2021 Atlanta Braves season

The 2021 Atlanta Braves season was the 151st season of the Atlanta Braves franchise, the 56th season in Atlanta, and the Braves' 5th season at Truist Park. The Braves were managed by Brian Snitker, in his 6th season as the team's manager. The Braves clinched their fourth consecutive National League East title. They defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2021 [National League Division Series|NLDS] and faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS for the second straight year. They defeated the Dodgers in six games to reach the World Series for the first time since 1999. They would go on to defeat the Houston Astros in six games, winning their first World Series since 1995 [Atlanta Braves season|1995], their second since moving to Atlanta, and their fourth in franchise history. Jorge Soler won the Most Valuable Player award in the World Series.

Offseason

November

On November 11, 2020, the Braves re-signed right-handed relief pitcher Josh Tomlin to a one-year, $1 million contract that includes a $1.25 million club option for 2022.
On November 16, 2020, the Braves signed left-handed starting pitcher Drew Smyly to a one-year, $11 million contract.
On November 24, 2020, the Braves signed right-handed starting pitcher Charlie Morton to a one-year, $15 million contract.

February

On February 5, 2021, the Braves re-signed outfielder Marcell Ozuna to a four-year, $64 million contract. The contract includes a club option for a fifth year, worth $16 million, with a $1 million buyout.

Regular season

The 2021 season wasn't a smooth sailing road for the Atlanta Braves. The Braves started off 0-4 and ended April with a 12–14 record. At the All-Star Break they were 44–45. After the All-Star Break in August they started ramping it up and went 18–8. On August 8, they climbed over.500 for the first time, at 57–56, and on Aug 15. they took over first place in the NL East, ending up winning the NL East with a 88–73 record.
The team's turnaround began after July 10 when Ronald Acuña Jr. suffered a season ending injury and the trade deadline approached. After the Braves' star outfielder got injured, GM Alex Anthopoulos remade his outfield by bringing in veterans Adam Duvall, Joc Pederson, Eddie Rosario, and Jorge Soler. They made a huge impact on the team with Duvall finishing the season with a National League-leading 113 RBIs ; Pederson hit a game-winning home run in the NLDS against the Brewers; Rosario was the NLCS MVP; Soler was the World Series MVP.

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Ozzie Albies	156	629	103	163	40	7	30	106	20	47	.259	.488
Freddie Freeman	159	600	120	180	25	2	31	83	8	85	.300	.503
Austin Riley	160	590	91	179	33	1	33	107	0	52	.303	.531
Dansby Swanson	160	588	78	146	33	2	27	88	9	52	.248	.449
Guillermo Heredia	120	305	46	67	26	0	5	26	0	32	.220	.354
Ronald Acuña Jr.	82	297	72	84	19	1	24	52	17	49	.283	.596
Travis d'Arnaud	60	209	21	46	14	0	7	26	0	17	.220	.388
Jorge Soler	55	208	36	56	11	0	14	33	0	29	.269	.524
Adam Duvall	55	199	26	45	7	1	16	45	0	14	.226	.513
Marcell Ozuna	48	188	21	40	6	0	7	26	0	19	.213	.356
Ehire Adrianza	109	182	32	45	9	2	5	28	0	21	.247	.401
Joc Pederson	64	173	20	43	8	1	7	22	0	17	.249	.428
William Contreras	52	163	19	35	4	1	8	23	0	19	.215	.399
Abraham Almonte	64	148	20	32	12	0	5	19	1	26	.216	.399
Eddie Rosario	33	96	13	26	4	2	7	16	2	9	.271	.573
Kevan Smith	30	91	6	15	3	0	0	3	0	10	.165	.198
Ender Inciarte	52	79	11	17	2	0	2	10	1	7	.215	.316
Stephen Vogt	26	78	7	13	0	0	2	8	0	8	.167	.244
Pablo Sandoval	69	73	11	13	0	0	4	11	0	11	.178	.342
Orlando Arcia	32	70	9	15	3	0	2	13	1	7	.214	.343
Cristian Pache	22	63	6	7	3	0	1	4	0	2	.111	.206
Alex Jackson	10	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.043	.043
Johan Camargo	15	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000
Jeff Mathis	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jonathan Lucroy	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.200	.200
Sean Kazmar Jr.	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher totals	161	279	17	38	7	0	2	12	0	9	.136	.183
Team totals	161	5363	790	1307	269	20	239	762	59	549	.244	.435

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Charlie Morton	14	6	3.34	33	33	0	185.2	136	77	69	58	216
Max Fried	14	7	3.04	28	28	0	165.2	139	61	56	41	158
Ian Anderson	9	5	3.58	24	24	0	128.1	105	51	51	53	124
Drew Smyly	11	4	4.48	29	23	0	126.2	133	69	63	41	117
Huascar Ynoa	4	6	4.05	18	17	0	91.0	76	42	41	25	100
Will Smith	3	7	3.44	71	0	37	68.0	49	27	26	28	87
Luke Jackson	2	2	1.98	71	0	0	63.2	45	15	14	29	70
Tyler Matzek	0	4	2.57	69	0	0	63.0	40	19	18	37	77
A. J. Minter	3	6	3.78	61	0	0	52.1	44	27	22	20	57
Touki Toussaint	3	3	4.50	11	10	0	50.0	43	28	25	22	48
Josh Tomlin	4	0	6.57	35	0	0	49.1	69	36	36	5	37
Chris Martin	2	4	3.95	46	0	1	43.1	49	20	19	6	33
Edgar Santana	3	0	3.59	41	0	0	42.2	37	20	17	12	33
Kyle Muller	2	4	4.17	9	8	0	36.2	26	17	17	20	37
Jacob Webb	5	4	4.19	34	0	1	34.1	38	22	16	14	33
Bryse Wilson	2	3	5.88	8	8	0	33.2	45	23	22	12	23
Jesse Chavez	3	2	2.14	30	4	0	33.2	23	9	8	11	36
Sean Newcomb	2	0	4.73	32	0	1	32.1	28	17	17	27	43
Richard Rodríguez	1	2	3.12	27	0	0	26.0	23	9	9	5	9
Tucker Davidson	0	0	3.60	4	4	0	20.0	15	8	8	8	18
Shane Greene	0	1	8.47	19	0	0	17.0	22	16	16	9	17
Grant Dayton	0	0	6.23	13	0	0	13.0	15	10	9	6	14
Jesse Biddle	0	0	8.44	8	0	0	10.2	10	10	10	8	11
Nate Jones	0	2	3.48	12	0	0	10.1	8	6	4	10	7
Kyle Wright	0	1	9.95	2	2	0	6.1	7	7	7	5	6
Spencer Strider	1	0	3.86	2	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	1	0
Dylan Lee	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	3
Jay Flaa	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	1.1	3	4	4	1	2
Ty Tice	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Carl Edwards Jr.	0	0	81.00	1	0	0	0.1	3	3	3	1	1
Team totals	88	73	3.88	161	161	40	1410.2	1237	656	608	516	1417

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Postseason

Postseason rosters

Pitchers: 18 Drew Smyly 19 Huascar Ynoa 33 A. J. Minter 36 Ian Anderson 50 Charlie Morton 51 Will Smith 54 Max Fried 60 Jesse Chavez 68 Tyler Matzek 71 Jacob Webb 74 Dylan Lee 77 Luke Jackson
Catchers: 16 Travis d'Arnaud 24 William Contreras
Infielders: 1 Ozzie Albies 5 Freddie Freeman 7 Dansby Swanson 9 Orlando Arcia 27 Austin Riley
Outfielders: 8 Eddie Rosario 11 Terrance Gore 12 Jorge Soler 14 Adam Duvall 22 Joc Pederson 23 Ehire Adrianza 25 Cristian Pache 38 Guillermo Heredia
Pitchers: 18 Drew Smyly 19 Huascar Ynoa 33 A. J. Minter 36 Ian Anderson 50 Charlie Morton 51 Will Smith 54 Max Fried 55 Chris Martin 60 Jesse Chavez 68 Tyler Matzek 71 Jacob Webb 74 Dylan Lee 77 Luke Jackson
Catchers: 16 Travis d'Arnaud 24 William Contreras
Infielders: 1 Ozzie Albies 5 Freddie Freeman 7 Dansby Swanson 9 Orlando Arcia 17 Johan Camargo 23 Ehire Adrianza 27 Austin Riley
Outfielders: 8 Eddie Rosario 12 Jorge Soler 14 Adam Duvall 22 Joc Pederson 25 Cristian Pache 38 Guillermo Heredia
Pitchers: 18 Drew Smyly 30 Kyle Wright 33 A. J. Minter 36 Ian Anderson 50 Charlie Morton 51 Will Smith 54 Max Fried 55 Chris Martin 60 Jesse Chavez 64 Tucker Davidson 68 Tyler Matzek 74 Dylan Lee 77 Luke Jackson
Catchers: 16 Travis d'Arnaud 24 William Contreras
Infielders: 1 Ozzie Albies 5 Freddie Freeman 7 Dansby Swanson 9 Orlando Arcia 17 Johan Camargo 23 Ehire Adrianza 27 Austin Riley
Outfielders: 8 Eddie Rosario 11 Terrance Gore 12 Jorge Soler 14 Adam Duvall 22 Joc Pederson 38 Guillermo Heredia