To say that the 2025 season hasn’t gone according to plan for the Atlanta Braves would be a major understatement. After narrowly making it to the playoffs last year and promptly getting swept in the NL Wild Card series, the Braves expected that they would once again contend, especially with 2023 NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. returning to action after a lost 2024 season. Instead, with a little over a week to go before the trade deadline, the Braves have a 44-57 record thus far — good for worst in the NL East.
Barring an unforeseen hot streak, the Braves are bound to miss the playoffs for just the first time since 2017.