The 2025 Main League Baseball season is thru its first week and there’s nonetheless one group that doesn’t have a win. That’s the Atlanta Braves who fell to 0-7 on Wednesday night time in a walk-off loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It’s a gorgeous begin for a few causes.
For one, a group beginning a season 0-7 is extremely uncommon.
Second, the Braves have been the most effective groups in baseball over the previous seven years. They’ve made the postseason yearly throughout that stretch, together with profitable a World Collection in 2021. On paper, this could nonetheless be a strong group.
Thus far, it has not been, and that goose egg by the primary week ought to be extraordinarily regarding primarily based on the historical past of different groups with comparable begins.
Through the Baseball-Reference StatHead database, the Braves are solely the twenty eighth group since 1901 to open a season with seven consecutive losses.
Of the earlier 27 groups, none of them made the playoffs.
Even worse, solely two of them (the 1983 Houston Astros and the 1980 Braves) had been capable of rebound sufficient to complete with a profitable file.
The 1983 Astros completed 85-77 whereas the 1980 Braves had been 81-80.
Not solely did the opposite groups all end with shedding data, they had been among the many worst groups in baseball historical past.
- 12 of the 25 groups with shedding data misplaced greater than 100 video games.
- That features 10 that misplaced greater than 103 video games.
- Included in that group are the 1962 New York Mets (120 losses) and the 2003 Detroit Tigers (119 losses), two of absolutely the worst groups to ever play within the Main Leagues.
- There have been 20 groups that misplaced no less than 90 video games.
If the Braves find yourself ending this season that poorly it is going to imply one thing has gone terribly flawed with their roster. They may not be nearly as good as they’ve been in recent times, however it’s a good distance from constant 90-100 win seasons to becoming a member of that aforementioned group of unhealthy groups.
However it’s no less than a superb comparability to point out {that a} unhealthy begin could be a signal of what may be forward of 162 recreation season.
The Braves are merely going through a protracted street again to rivalry this season. Particularly in a troublesome Nationwide League East with the Philadelphia Phillies and Mets. In case you are a Braves fan searching for one thing to be optimistic about, it’s most likely that the offense shouldn’t be as unhealthy all season because it has been by the primary seven video games.
There are too many confirmed gamers with observe data right here for it to proceed to be this unhealthy. Additionally they haven’t had a single recreation from but from outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. as he works his manner again from one other knee damage, or beginning catcher Sean Murphy. Jurickson Profar must also return following his 80-game suspension.
There may be massive assist nonetheless on the best way.
They’ve additionally performed two season-opening collection in opposition to two of one of the best groups within the Nationwide League within the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers.
The issue goes to be if the Braves fall into too massive of a deficit by the point these gamers return for all of it to matter. Groups won’t be capable to make the playoffs in April. They’ll actually put themselves able the place they’ll miss them in April.
