Soroka	2	1	3.51	5	5	0	25.2	30	14	10	1	7	21
Arodys Vizcaíno	2	2	2.11	39	0	16	38.1	30	9	9	4	15	40
Sam Freeman	3	5	4.29	63	0	0	50.1	41	26	24	3	32	58
Jesse Biddle	6	1	3.11	60	0	1	63.2	50	26	22	6	31	67
Luke Jackson	1	2	4.43	35	0	1	40.2	41	22	20	3	21	46
Matt Wisler	1	1	5.40	7	3	0	26.2	30	16	16	6	5	21
Rex Brothers	0	0	inf	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	1	0	2	0
Touki Toussaint	2	1	4.03	7	5	0	29.0	18	13	13	1	21	32
Brad Brach	1	2	1.52	27	0	1	23.2	22	8	4	1	9	22
Jonny Venters	4	1	3.54	28	0	2	20.1	15	9	8	0	10	16
Chad Sobotka	1	0	1.88	14	0	0	14.1	5	3	3	2	9	21
Kolby Allard	1	1	12.38	3	1	0	8.0	19	12	11	3	4	3
Bryse Wilson	1	0	6.43	3	1	0	7.0	8	5	5	0	6	6
Evan Phillips	0	0	8.53	4	0	0	6.1	6	6	6	3	4	3
Kyle Wright	0	0	4.50	4	0	0	6.0	4	3	3	2	6	5
Wes Parsons	0	1	7.20	1	0	0	5.0	6	4	4	1	3	3
Charlie Culberson	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
Adam McCreery	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	2
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	5.95	9	1	1	19.2	16	13	13	3	8	18
Peter Moylan	0	1	4.45	39	0	0	28.1	32	14	14	4	18	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	1	4	2.94	14	5	0	33.2	26	12	11	3	20	44
José Ramírez	0	2	17.05	7	0	0	6.1	9	12	12	0	8	7
Team Totals	90	72	3.75	162	162	40	1456.2	1236	657	607	153	635	1423

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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