This was not how the 2021 season was supposed to go for the Atlanta Braves.
Sure, if you ask most projection systems, the Braves were supposed to be essentially a .500 ball club. In that regard, the team’s 44-45 record heading into the All-Star break shouldn’t be entirely surprising.
But how the season arrived at this point, and what fans expect the second half will hold, is unlike anything anyone could’ve predicted.
One of the most persistent disappointments, other than the Braves’ inability to exist a single day with a winning record, has been the recovery of Mike Soroka from an Achilles tendon injury.