Yahoo! Sports · Mar 18, 2022
Atlanta isn’t resting on its laurels
Photo by Houston Astros/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesIt’s easy to brush off Atlanta’s 2021 World Series title as a fluke. The postseason is notoriously a crapshoot, and the team only won 88 games in the regular season. Considering a 90-win team missed the playoffs entirely, Atlanta had to be a bit fortunate especially since Mike Soroka and Ronald Acuña Jr. missed most of the year. If the Mets didn’t go into a tailspin, the NL East wouldn't have been up for grabs at the trade deadline. But give Atlanta credit for identifying an opportunity and going all in. They don’t win the World Series if they don’t go out and get Eddie Rosario, Jorge Soler, Adam Duvall, and Joc Pederson.