1 trade Atlanta Braves must avoid making before 2025 deadline

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Chris Sale (51) throws a pitch in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field.The Atlanta Braves are one of the bigger surprises in baseball this season. The Braves are nine games under .500, and they have lost eight of their last 10 games heading into Tuesday's tilt with the Milwaukee Brewers.

However, the Braves are not as bad as their record suggests. In fact, Atlanta is one of just two teams with a losing record to have a positive run differential. Their lineup has scored the 10th-fewest runs this year, so it has been the pitching holding the team together.

One of the biggest problems with the team is they are 9-19 in one run…