Regardless of what occurs in Thursday’s sequence finale at Washington, the Atlanta Braves could have nonetheless not misplaced a sequence this season.
Having gained two of the primary three video games of the four-game highway set, Atlanta is assured at worst a cut up. But a win would imply a fifth straight sequence victory, a 6-1 highway journey and pushing one other division foe additional under .500, nearer to the Mets and Phillies (nonetheless astonishing, by the way in which).
To try to accomplish that, the Braves are turning to former first-round choose JR Ritchie, whose choose was acquired within the commerce which despatched Drew Waters to Kansas City. After a sensational begin to the season in Triple-A, this will likely be fairly a litmus check to see the place Ritchie is at in his improvement in opposition to a surprisingly sturdy Nationals lineup.
