The Atlanta Braves are on a 13-game winning streak after defeating the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, the longest in the majors this season. And with another meeting against the Nationals on Wednesday and a three-game set against the Chicago Cubs to follow, they have a very good opportunity to extend it to 17 games.
Like the other four teams Atlanta has played through the streak, Washington and Chicago have losing records – bottom five in the entire MLB, in fact. That makes the Braves moneyline the rest of this week as close to a lock as any. The teams they previously beat were the bottom-five Athletics, and the barely better Pirates, Rockies and Diamondbacks.
Dingers and (13) dubs 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ieJ3Qmty5Q
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) June 15, 2022
When the streak started June 1, the Braves were just 23-27 themselves. Now, they’re 36-27, having drawn a clear divide between themselves and the league’s bottom tier. They’re just five games back of the Mets in the NL East.
For more value, Atlanta’s spread is also a safe play through Sunday. The Braves have won by an average of four runs during their streak. Passing on the -200 moneyline odds Tipico Sportsbook is giving them for Wednesday’s game in favor of the -125 odds for them to cover 1.5 points makes more sense. The Nationals have the second-worst point margin in the majors, and the first two games of this series had an average margin of five runs.
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That’s also the best approach when Atlanta opens against Chicago on Friday. While the Cubs have a better margin than Washington, they’re one of the coldest teams in the league, losing eight straight games by an average margin of more than five runs.
Next week, things get a little tougher for the Braves with back-to-back series against the top-10 Giants and the Dodgers looming — both teams have better records than Atlanta. Now is the time to capitalize on the hottest team in baseball before it’s too late.