(Con’t)… and MLB prognosticators had the Braves as a top 5 team, serious NL contender and several had the evaluated the Braves’ roster as the closest to the Dodgers. On June 1, they’re in danger and being a last place team. How did this happen? It’s not injuries, it’s not who was or wasn’t added during the off-season and it’s probably not the coaching staff. It’s the core 7 (8 if you count Profar) everyday players who signed multi-year contracts after demonstrating all-star level talent and have collectively underperformed (stunk, if you want to be direct). This year is turning out to be the biggest underperformance by any Braves team since they moved to Atlanta and possibly one of the worst examples in recent baseball history. The task at hand for Alex is to figure out and keep who has the heart and desire to be a winner after achieving financial security and finding ways to move those that don’t.
(Con’t)… and MLB prognosticators had the Braves as a top 5 team, serious NL contender and several had the evaluated the Braves’ roster as the closest to the Dodgers. On June 1, they’re in danger and being a last place team. How did this happen? It’s not injuries, it’s not who was or wasn’t added during the off-season and it’s probably not the coaching staff. It’s the core 7 (8 if you count Profar) everyday players who signed multi-year contracts after demonstrating all-star level talent and have collectively underperformed (stunk, if you want to be direct). This year is turning out to be the biggest underperformance by any Braves team since they moved to Atlanta and possibly one of the worst examples in recent baseball history. The task at hand for Alex is to figure out and keep who has the heart and desire to be a winner after achieving financial security and finding ways to move those that don’t.
Just think back 10 weeks: all the projection systems and