Today’s an exciting day, right? The trade deadline isn’t too far off, the Braves are back in action following the All-Star break, the incomparable Shohei Ohtani is going to be pitching in Cobb County today and the team actually has a good record to begin the second half of the season. That last part definitely wasn’t the case last season, as the Braves were famously struggling in the mud before GM Alex Anthopoulos embarked on his attempt to fix the team ahead of the deadline.
Needless to say, there’s a World Series trophy sitting in the stadium right now that shows just how well those moves at last year’s deadline paid off.