In a season full of frustration and brutal injury luck — the most recent injury coming not even 24 hours ago as Ozzie Albies broke his hamate bone on what appeared to be a harmless swing — the Braves have somehow reeled off nine wins in a row to close out the season. These feel like empty wins, of course, but it is somehow fitting that the club is playing its best ball of the season now fully eliminated from the playoffs after months of maddening play on the field.

The Braves will go for 10 straight wins on Tuesday night against the lowly Washington Nationals. It will be Hurston Waldrep taking the mound in what will probably be his final start of the season. The rookie sensation is leaps and bounds ahead of where he was this time a year ago, posting a 5-1 record with a 3.04 ERA, 3.19 FIP,

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