2019 Atlanta Braves at 50 Wins
The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets 5-4 in a rain-delayed game yesterday. It was Atlanta’s 50th win of the season. As of today, only five out of the 30 major league teams have that many wins. The Los Angeles Dodgers, arguably the best team in baseball at this point in the 2019 season, have 56 wins and won their 50th back on June 19. The surprising Minnesota Twins got to 50 on June 21. The Yankees did it on June 24, followed by the Houston Astros on June 25. Yesterday the Braves joined this elite club. Every team will win at least 50 games this year. Tommy Lasorda famously quipped: “No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.” And that is true. But winning 50 games before most any other does is one indicator of how good a team you have – to this point of the long season. The Braves are in the midst of