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Atlanta Braves trade deadline: A different take on their inaction

Mike Soroka of the Atlanta Braves. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)

The Atlanta Braves’ failure to act was wildly panned by pundits and by other writers here. I’m disappointed too, but for different reasons.

Saying that Atlanta Braves fans seemed disappointed when the trade deadline passed without so much as a loud burp from GM Alex Anthopoulos is like saying the Mississippi is a nice little river.

Reactions ranged from outrage that he was held in check by Liberty Media, by being too timid to make a deal, or while suffering some kind of shell shock because he once traded Noah Syndergaard for R.