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The Atlanta Braves and the cold, hard math of the NL East

We don't need a supercomputer to figure out the Atlanta Braves chances in the NL East, but here's a picture of one anyway. (Photo by Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images)

At 37-40 on the year, the season isn’t over for the Atlanta Braves, but as we’re nearly at the halfway point, some things are going to have to change.

We expected that the NL East was going to involve some tough sledding for the Atlanta Braves, but things have clearly not progressed as expected.

The trick now is that some harsh realities are starting to appear.