Patience has been preached, but the Braves find themselves in a position where restraint is being tested as they tread waters they haven’t since the days of the rebuild.
Regardless of the outcome of Thursday’s series finale against the Blue Jays, Atlanta is a below .500 team this deep into the season for the first time since 2017, when they would go on to drop 90 games. They haven’t made the postseason with a losing record at this stage since 2010, and FanGraphs’ latest odds give the Braves just a 31.9 percent chance of making it to October.