Braves Briefing: Atlanta has four of the most popular jerseys in the MLB

Baseball jerseys are a popular thing in sports fandom and the Atlanta Braves fans are buying a lot to support their favorite players.

Looking at the top 20 jersey sales in MLB, the Braves have four players on the list. According to the Atlanta Braves Twitter account, Ronald Acuna Jr. is the second highest in jersey sales. Matt Olson's jersey sales are ranked eighth, Austin Riley has the 12th most popular jersey, and Ozzie Albies has the 18th best-selling jersey.

Other notable players on the list include Shohei Ohtani as the best-selling jersey in baseball. Aaron Judge's jersey is third in sales and Freddie Freeman's is 11th.

NL Wildcard Standings

The Atlanta Braves have won the NL East, secured a first-round bye, and earned home-field advantage throughout the playoffs but we're closely watching the Wild Card race as Atlanta will play the winner of the Wild Card series pitting the top two wild card finishers in the Divisional Round.

Team	Record	Wildcard Games Back	Action Today
Philadelphia (Clinched)	89-70	+6.0	@ NYM
Arizona	84-76	+0.5	Hosts Houston
Miami	83-76	-	@ Pittsburgh
Chi Cubs	82-78	-1.5	@ Milwaukee
Cincinnati	82-78	-1.5	@ STL

We wrote it

Jake Mastroianni led our coverage last night. He highlighted Acuna's short but strong outing.

The soon-to-be NL MVP was only in the game for 3 innings - two at-bats - on Friday night but during that brief time he got a hit, scored a run, drove in a run, and stole 2 base.
The two stolen bases tie him with Otis Nixon for the most stolen bases in a single season by a Braves player since 1900 with 72.
Otis was in the house on the night watching Acuna tie his record. We'll see if he gets a chance to break it in the next two games.

Here's the full list of takeaways.

What's next for the Atlanta Braves?

Spencer Strider takes the mound on Saturday looking to break history himself. With four strikeouts, he'll break John Smotlz's single-season record for strikeouts.

That game will begin at 7:20 PM CT with the Nationals sending Joan Adon to the mound.

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