The Atlanta Braves have advanced to the NLCS for the second consecutive season after a year that saw a pair of franchise cornerstones (Ronald Acuña Jr. and Mike Soroka) lost to injury.
Atlanta Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos joined John Fricke and spoke about where the team needs to excel to keep advancing through the postseason.
"You'd love to put up 10 runs, but in the playoffs it's hard to do. The Dodgers lost a game 1-0, it's hard to bank on scoring runs," explains Anthopoulos. "Last year I believe we broke through because we finally started to pitch. You can still be shut down so I still think it comes down to the rotation. We would love to go put up 8 or 10 runs, it would be big, but you can't count on doing that in the playoffs."
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The Braves will find out who they face in the NLCS and if they have home-field advantage tonight when the Dodgers take on the Giants in a deciding Game 5 of their NLDS.
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