We’re not too far removed from the last time the Braves had a bad season. 2017 wasn’t too long ago in the least bit. It’s not like you have to squint really hard in your mind’s eye to bring back visions of a baseball team that was a clear and obvious rebuilding project. That entire teardown-and-rebuild period following the disappointing 2014 season was rough, y’all.
The definition of putting on a brave face to watch a baseball team is having to watch and root for a revolving door of mediocre-to-bad players that were all unlikely to be around when the team returned to contention in the future.