2016 Atlanta Braves season

2016 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Eastern Division (since 1994)
Location
Turner Field (since 1997)
Atlanta (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Liberty Media/John Malone
General manager(s)	John Coppolella
Manager(s)	Fredi González
Local television	Fox Sports Southeast Fox Sports South (Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, Tom Glavine, Dale Murphy)
Local radio	WCNN WNNX Atlanta Braves Radio Network (Jim Powell, Don Sutton, Mark Lemke)
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The 2016 Atlanta Braves season is the Braves' 20th and last season of home games at Turner Field before moving to SunTrust Park, 51st season in Atlanta and 141st season of the franchise.

The Braves will wear a patch on their uniforms in honor of Turner Field's final season

Season standings

National League East

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	19	9	0.679	—	8–4	11–5
New York Mets	17	10	0.630	1½	9–6	8–4
Philadelphia Phillies	16	13	0.552	3½	8–5	8–8
Miami Marlins	15	12	0.556	3½	5–7	10–5
Atlanta Braves	7	20	0.259	11½	1–12	6–8

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	21	6	0.778
Washington Nationals	19	9	0.679
San Francisco Giants	15	15	0.500

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Mets	17	10	0.630	+2
Miami Marlins	15	12	0.556	—
Philadelphia Phillies	16	13	0.552	—
Pittsburgh Pirates	15	13	0.536	½
St. Louis Cardinals	15	14	0.517	1
Los Angeles Dodgers	14	14	0.500	1½
Colorado Rockies	14	14	0.500	1½
Cincinnati Reds	12	17	0.414	4
San Diego Padres	12	17	0.414	4
Arizona Diamondbacks	12	18	0.400	4½
Milwaukee Brewers	11	17	0.393	4½
Atlanta Braves	7	20	0.259	8

Record vs. opponents

2016 National League Records Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–5	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	0–0
Atlanta	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–5	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–6	1–3
Chicago	3–1	1–1	—	6–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Cincinnati	0–0	0–0	1–6	—	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	3–0	3–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0
Colorado	5–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–4	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Los Angeles	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	3–4	0–0	0–0	1–1
Miami	3–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–3	0–2
Milwaukee	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	6–4
New York	0–0	5–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	—	3–3	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2
Philadelphia	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–3	4–2	3–0
Pittsburgh	2–1	0–0	0–3	3–3	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–3
San Diego	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	2–4	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	—	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0
San Francisco	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	4–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0
St. Louis	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	—	0–3	0–0
Washington	0–0	6–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0	2–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	—	5–1

Through games of May 5, 2016.

Season summary

April

Opening Day and first series vs. Nationals

2016 Opening Day lineup
Position	Name
Center Fielder	Ender Inciarte
Shortstop	Erick Aybar
First Baseman	Freddie Freeman
Third Baseman	Adonis García
Right Fielder	Nick Markakis
Left Fielder	Héctor Olivera
Catcher	A. J. Pierzynski
Second Baseman	Jace Peterson
Starting Pitcher	Julio Teherán

The Braves began their season with a 4–3 loss in 10 innings after blowing the save in the top of the 9th.^[1] Nick Markakis of the Braves fell afoul of Major League Baseball's new "Chase Utley Rule" in the 7th inning when he slid too far out to the left of second base and initially prevented Daniel Murphy of the Nationals from making the double play.^[2]

The Braves ended their two-game series against the Nationals with a 3–1 loss after Matt den Dekker, who had been called up from the Syracuse Chiefs just a few hours prior, hit a two-run double to right-center.^[3]

Consecutive series sweeps

Despite opening up their next series with a four-run lead, the Braves gave up seven unanswered runs in a 7–4 loss to the Cardinals.^[4] Atlanta also gave up an MLB record three home runs to pinch hitters.^[5] In the second of the three-game series against the Cardinals, the Braves allowed nine unanswered runs in a 12–2 loss.^[6] After the loss, the Braves were the only team in the National League to have not won a single game yet.^[7] Atlanta closed out a three-game series against the Cardinals with a 12–7 loss.^[8] Braves pitcher Daniel Winkler suffered an elbow fracture after pitching 6 2/3rd's innings.^[9]

Things didn't improve on the first road trip of the season as the Braves lost 6–4 to the Nationals and fell to 0–6 for the first time since 1988.^[10] Mallex Smith, who earned a hit in his MLB debut, left the game in the fourth inning after suffering a cut to his face by his helmet.^[11] After eight scoreless innings in the second game of the series, Bryce Harper brought in two runs on a double to left field and the Nationals won 2–1.^[12] Home runs by Stephen Drew and Jayson Werth in the fourth inning handed the Braves their eighth loss of the season as the Nationals won 3–0.^[13] The Braves ended their road series against the Nationals with a 6–2 loss.^[14]

First wins vs. Marlins

After trailing 3–0 against the Marlins, the Braves scored six unanswered runs to win their first game of the season.^[15] Jason Grilli earned his first save since July of 2015 with a 6–4 win over the Marlins in the second game of the series.^[16] The Braves swept the series over the Marlins with a 6–5 victory in a 10-inning game.^[17]

Continued struggles

The Braves earned their fourth win of the season against former Braves pitcher Alex Wood and the Los Angeles Dodgers in a lopsided 8–1 game at Turner Field.^[18] Wood said after the game that it "was not really the way I pictured coming back here for the first time. Fastball command was the most frustrating thing. I don't even know if I've walked in a run before in my professional career. The walks were pretty frustrating. It was a tough one to swallow, but I have another one in five days."^[19] Despite a 3-1 lead, the Dodgers scored four unanswered runs to snap the Braves four-game win streak.^[20] A Yasmani Grandal double in the 10th inning gave the Dodgers a 2–1 victory in the Braves's fourth extra-inning game of the season.^[21]

The Braves opened their next series with a 6–3 loss to the New York Mets.^[22] In the second game of the series, the Braves lost 8–2.^[23] The Braves ended their three-game series against the Mets with a 3–2 loss.^[24]

In their first interleague series of the season, former Braves closer Craig Kimbrel earned his 94th career save at Turner Field in a 1–0 victory over the Braves.^[25] In the second game of the series, David Price pitched 14 strikeouts to secure an 11–4 victory over the Braves.^[26] In the third game of the series and first of two at Fenway Park, the Braves surrendered a grand slam to Dustin Pedroia in a 9–4 loss to the Red Sox.^[27] Freddie Freeman ended the Braves's 15-game home run-less streak with a deep ball into right-center field in the eighth inning.^[28] In the final game of the series, three RBI's by Markakis contributed to the Braves ending their eight-game losing skid with a 5–3 victory over the Red Sox.^[29]

Despite a Freeman home run in the fourth inning, the Braves allowed six unanswered runs, including their fourth grand slam of the season, in a 6–1 loss to the Cubs.^[30]

May

A sacrifice fly by Markakis in the 10th inning allowed Daniel Castro to score the go-ahead run and beat the Cubs 4–3.^[31]

In his 2016 debut, Mike Foltynewicz gave up three home runs in a 4–1 loss to the Mets.^[32] In the second game of the series, pitcher Matt Wisler surrendered one hit and earned his first win of the season in a 3–0 game against the Mets.^[33] The Braves fell 8-0 in the series finale to the Mets.^[34] Primary leadoff hitter Markakis wasn't in the lineup for the series finale as he traveled back home to Baltimore to tend to a family emergency.^[35]

Game log

Legend
	Braves win
	Braves loss
	Postponement
Bold	Braves team member

2016 Game Log (7–20)
April: 5–18 (Home: 1–12; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 1 April 4 Nationals 3–4 (10) Treinen (1–0) O'Flaherty (0–1) Papelbon (1) 48,282 0–1 L1 2 April 6 Nationals 4–6 Strasburg (1–0) Norris (0–1) Papelbon (2) 18,531 0–2 L2 3 April 8 Cardinals 4–7 Siegrist (1–0) O'Flaherty (0–2) Rosenthal (1) 24,824 0–3 L3 4 April 9 Cardinals 2–12 Martinez (1–0) Teherán (0–1) — 33,471 0–4 L4 5 April 10 Cardinals 7–12 Oh (1–0) Johnson (0–1) Rosenthal (2) 23,214 0–5 L5 6 April 11 @ Nationals 4–6 Scherzer (1–0) Norris (0–2) Papelbon (4) 18,119 0–6 L6 7 April 12 @ Nationals 1–2 Treinen (2–0) Johnson (0–2) Rivero (1) 18,378 0–7 L7 8 April 13 @ Nationals 0–3 Roark (1–1) Wisler (0–1) Papelbon (5) 19,400 0–8 L8 9 April 14 @ Nationals 2–6 Strasburg (2–0) Teherán (0–2) — 21,144 0–9 L9 10 April 15 @ Marlins 6–3 Ogando (1–0) Phelps (2–1) Vizcaíno (1) 18,071 1–9 W1 11 April 16 @ Marlins 6–4 Norris (1–2) Koehler (0–2) Grilli (1) 33,123 2–9 W2 12 April 17 @ Marlins 6–5 (10) Grilli (1–0) Jackson (0–1) Wisler (1) 24,780 3–9 W3 13 April 19 Dodgers 8–1 Weber (1–0) Wood (1–2) — 14,160 4–9 W4 14 April 20 Dodgers 3–5 (10) Blanton (1–1) Grilli (1–1) Jansen (6) 16,087 4–10 L1 15 April 21 Dodgers 1–2 (10) Hatcher (2–1) Ogando (1–1) Jansen (7) 18,431 4–11 L2 16 April 22 Mets 3–6 Harvey (1–3) Norris (1–3) Familia (4) 21,173 4–12 L3 17 April 23 Mets 2–8 Matz (2–1) Chacín (0–1) — 35,230 4–13 L4 18 April 24 Mets 2–3 deGrom (2–0) Blair (0–1) Familia (5) 32,085 4–14 L5 19 April 25 Red Sox 0–1 Porcello (4–0) Teherán (0–3) Kimbrel (6) 22,735 4–15 L6 20 April 26 Red Sox 4–11 Price (3–0) Wisler (0–2) — 23,487 4–16 L7 21 April 27 @ Red Sox 4–9 Wright (2–2) Norris (1–4) — 33,308 4–17 L8 22 April 28 @ Red Sox 5–3 Chacín (1–1) Buchholz (0–3) Vizcaíno (2) 32,232 5–17 W1 23 April 29 @ Cubs 1–6 Strop (1–0) Johnson (0–3) — 34,007 5–18 L1 — April 30 @ Cubs Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: TBD)
May: 2–2 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 2–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 24 May 1 @ Cubs 4–3 (10) Vizcaíno (1–0) Rondón (0–1) Grilli (2) 40,164 6–18 W1 25 May 2 @ Mets 1–4 Colón (2–1) Foltynewicz (0–1) — 23,847 6–19 L1 26 May 3 @ Mets 3–0 Wisler (1–2) Harvey (2–4) Vizcaíno (3) 27,356 7–19 W1 27 May 4 @ Mets 0–8 Matz (4–1) Chacín (1–2) — 31,783 7–20 L1 28 May 6 D-backs – — – 29 May 7 D-backs – — – 30 May 8 D-backs – — – 31 May 10 Phillies – — – 32 May 11 Phillies – — – 33 May 12 Phillies – — – 34 May 13 @ Royals – — – 35 May 14 @ Royals – — – 36 May 15 @ Royals – — – 37 May 16 @ Pirates – — – 38 May 17 @ Pirates – — – 39 May 18 @ Pirates – — – 40 May 19 @ Pirates – — – 41 May 20 @ Phillies – — – 42 May 21 @ Phillies – — – 43 May 22 @ Phillies – — – 44 May 24 Brewers – — – 45 May 25 Brewers – — – 46 May 26 Brewers – — – 47 May 27 Marlins – — – 48 May 28 Marlins – — – 49 May 29 Marlins – — – 50 May 30 Giants – — – 51 May 31 Giants – — –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 53 June 1 Giants – — – 54 June 2 Giants – — – 55 June 3 @ Dodgers – — – 56 June 4 @ Dodgers – — – 57 June 5 @ Dodgers – — – 58 June 6 @ Padres – — – 59 June 7 @ Padres – — – 60 June 8 @ Padres – — – 61 June 10 Cubs – — – 62 June 11 Cubs – — – 63 June 12 Cubs – — – 64 June 13 Reds – — – 65 June 14 Reds – — – 66 June 15 Reds – — – 67 June 16 Reds – — – 68 June 17 @ Mets – — – 69 June 18 @ Mets – — – 70 June 19 @ Mets – — – 71 June 21 @ Marlins – — – 72 June 22 @ Marlins – — – 73 June 23 Mets – — – 74 June 24 Mets – — – 75 June 25 Mets – — – 76 June 26 Mets – — – 77 June 27 Indians – — – 78 June 28 Indians – — – 79 June 29 Indians – — – 80 June 30 Marlins – — –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 81 July 1 Marlins – — – 82 July 2 Marlins – — – 83 July 3 Marlins – — – 84 July 4 @ Phillies – — – 85 July 5 @ Phillies – — – 86 July 6 @ Phillies – — – 87 July 8 @ White Sox – — – 88 July 9 @ White Sox – — – 89 July 10 @ White Sox – — – 90 July 15 Rockies – — – 91 July 16 Rockies – — – 92 July 17 Rockies – — – 93 July 18 @ Reds – — – 94 July 19 @ Reds – — – 95 July 20 @ Reds – — – 96 July 21 @ Rockies – — – 97 July 22 @ Rockies – — – 98 July 23 @ Rockies – — – 99 July 24 @ Rockies – — – 100 July 26 @ Twins – — – 101 July 27 @ Twins – — – 102 July 28 Phillies – — – 103 July 29 Phillies – — – 104 July 30 Phillies – — – 105 July 31 Phillies – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 106 August 2 Pirates – — – 107 August 3 Pirates – — – 108 August 4 Pirates – — – 109 August 5 @ Cardinals – — – 110 August 6 @ Cardinals – — – 111 August 7 @ Cardinals – — – 112 August 8 @ Brewers – — – 113 August 9 @ Brewers – — – 114 August 10 @ Brewers – — – 115 August 11 @ Brewers – — – 116 August 12 @ Nationals – — – 117 August 13 @ Nationals – — – 118 August 14 @ Nationals – — – 119 August 16 Twins – — – 120 August 17 Twins – — – 121 August 18 Nationals – — – 122 August 19 Nationals – — – 123 August 20 Nationals – — – 124 August 21 Nationals – — – 125 August 22 @ D-backs – — – 126 August 23 @ D-backs – — – 127 August 24 @ D-backs – — – 128 August 25 @ D-backs – — – 129 August 26 @ Giants – — – 130 August 27 @ Giants – — – 131 August 28 @ Giants – — – 132 August 30 Padres – — – 133 August 31 Padres – — –
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 134 September 1 Padres – — – 135 September 2 @ Phillies – — – 136 September 3 @ Phillies – — – 137 September 4 @ Phillies – — – 138 September 5 @ Nationals – — – 139 September 6 @ Nationals – — – 140 September 7 @ Nationals – — – 141 September 9 Mets – — – 142 September 10 Mets – — – 143 September 11 Mets – — – 144 September 12 Marlins – — – 145 September 13 Marlins – — – 146 September 14 Marlins – — – 147 September 16 Nationals – — – 148 September 17 Nationals – — – 149 September 18 Nationals – — – 150 September 19 @ Mets – — – 151 September 20 @ Mets – — – 152 September 21 @ Mets – — – 153 September 22 @ Marlins – — – 154 September 23 @ Marlins – — – 155 September 24 @ Marlins – — – 156 September 25 @ Marlins – — – 157 September 27 Phillies – — – 158 September 28 Phillies – — – 159 September 29 Phillies – — – 160 September 30 Tigers – — –
October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box/Streak 161 October 1 Tigers – — – 162 October 2 Tigers – — –
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Braves team member

Roster

Atlanta Braves roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 36 Aaron Blair 43 Jhoulys Chacín 26 Mike Foltynewicz 49 Julio Teherán 37 Matt Wisler Bullpen 54 Hunter Cervenka 39 Jason Grilli 53 Jim Johnson 20 Bud Norris 34 Eric O'Flaherty 40 Alexi Ogando Closer 38 Arodys Vizcaíno		Catchers 25 Tyler Flowers 15 A. J. Pierzynski Infielders  1 Erick Aybar  4 Reid Brignac 14 Daniel Castro 23 Chase d'Arnaud  5 Freddie Freeman 13 Adonis García 24 Kelly Johnson Outfielders 18 Jeff Francoeur 22 Nick Markakis 17 Mallex Smith 30 Matt Tuiasosopo		Pitchers 50 Manny Banuelos 68 Mauricio Cabrera 52 John Gant 66 Tyrell Jenkins 55 Casey Kelly 46 Ian Krol 56 Matt Marksberry 57 Williams Pérez 65 Shae Simmons 48 Ryan Weber 58 Daniel Winkler 51 Chris Withrow Infielders  7 Gordon Beckham  8 Jace Peterson Outfielders 11 Ender Inciarte		Manager 33 Fredi González Coaches 99 Alan Butts (bullpen catcher) 59 José Castro (assistant hitting) 45 Roger McDowell (pitching)  9 Terry Pendleton (first base) 12 Eddie Pérez (bullpen) 16 Bo Porter (third base) 27 Kevin Seitzer (hitting) 32 Carlos Tosca (bench) 60-day disabled list -- Jesse Biddle -- Andrew McKirahan 75 Paco Rodriguez Restricted list 28 Héctor Olivera 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated May 2, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Gwinnett Braves	International League	Brian Snitker
AA	Mississippi Braves	Southern League	Luis Salazar
A-Advanced	Carolina Mudcats	Carolina League	Rocket Wheeler
A	Rome Braves	South Atlantic League	Randy Ingle
Rookie	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	Robinson Cancel
Rookie	GCL Braves	Arizona League	Nestor Perez
Rookie	DSL Braves	Dominican Summer League	Francisco Santiesteban

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External links

• 2016 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference
• 2016 Atlanta Braves season Official Site