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Atlanta Braves and the impact of the tie

How might the Atlanta Braves fare in the event that MLB opts to allow for games to end in ties later this year?

Yes, that's a big-time hypothetical assumption, but in the interest of cramming more games into fewer days while avoiding the distasteful possibility of ruining bullpen arms with lots of extra-inning games, ties are one possible solution for 2020.

With that as a backdrop, one of the writers for TheAthletic who happens to favor this desecration of All That Is Good and Decent about baseball (I speak not of the Designated Hitter at this time) decided to do the dirty work (subscription required) and figure out how the 2019 season would have turned out if all games going to extra innings had been stopped and declared as ties.