It’s time to start talking about the Braves’ offense as the best since the Big Red Machine. Hyperbole? Not when you put what they are doing into context.
This is the toughest age to get a hit since the mound was lowered in 1969. The MLB batting average this year is .248. The only lower averages since the mound was lowered were in ’69, ’72 and 2020, ’21 and ’22. In this pitching-rich environment, the Braves are hitting .275, the highest by any team in the past six years.
You get the point. This is an outlier offense in today’s high-velocity, high-spin game. But enough about batting average. For a better perspective, the Braves’ adjusted OPS as compared to the rest of MLB is 129, meaning they are 29% better than league average.
