Atlanta Braves Veterans Closing In On Significant Milestones

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Feb 25, 2017; Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA; Atlanta Braves second baseman Brandon Phillips (4) walks out for warm ups prior to a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Champion Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Logan Bowles-USA TODAY Sports /

Brandon Phillips

Phillips is close to three career marks. For one, he’s 137 hits away from 2,000. Also, he only needs three home runs and two steals to reach 200 in each of those categories.

The home runs and steals will almost certainly get there this year– the hits are iffy.

Last season, in one of his best seasons ever for batting average, Phillips had 160 hits in 87% of the season (141 games).

If we assume Phillips is the same player that he was last year, it would still take 75% of the games (about 122 games) this season for him to reach 137 hits. With Albies almost certainly getting the call-up at some point and most likely sooner rather than later, that’s probably unlikely.

If he does get to the 2,000-200-200 marks, though, he will be only the 32nd player in history to do so. Whether he does or not, what career it’s been for BP.

Jun 1, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) hits a two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fifth inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports /

Freddie Freeman

After turning in what was probably his best season yet, Freddie Freeman is now on the verge of 1,000 hits. At 949 currently, it shouldn’t be long before Freddie gets there.

The speed at which Freddie should accomplish this feat is actually quite substantial. Chipper Jones didn’t reach 1,000 hits until he was 28 years old; Freddie enters the 2017 season at 27 years old.

No, the Freddie-Chipper comparisons are never going to end.

Freddie keeps moving up the Braves’ record books– another 178 hit season like he had last year would put him top-20 in Braves’ history.

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