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Shanks: Here's why Alex Anthopoulos, Atlanta Braves must be sellers at the trade deadline

Don’t let the Braves weekend series win in St. Louis fool you. As they prepare to host the All-Star Game Tuesday night, they will be in an uncomfortable and unfamiliar position: practically out of the pennant race with two-plus months to go.

The last thing general manager Alex Anthopoulos needs to do is to believe the last few games should give him hope. The hope more or less died when starter Spencer Schwellenbach went down for at least two months. That was the nail driven into the 2025 casket.

Even in a best-case scenario, with Schwellenbach and Chris Sale returning sometime in September, the Braves have to make it to then.