Not long after the Atlanta Braves split their four-game series with the National League East-leading New York Mets last week, Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud told MLB.com: “Our team chemistry is really high and we’re all having fun. Good things are happening on the baseball field and we’re communicating well. So yeah, good things are coming.”
Those good things became a bit more tangible against the NL Midwest-leading Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend, especially in Sunday’s 9-2 rout of the Brew Crew.
Having won eight of their last 10 entering the three-game series at Truist Park, Milwaukee limped out of the Big Peach losing two of three to the Braves. If it doesn’t necessarily signal the defending world champions suddenly look like a team capable of repeating, it does at least hint of better days to come.
“I think it shows what we’re capable of,” said Atlanta skipper Brian Snitker during his postgame remarks. “And the team we are.”
What they’re capable of is basically seven months in the rearview mirror, the 2021 World Series title the only proof needed to underscore this team’s potential for greatness at any time.