Braving the arms race
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To see whether the Braves kept pace with their rivals at the deadline, I matched every deadline transaction to FanGraphs' rest-of-season WAR projections and netted each team's additions against its subtractions, split between batters and pitchers. Atlanta added about a win of pitching WAR; the Dodgers (+2.5 net WAR overall) and Cubs (+2.3) each landed more than twice that on the mound, while the Braves' overall net gain of +0.9 ranked tenth among the 30 teams.