Their 349-264 record since the start of the 2018 season ranks fifth best in the majors behind the Dodgers, Yankees, Astros and Rays. The Braves are the only team from that group to win four consecutive division titles. Only the Dodgers, with two pennants and one championship, bested the Braves’ one pennant and one title.
There’s still a chance we eventually will be talking about a new Braves dynasty. The Braves are built to win for years to come because they are winning with a roster heavy on young players. That doesn’t mean winning is inevitable. Injuries and underperformance are variables that are hard to predict. But the Braves can put so much young talent on the field for the next several seasons that it’s reasonable to believe this run is far from over.
This season’s Braves have four position players ranked among the top 100 in the majors for FanGraphs’ Wins Above Replacement: Dansby Swanson (10th), Austin Riley (28th), Matt Olson (70th) and Ozzie Albies (81st). Four Braves pitchers are in the top 100: Max Fried (fourth), Kyle Wright (11th), Ian Anderson (79th) and Charlie Morton (81st). Morton is 38 years old. The other seven players are no older than 28, the age at which production tends to start declining for players in the aggregate.
