2020 Atlanta Braves season

The 2020 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 55th season in Atlanta, 150th overall, and fourth season at Truist Park.

2020 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record35–25 (.583)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersLiberty Media/John Malone
General managersAlex Anthopoulos
ManagersBrian Snitker
Local televisionFox Sports Southeast
Fox Sports South
(Chip Caray, Jeff Francoeur, Paul Byrd, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy, Joe Simpson)
Local radio680 The Fan
Rock 100.5
Atlanta Braves Radio Network
(Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[3] The Braves began the season at the New York Mets on July 24 and ended the season at home against the Boston Red Sox on September 27.

Due to the pandemic and the shortened season, Major League Baseball instituted certain rule changes which included the use of a universal designated hitter, a runner on second base to start extra innings, and a revised schedule.[4]

In a series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Marcell Ozuna and Adam Duvall became the first pair of teammates in MLB history to hit three home runs in consecutive games, Ozuna doing so on September 1 and Duvall on September 2.[5] In their game against the Miami Marlins on September 9, the Braves scored 29 runs, one short of the MLB record set by the Texas Rangers in 2007.[6] On September 22, the Braves clinched the NL East for the third straight year with a 11–1 win over the Miami Marlins.[7][8] They then swept the Cincinnati Reds in the 2020 National League Wild Card Series for their first post-season series win since the 2001 season. They also swept the Miami Marlins in the 2020 National League Division Series and advanced to the 2020 National League Championship Series, their first NLCS appearance since 2001. They lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS after leading 3–1.

The Braves led MLB in hits (556), doubles (130), runs batted in (338), on-base percentage (.349), on-base plus slugging (.832), total bases (1,001) and plate appearances (2,344).[9]

Offseason

October 2019

November 2019
  • November 4: Billy Hamilton and Julio Teheran had their options declined by the Braves and both players elected free agency.
  • November 8: Darren O'Day re-signed with the Braves on a one-year, $2.5 million contract with a club option for a second year.
  • November 14: Will Smith agreed on a three-year, $39 million contract. The deal includes a fourth year option worth $13 million with a $1 million buyout.
  • November 19: Chris Martin re-signed with the Braves on a two-year, $14 million contract.
  • November 24: Travis d'Arnaud signed a two-year, $16 million contract.

December 2019
  • December 3: Cole Hamels signed a one-year, $18 million contract.

January 2020
  • January 16: Adeiny Hechavarria re-signed with the Braves on a one-year, $1 million contract.
  • January 21: Marcell Ozuna signed a one-year, $18 million contract.

Regular season

National League East
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 3525 0.583 — 19–11 16–14
Miami Marlins 3129 0.517 4 11–15 20–14
Philadelphia Phillies 2832 0.467 7 19–13 9–19
Washington Nationals 2634 0.433 9 15–18 11–16
New York Mets 2634 0.433 9 12–17 14–17

National League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 4317 0.717
Atlanta Braves 3525 0.583
Chicago Cubs 3426 0.567


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 3723 0.617
St. Louis Cardinals 3028 0.517
Miami Marlins 3129 0.517


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 3129 0.517 +2
Milwaukee Brewers 2931 0.483 —
San Francisco Giants 2931 0.483 —
Philadelphia Phillies 2832 0.467 1
Washington Nationals 2634 0.433 3
New York Mets 2634 0.433 3
Colorado Rockies 2634 0.433 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 2535 0.417 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941 0.317 10

Record vs. opponents
2020 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team ATL MIA NYM PHI WSH AL
Atlanta —6–47–35–56–411–9
Miami 4–6—4–67–36–410–10
New York 3–76–4—4–64–69–11
Philadelphia 5–53–76–4—7–37–13
Washington 4–64–66–43–7—9–11

Opening Day starters
Name Pos.
Ronald Acuña Jr. RF
Ozzie Albies 2B
Freddie Freeman 1B
Marcell Ozuna LF
Matt Adams DH
Austin Riley 3B
Dansby Swanson SS
Ender Inciarte CF
Alex Jackson C
Mike Soroka SP

Game log

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season was shortened to 60 games with teams playing 10 games against each other member of their division while also playing four games against each team in the corresponding division in the other league. The Braves will, therefore, play 10 games against each team in their division and four games against each team in the American League East Division. On July 6, MLB announced the Braves' 60-game schedule which will begin on July 24 and end on September 27.

2020 Game Log: 35–25 (Home: 19–11; Away: 16–14)
July: 5–3 (Home: 3–0; Away: 2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/Streak
1July 24@ Mets0–1Lugo (1–0)Martin (0–1)Díaz (1)0–1L1
2July 25@ Mets5–3 (10)Jackson (1–0)Strickland (0–1)—1–1W1
3July 26@ Mets14–1Chacín (1–0)Porcello (0–1)—2–1W2
4July 27@ Rays5–14Castillo (1–0)Foltynewicz (0–1)—2–2L1
5July 28@ Rays2–5Fairbanks (1–0)Wright (0–1)Drake (2)2–3L2
6July 29Rays7–4O'Day (1–0)Drake (0–1)Melancon (1)3–3W1
7July 30Rays2–1Fried (1–0)Yarbrough (0–1)Melancon (2)4–3W2
8July 31Mets11–10Dayton (1–0)Lugo (1–1)Martin (1)5–3W3
August: 15–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/Streak
9August 1Mets7–1Tomlin (1–0)Wacha (1–1)—6–3W4
10August 2Mets4–0Matzek (1–0)Peterson (1–1)—7–3W5
11August 3Mets2–7deGrom (1–0)Soroka (0–1)—7–4L1
12August 4Blue Jays10–1Fried (2–0)Shoemaker (0–1)—8–4W1
13August 5Blue Jays1–2Ryu (1–1)Newcomb (0–1)Bass (2)8–5L1
14August 6Blue Jays4–3Melancon (1–0)Font (0–1)—9–5W1
15August 8@ Phillies0–5Arrieta (1–1)Wright (0–2)—9–6L1
16August 9@ Phillies5–2 (7)Matzek (2–0)Guerra (1–1)Melancon (3)10–6W1
17August 9@ Phillies8–0 (7)Fried (3–0)Howard (0–1)—11–6W2
18August 10@ Phillies8–13Nola (1–1)Newcomb (0–2)—11–7L1
19August 11@ Yankees6–9Montgomery (2–1)Toussaint (0–1)Britton (6)11–8L2
20August 12@ Yankees3–6Loáisiga (2–0)Matzek (2–1)Britton (7)11–9L3
21August 14@ Marlins2–8López (2–1)Wright (0–3)—11–10L4
22August 15@ Marlins2–1Smith (1–0)Kintzler (1–1)Melancon (4)12–10W1
23August 16@ Marlins4–0O'Day (2–0)Vincent (1–1)—13–10W2
24August 17Nationals7–6Smith (2–0)Hudson (1–2)—14–10W3
25August 18Nationals5–8Suero (1–0)Matzek (2–2)Hudson (5)14–11L1
26August 21Phillies11–2Fried (4–0)Nola (2–2)—15–11W1
27August 22Phillies6–5Melancon (2–0)Workman (0–1)—16–11W2
28August 23Phillies4–5Eflin (1–1)Tomlin (1–1)Workman (5)16–12L1
29August 26Yankees5–1 (7)Anderson (1–0)Cole (4–1)—17–12W1
30August 26Yankees2–1 (7)Fried (5–0)Green (2–1)Melancon (5)18–12W2
31August 28@ Phillies4–7 (11)Parker (2–0)Melancon (2–1)—18–13L1
32August 29@ Phillies1–4Eflin (2–1)Tomlin (1–2)Workman (7)18–14L2
33August 30@ Phillies12–10Minter (1–0)Arrieta (2–4)Melancon (6)19–14W1
34August 31@ Red Sox6–3Fried (6–0)Brewer (0–3)Melancon (7)20–14W2
September: 15–10 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/Streak
35September 1@ Red Sox10–3Anderson (2–0)Stock (0–1)—21–14W3
36September 2@ Red Sox7–5Matzek (3–2)Triggs (0–2)Melancon (8)22–14W4
37September 4Nationals7–1 (7)O'Day (3–0)Voth (0–5)—23–14W5
38September 4Nationals9–10 (7)Suero (2–0)Smith (2–1)Hudson (7)23–15L1
39September 5Nationals4–10McGowin (1–0)Matzek (3–3)—23–16L2
40September 6Nationals10–3Tomlin (2–2)Corbin (2–4)—24–16W1
41September 7Marlins4–5 (10)Kintzler (2–3)Minter (1–1)Vincent (3)24–17L1
42September 8Marlins0–8Sánchez (2–1)Wright (0–4)—24–18L2
43September 9Marlins29–9Dayton (2–0)López (3–4)Wilson (1)25–18W1
44September 10@ Nationals7–6Martin (1–1)Rainey (1–1)Melancon (9)26–18W2
45September 11@ Nationals7–8 (12)Bourque (1–0)Dayton (2–1)—26–19L1
46September 12@ Nationals2–1Anderson (3–0)Corbin (2–5)Melancon (10)27–19W1
47September 13@ Nationals8–4Wright (1–4)Scherzer (4–3)—28–19W2
48September 14@ Orioles1–14López (2–0)Toussaint (0–2)—28–20L1
49September 15@ Orioles5–1O'Day (4–0)Eshelman (3–1)—29–20W1
50September 16@ Orioles1–5Akin (1–1)Hamels (0–1)—29–21L1
51September 18@ Mets15–2Fried (7–0)Matz (0–5)—30–21W1
52September 19@ Mets2–7Peterson (5–2)Anderson (3–1)—30–22L1
53September 20@ Mets7–0Wright (2–4)Porcello (1–6)—31–22W1
54September 21Marlins5–4Matzek (4–3)Rogers (1–2)Melancon (11)32–22W2
55September 22Marlins11–1Wilson (1–0)Ureña (0–3)—33–22W3
56September 23Marlins9–4Jackson (2–0)Smith (1–1)—34–22W4
57September 24Marlins2–4López (6–4)Anderson (3–2)Kintzler (11)34–23L1
58September 25Red Sox8–7 (11)Greene (1–0)Springs (0–2)—35–23W1
59September 26Red Sox2–8Houck (3–0)Davidson (0–1)—35–24L1
60September 27Red Sox1–9Pivetta (2–0)Smith (2–2)—35–25L2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Braves team member

Roster

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting proposed shortened season, teams started the season with a 30-man roster. The rosters were reduce to 28 after two weeks and then to the new-normal roster size of 26 after that.

2020 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Dansby Swanson6023749651501035522.274.464
Marcell Ozuna6022838771401856038.338.636
Freddie Freeman6021451732311353245.341.640
Adam Duvall571903445801633015.237.532
Austin Riley51188244571827016.239.415
Travis d'Arnaud44165195380934116.321.533
Ronald Acuña Jr.4616046401101429838.250.581
Nick Markakis371301533150115010.254.392
Johan Camargo351201624804906.200.367
Ozzie Albies2911821325061935.271.466
Ender Inciarte46116172221110412.190.250
Tyler Flowers2269515601508.217.348
Adeiny Hechavarria2759715300204.254.305
Matt Adams164949202902.184.347
William Contreras41004100100.400.500
Alex Jackson5702100000.286.429
Charlie Culberson9721100100.143.286
Cristian Pache2401000000.250.250
Pablo Sandoval1200000002.000.000
Scott Schebler1100000000.000.000
Team Totals602074348556130310333823239.268.483

Source:

Pitching

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; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Max Fried702.251111056.04214141950
Josh Tomlin224.76175039.2402221836
Kyle Wright245.2188038.03523222430
Ian Anderson321.9566032.1211171441
Tyler Matzek432.79210029.023991043
Shane Greene102.60280027.22298921
Grant Dayton212.30180027.122971132
Luke Jackson206.84190026.13923201320
Touki Toussaint028.8875024.12728241630
Robbie Erlin008.4975023.1282222621
Mark Melancon212.782301122.22287714
Huascar Ynoa005.8295021.22314141317
A. J. Minter110.83220021.21532924
Chris Martin111.00190118.0832320
Darren O'Day401.10190016.1832522
Will Smith224.50180016.01188418
Bryse Wilson104.0262115.21877915
Michael Soroka013.9533013.2117678
Sean Newcomb0211.2044013.2201717610
Jacob Webb000.0080010.0720510
Tommy Milone0014.903309.222161629
Jhoulys Chacín107.202005.064433
Chad Sobotka0012.274003.265522
Mike Foltynewicz0116.201103.146643
Cole Hamels018.101103.133312
Chris Rusin008.101003.163333
Tucker Davidson0110.801101.237242
Patrick Weigel0027.001000.222230
Charlie Culberson000.001000.100000
Team Totals35254.41606013524.1494288257220506

Source:

Postseason

Game log
2020 postseason game log: 8–4 (Home: 5–2; Away: 3–2)
NLWCS: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1September 30Reds1–0 (13)Minter (1–0)Bradley (0–1)—1–0
2October 1Reds5–0Anderson (1–0)Castillo (0–1)—2–0
NLDS: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1October 6Marlins9–5Smith (1–0)Alcántara (0–1)—1–0
2October 7Marlins2–0Anderson (1–0)López (0–1)Melancon (1)2–0
3October 8@ Marlins7–0Wright (1–0)Sánchez (0–1)—3–0
all games played at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas
NLCS: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 12@ Dodgers5–1Smith (1–0)Treinen (0–1)—10,7001–0
2October 13@ Dodgers8–7Matzek (1–0)Gonsolin (0–1)Melancon (1)10,6242–0
3October 14Dodgers3–15Urías (1–0)Wright (0–1)—10,6642–1
4October 15Dodgers10–2Wilson (1–0)Kershaw (0–1)—11,0443–1
5October 16Dodgers3–7Treinen (1–1)Smith (1–1)—11,1193–2
6October 17@ Dodgers1–3Buehler (1–0)Fried (0–1)Jansen (1)10,7723–3
7October 18@ Dodgers3–4Urías (2–0)Martin (0–1)—10,9203–4
all games played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas

Postseason rosters
Playoff rosters
National League Wild Card Series
National League Division Series
National League Championship Series

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Gwinnett Stripers International League
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League
A-Advanced Florida Fire Frogs Florida State League
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League
Rookie DSL Braves Dominican Summer League

References
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  2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. Daniels, Tim. "MLB Rules, Format Changes for 60-Game 2020 Season Due to COVID-19". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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