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The\u00a0Atlanta Braves standing pat at the trade deadline\u00a0was objectively not a good result for the Braves going forward.<\/p>\n

Sure, there is some logic to maintaining a relatively competitive team throughout the season is good for fan and player morale, but the reality is that Atlanta has multiple pending free agents on a non-playoff team that are about to walk away with nothing to show for it. In particular, the\u00a0Braves’ inability to trade Marcell Ozuna\u00a0was particularly rough.<\/p>\n

In fairness to the Braves,\u00a0Ozuna’s trade market did seemingly crater due to lingering concerns over his off-the-field issues and the fact that he was playing like garbage at the time.<\/p>\n

After the deadline. Alex Anthopoulos was resolute in saying that he wasn’t going to just trade a guy for the sake of it and he apparently did not get a deal to his liking for Ozuna that the DH would have actually accepted.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, after a\u00a0bit of a hot streak immediately after the deadline, Atlanta not moving Ozuna before the trade deadline and getting some sort of value for him is looking worse and worse.<\/p>\n

Marcell Ozuna is slumping again which makes the Braves’ trade deadline look even worse<\/h2>\n

Baseball is a funny game and in Ozuna’s case, we have seen him be absolutely terrible with fans calling for him to be traded as well as\u00a0look like a viable MVP candidate for stretches multiple times during his tenure with the Braves.<\/p>\n

You can find samples of games to bolster any argument you want to make about a given player, but Ozuna’s decline of late still feels quite bad in the grand scheme of things.<\/p>\n

After a strong first half of August, Ozuna’s last 10 games have been decided less kind. In his last 43 plate appearances, Ozuna has slashed .156\/.326\/.219 with zero home runs and just two RBI.<\/p>\n

For a team that kept Ozuna presumably to field a more competitive lineup, Ozuna’s performance has made that bet look most unfortunate.<\/p>\n

This is the hand the Braves have been dealt after making the bets they did. Ozuna looks like a guy that is going to limp into free agency and be lucky to get a multi-year deal and the Braves are going to get nothing for him.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0reunion seems like a ridiculous notion right now unless Ozuna is willing to take a notable pay cut and Atlanta is willing to ignore his decline in 2025.<\/p>\n

Had the trade deadline gone as many thought it would, Ozuna would be trying to salvage his free agency elsewhere and the Braves would have gotten a touch of salary relief and, in theory, added some talent to their farm system.<\/p>\n

Instead, everyone involved is left wondering what might have been as the Braves finish out a season that has been littered with disappointments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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