Here’s what you need to know as Braves get ready for postseason
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Braves Enter MLB Playoffs With Home-Field AdvantageTheir first NLDS game is scheduled for Saturday, but the opponent has not yet been determined.
- The Braves have the best record in all of baseball and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, including the World Series.
- As the No. 1 seed, they receive a Wild Card bye and will face the winner of the best-of-three series between the Phillies and Marlins in the NLDS.
- In the best-of-five series, the Braves would host Games 1 and 2 and a potential Game 5, while game times have not yet been set.
- Max Fried is scheduled to return from the injured list in time for Game 1, Spencer Strider is expected to start one of the first two home games, and Charlie Morton is ineligible for the NLDS.
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