Braves Briefing: Atlanta has the 2nd-longest consecutive homer streak in baseball history

Atlanta may have dropped last night's contest to the White Sox, but Eddie Rosario and Ronald Acuña Jr both hit home runs in the losing effort. That matters, because now the Atlanta Braves have homered in twenty-eight straight games this season, the 2nd longest streak in baseball history.

Entering last night's game, Atlanta's 27 consecutive games with a homer was tied with the 2002 Texas Rangers and 2019-2020 Houston Astros for 2nd place, but hitting the milestone of 28 puts Atlanta into sole possession of 2nd place all by themselves. They're sitting three behind the major league record of 31 consecutive games, set by the New York Yankees from May 26th to June 30th of 2019.

The home run binge has helped power Atlanta to an absurd record - they're 22-6 during that streak, including two separate eight-game win streaks during that period.

NL East Standings

Team	Record	Games Back	Action Today
Atlanta	61-30	--	vs CWS
Miami	53-41	9.5	@ BAL
Philadelphia	50-42	11.5	vs SD
NY Mets	42-50	19.5	vs LAD
Washington	37-55	24.5	@ STL

We Wrote It

Braves Today contributor Sam Peebles wrote about some of the available arms on the trade market at the deadline, and one name stood out for both cost and the fact that Atlanta's traded with this team so many times before: Oakland's Paul Blackburn

Will the Braves and A’s reconnect on another trade? At first Blackburn does not seem appealing with his ERA of 4.50, but when you dig deeper you see that he has actually been unfortunate. He has only pitched in seven games so his ERA has been deceiving. In fact his xERA is much lower at 3.92 and his xFIP has been right on pace at 3.95.
Blackburn is not the type of guy that is going to be a staff ace for Atlanta, but for the pro-rated amount of $1.9MM, and is under team control through 2025.
His peripherals are also excellent. Hard Hit percentage is best 14.0 percent of MLB, Avg Exit Velocity is best 25.0 percent, barrel percentage is best 22.0 percent, and chase rate is best 13.0 percent.
If the cost is right, this trade could be the first SP the Braves go after that is under multiple years of control.

You can read the whole thing HERE

How to Watch the Atlanta Braves Today

The Atlanta Braves go for their 12th consecutive series win in today's finale against the Chicago White Sox at 1:35 PM ET, with LHP Kolby Allard taking on RHP Dylan Cease. The game broadcast, with Voice of the Braves Brandon Gaudin, is available inside Braves Country on Bally Sports Southeast and is available on MLB.TV outside of the broadcast area. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.

Check out Braves Today on Socials!
Follow Braves Today on Twitter!
Like Braves Today on Facebook!
Check out the homepage for more Atlanta Braves News!
Subscribe to Braves Today on YouTube!
Get Exclusive Braves Merchandise from FOCO