Braves Quiet Trade Deadline: Failure or a Reality Check?

The deadline can't be labeled as a success for the Atlanta Braves, but we won't know right away if it was a failure either; we simply got a reality check

There are two ways to look at the deadlineThere are two ways to look at the deadline / Aaron Doster-Imagn Images

The MLB trade deadline came and went. Marcell Ozuna is still wearing an Atlanta Braves uniform. So are Raisel Iglesias and Pierce Johnson, and really anyone not named Rafael Montero.

Enyel De Los Santos is out, but that was to clear roster space, not as part of a trade.

In a year that they were sellers, they added more than they sold. Erick Fedde and Carlos Carrasco became rotation options. Tyler Kinley takes over for Montero in the…