Frank Wren on the 2012 Braves:

[HMFFL]

We start with the obvious: Yes, the Braves are in great shape, but they were in great shape a year ago and collapsed in a heap. They awoke Saturday with the same record (70-49) as they held after 119 games in 2011, and then they owned a six-game lead over St. Louis and San Francisco for the one and only wild-card berth.

This year there are two wild cards, and the Braves led Los Angeles by 5 1/2 games for the second WC entering Saturday night’s game at Turner Field. And they were 3 1/2 games closer to the first-place team in the National League East — Philadelphia last year, Washington now — than in August 2011.

Baseball Prospectus gauges the Braves’ chances of making the 2012 playoffs at 96.7 percent. So, to put it bluntly: Unless this team authors a flop of historic dimensions for the second consecutive year — and what are the odds of that? — it will qualify for the postseason. And what’s apt to happen then?

Said Frank Wren, the general manager: “[The playoffs are] a function of when do you play well, and if we’re playing well then clearly we’ve got a team that can go all the way.” http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/ ... l-the-way/

[Nemesis21]

I believe this team is good enough to win the World Series. Everybody needs to stay healthy from here on out. I'm worried about Minor pitching in September and the post-season.

[HMFFL]

Minor is pitching very well at the moment. The issue now that the season is coming to an end is Tommy.