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ATLANTA -- The 2025 Speedway Classic champions are on a roll, having won nine of their past 11 games. Unfortunately, the Braves are still tied to the fact that they entered this stretch 19 games under .500 (47-66).
Instead of taking a logical and sensical approach by saying there is still no reason to think the Braves will reach the postseason, I’ll just look at how improbable it would be if you even looked at it from a very optimistic point of view.
Let’s say the Mets continue to collapse and the Reds have a losing record the rest of the way. Still, even if we allow ourselves to believe 82 wins might be enough to secure t