{"id":110501,"date":"2025-10-21T09:26:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=110501"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:26:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:26:25","slug":"report-wild-braves-free-agent-prediction-could-end-up-being-phillies-doomsday-scenario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=110501","title":{"rendered":"Report!! Wild Braves free agent prediction could end up being Phillies\u2019 doomsday scenario"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full\" title=\"Division Series - Philadelphia Phillies v Los Angeles Dodgers - Game Three\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_42,w_3757,h_2113\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/17\/01k819v7pa7vs7crsvn4.jpg\" alt=\"Division Series - Philadelphia Phillies v Los Angeles Dodgers - Game Three\" width=\"3757\" height=\"2113\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Division Series - Philadelphia Phillies v Los Angeles Dodgers - Game Three\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Division Series &#8211; Philadelphia Phillies v Los Angeles Dodgers &#8211; Game Three | Ronald Martinez\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1 odesa-article-main\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content [&amp;_p]:leading-[30px] [&amp;_p]:md:leading-[28px] [&amp;_li]:leading-[30px] [&amp;_li]:md:leading-[28px]\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">With the\u00a0expected departure of Marcell Ozuna\u00a0in free agency, the Atlanta Braves are inevitably going to have to pivot their designated hitter plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">For the moment, the most likely option remains that\u00a0Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy will get the bulk\u00a0of the DH reps assuming Murphy recovers well from surgery with other lineup regulars probably getting cameo appearances as well. However, another option exists this offseason that could certainly upset the apple cart and infuriate Phillies fans along the way.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Generally speaking, paying big money for a designated hitter only bat is not a good idea. Doing so more often than not creates lineup inflexibility that can only be justified unless the bat in question is top tier as was the case with Ozuna unless his production cratered in 2025.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">However, there is one DH free agent that would be worth the flexibility trade-off in Kyle Schwarber who was making a run at NL MVP until late in the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">While Atlanta signing him seems extremely unlikely, Bleacher Report&#8217;s Joel Reuter seems to think that\u00a0Schwarber and the Braves are a good fit\u00a0together.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Bleacher Report seems to think the Braves and Kyle Schwarber could be a good match, but there are some problems<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In fairness to Reuter, the dots are pretty easy to connect here. The Braves want to compete at a high level, they are losing their full-time DH, and Schwarber is easily the best option available on the open market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">While having a guy who has averaged almost 47 home runs a season for the last four years would be nice, there are some problems with this plan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Ignoring for the moment that the Braves already have a pretty easy DH solution on their roster right now in Baldwin\/Murphy, they have other priorities that they need to attend to first with their somewhat limited resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">They still need to figure out shortstop which is a premium position and Alex Anthopoulos has already said that adding pitching depth is going to be a top priority this offseason.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Is it fun to think about taking the Phillies&#8217; best hitter and slotting him into the Braves&#8217; lineup? Of course it is! However, the reality is he is probably going to be too expensive for Atlanta, creates lineup\/roster issues that they probably don&#8217;t think would be worth it, and would hurt their ability to address actual holes on their roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">There are good reasons why B\/R only had the Braves as the #8 option for Schwarber this offseason, although it is a fun idea to daydream about if you ignore the details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Division Series &#8211; Philadelphia Phillies v Los Angeles Dodgers &#8211; Game Three | Ronald Martinez\/GettyImages With the\u00a0expected departure of Marcell Ozuna\u00a0in free agency, the Atlanta Braves are&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":110503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report!! 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