These bats weren't made for walkin'

Through 147 games the Braves had drawn 419 walks, third-fewest in baseball and a 162-game pace of about 462, which would be their fewest in a season since the 1988 club walked 432 times. For the Braves Report, I combined Sportradar's 2026 team totals with the MLB Stats API's history back to 1988 (walks include intentional walks) and compared teams' walk rates with their scoring: of the four teams that draw walks least often, only the Braves score more than the MLB average of 4.48 runs per game, and overall Atlanta is 10th in scoring.