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The Braves replaced Markakis on Tuesday by signing free agent outfielder Yasiel Puig. First baseman Freddie Freeman is also a question mark as he battled COVID-19 and it was a harrowing experience, enough to influence Markakis to sit out the season. Markakis elected not to play while Donaldson signed with the Twins in free agency. With the exception of outfielder Nick Markakis and third baseman Josh Donaldson, the Braves are bringing back largely the same roster that won 97 games and the NL East title last season. For now, though, here are who we expect to be on the Braves roster to begin the season: Catchers: In light of that, there is a great degree of latitude for which specific players will break summer camp. Teams will be permitted to add a 27th player for doubleheaders. Two weeks later, rosters must be reduced to 28 and then, two weeks after that, they must be reduced to 26. When the season opens on July 23-24, teams can sport rosters of up to 30 players, with a minimum of 25. First up: The Atlanta Braves roster and schedule: BRAVES ROSTER (projected)

Between now and the start of the season, we’ll be giving quick capsule previews of each team, reminding you of where things stood back in Spring Training and where they stand now as we embark on what is sure to be the strangest season in baseball history. Not much in the league is so closely equalized, but it seems as though wins relative to weighted average age is.The 2020 season is now a 60-game dash, starting on July 23 and ending, hopefully, with a full-size postseason in October. The biggest takeaways are the Reds, who jump up four spots, and the Pirates, who drop by three. Moving onto the National League, there’s a lot more movement, although much of it is just by a spot up or down. Especially in the American League, the top of the standings stays exactly the same, with the Rays and Orioles doing great work with relatively young rosters at 26.9 and 27.3 years old. We see a little more movement in this metric when we go to the league standings, but still, not a lot of change. MLB standings: League standings ordered by wins per average age of roster National League CentralĪnd finally, yet another division which falls exactly to form.

Pretty funny considering youth has been used as an excuse within the clubhouse for Oli Marmol’s struggles. The Reds come out on top here, with the Cardinals still falling in second. And of course, it’s the miserable NL Central. National League Eastįinally, a division that mixes it up a little. Moving onto the National League, we have yet another team that falls exactly to form. Part of that has to do with the ages being weighted by at-bats. Something interesting revealed itself here that I wasn’t necessarily expecting: There’s an equilibrium of sorts with roster ages and how teams perform that leads to very little change when you look at how teams rank within their divisions this way. American League CentralĪnd now a third division exactly to form, making the entire American League exactly true to form in this metric when looked through the lens of divisional standings. It also features one of just four teams in the league that falls below 1.0 in this metric. American League EastĪnother division that falls exactly to form in this metric is the AL Central. This division falls exactly to form with how the division is ordered today. We’ll start with the American League and make our way to the National League.įirst off, in the AL East, the Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles have significant youth yet still are winning plenty of games. Let’s take a look! MLB standings: Divisional standings ordered by wins per average age of roster So I thought it would be fun to take a look at things in terms of wins in relation to the age of the roster.įor this, I used the weighted age of team batters per Baseball Reference and the wins as of the morning of June 16th. These days, MLB standings are mostly falling to form with less jockeying around as the season chugs along into June. Proven MLB superstars, or youthful players with their ceilings yet to come? That’s the question for every MLB general manager, among other things (like how much to pay the guys!). Looking at which teams are using youth to their advantage, we find an interesting story in the details.