Perfectly trimmed grass. The aroma of hot dogs, peanuts and cracker jacks around stadiums. Loud cracks of the bat as it makes contact with the white ball with red seams. That can only mean one thing: it’s baseball season! It’s a new decade in Major League Baseball, and the objective remains the same for all 30 teams: win a World Series and hoist that coveted trophy in October. While many teams have made key improvements to their rosters, others have decided to stay put and ke

Overall: 97-65 Last Week: 1-3 Division: 46-30 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday September 25 – at Kansas City Royals (W, 10-2) Thursday September 26 – OFF DAY Friday September 27 – at New York Mets (L, 2-4) Saturday September 28 – at New York Mets (L, 0-3) Sunday September 29 – at New York Mets (L, 6-7; 11 innings) Monday September 30 – OFF DAY Tuesday October 1 – OFF DAY This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday October 2 – OFF DAY Thursday October 3 – NLDS Game 1 vs. St. Louis Cardinal

The Atlanta Braves have proven to be the beasts in the East in 2019. With Freddie Freeman and Ronald Acuña Jr. playing like MVPs, Mike Soroka and Max Fried dazzling as youngsters and steady veteran hands in Dallas Keuchel and Nick Markakis, the Braves have been a well-rounded ball club all season long. However, the injury bug hit the Braves particularly hard in August, and Atlanta was forced to make moves to keep the club afloat. Those moves for the most part have been golden

Overall: 75-52 Last Week: 4-2 Division: 33-21 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday August 14 – vs. New York Mets (W, 6-4) Thursday August 15 – vs. New York Mets (L, 8-10) Friday August 16 – vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (L, 3-8) Saturday August 17 - vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (W, 4-3) Sunday August 18 - vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (W, 5-3) Monday August 19 – OFF DAY Tuesday August 20 – vs. Miami Marlins (W, 5-1) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday August 21 – vs. Miami Marlins (6:20 pm CT) Thursda

Overall: 67-48 Last Week: 4-3 Division: 28-18 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday July 31 – at Washington Nationals (W, 5-4; 10 innings) Thursday August 1 – vs. Cincinnati Reds (W, 4-1) Friday August 2 – vs. Cincinnati Reds (L, 2-5) Saturday August 3 - vs. Cincinnati Reds (W, 5-4; 10 innings) Sunday August 4 - vs. Cincinnati Reds (L, 4-6; 10 innings) Monday August 5 – at Minnesota Twins (L, 3-5) Tuesday August 6 – at Minnesota Twins (W, 12-7) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday Augus

Overall: 63-45 Last Week: 3-3 Division: 27-18 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday July 24 – vs. Kansas City Royals (L, 4-5) Thursday July 25 – OFF DAY Friday July 26 – at Philadelphia Phillies (W, 9-2) Saturday July 27 - at Philadelphia Phillies (W, 15-7) Sunday July 28 - at Philadelphia Phillies (L, 4-9) Monday July 29 – at Washington Nationals (L, 3-6) Tuesday July 30 – at Washington Nationals (W, 11-8) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday July 31 – at Washington Nationals (11:05 pm

Josh Donaldson is SportsCall’s Player of the Week. The former Auburn standout is continuing his hot summer in his first year in Atlanta. Donaldson had an on base percentage of nearly 500 for the week, and hit two home runs with seven runs batted in. One of Donaldson’s homers came in prime time Sunday night on ESPN, against the second place Nationals, en route to a series split. The split maintains Atlanta’s lead of 6.5 games over Washington, with around 60 games to play. Form

Overall: 58-38 Last Week: 4-1 Division: 22-14 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday July 10- ALL-STAR BREAK Thursday July 11- ALL-STAR BREAK Friday July 12- at San Diego Padres (W, 5-3) Saturday July 13- at San Diego Padres (W, 7-5; 10 innings) Sunday July 14- at San Diego Padres (W, 4-1) Monday July 15- at Milwaukee Brewers (W, 4-2) Tuesday July 16- at Milwaukee Brewers (L, 1-13) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday July 17 – at Milwaukee Brewers (1:10 pm CT) Thursday July 18 – vs. Was

Overall: 47-33 Last Week: 4-2 Division: 16-11 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday June 19 – vs. New York Mets (W, 7-2) Thursday June 20 – OFF DAY Friday June 21 – at Washington Nationals (L, 3-4) Saturday June 22 – at Washington Nationals (W, 13-9) Sunday June 23 – at Washington Nationals (W, 4-3; 10 innings) Monday June 24 – at Chicago Cubs (L, 3-8) Tuesday June 25 – at Chicago Cubs (W, 3-2) This Week’s Schedule: Wednesday June 26 – at Chicago Cubs (7:05 pm CT) Thursd

Overall: 43-31 Last Week: 5-2 Division: 13-10 Last Week’s Schedule: Wednesday June 12 – vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (W, 8-7; 11 innings) Thursday June 13 – vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (W, 6-5) Friday June 14 – vs. Philadelphia Phillies (W, 9-8) Saturday June 15 – vs. Philadelphia Phillies (L, 5-6) Sunday June 16 – vs. Philadelphia Phillies (W, 15-1) Monday June 17 - vs. New York Mets (W, 12-3) Tuesday June 18 - vs. New York Mets (L,10-2) Photo By: Kevin Liles | Atlanta Braves This Week