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2018 Atlanta Braves season

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2018 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkSunTrust Park
CityAtlanta
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place1st
OwnersLiberty Media/John Malone
General managersAlex Anthopoulos
ManagersBrian Snitker
TelevisionFox Sports Southeast
Fox Sports South
(Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy, Jeff Francoeur)
Radio680 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 NLDS.

Offseason

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October

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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

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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

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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

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Game log

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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

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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
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

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2018 National League record

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

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Game log

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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

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Playoff rosters
National League Division Series

Roster

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2018 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

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Source:[6]

Batting

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Braves GM John Coppolella Resigns Amid MLB Investigation Over International Signings". Sports Illustrated. October 2, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Braves hire former Dodgers, Blue Jays exec Alex Anthopoulos as GM". ESPN. November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "John Hart steps down as senior advisor for Braves". ESPN. November 17, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "Ex-Braves GM John Coppolella permanently banned; team loses prospects". ESPN. November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "Atlanta Braves 2017 Team Transactions". espn.com. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Atlanta Braves Sortable Player Stats". mlb.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 Atlanta Braves Sortable Player Stats". mlb.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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