{"id":99512,"date":"2025-09-27T16:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=99512"},"modified":"2025-09-27T16:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:59:20","slug":"bleacher-reports-worst-braves-player-list-turns-out-to-be-misleading-heres-why-its-more-depressing-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=99512","title":{"rendered":"Bleacher Report\u2019s \u201cWorst\u201d Braves Player List Turns Out to Be Misleading \u2013 Here\u2019s Why It\u2019s More Depressing Than You Think!"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<h3 class=\"my-2.5 text-black font-group-gigantic !leading-[30px] md:!leading-[44px]\">Bleacher Report\u2019s \u201cworst\u201d Braves player a little misleading and definitely depressing<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F17%2F01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full\" title=\"Chicago Cubs v Atlanta Braves\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3472,h_1953\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/17\/01k5y7qheqfgfqn3t9f7.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Cubs v Atlanta Braves\" width=\"3472\" height=\"1953\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Chicago Cubs v Atlanta Braves\" 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>Chicago Cubs v Atlanta Braves | Kevin C. Cox\/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>There are a number of Atlanta Braves players that have been disappointing this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ozzie Albies and\u00a0Raisel Iglesias\u00a0were terrible in the first half, Austin Riley struggled before he got hurt, and any number of injured Braves pitchers could be on the list as well.<\/p>\n<p>However, one name that does stick out is\u00a0Michael Harris II whose inconsistency has been infuriating.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from around six weeks after the All-Star break\u00a0where he was the best hitter in baseball, Harris has been supremely disappointing after such a promising start to his career.<\/p>\n<p>Across 627 plate appearances as of September 24, Harris has only managed a .246\/.266\/.404 line.<\/p>\n<p>While Harris is very close to posting a 20\/20 season, that is little consolation when the rest of his production has been so lackluster.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">However, when\u00a0Bleacher Report named Harris the &#8220;worst&#8221; player on the Braves\u00a0recently, that doesn&#8217;t feel completely fair even though Harris&#8217; season has left a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Michael Harris II has not been good, but he is not the worst Braves player<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In fairness to B\/R&#8217;s Kerry Miller here, they did go on to explain that this wasn&#8217;t an examination of each team&#8217;s roster and sorting by WAR or anything like that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Instead, their subjective criteria was more based on expectations of players coming into the season and identifying those that were the most disappointing in matching those expectations. When you look at it that way, Harris has an extremely strong case.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">However, it just feels like the title of <strong>&#8220;worst&#8221;<\/strong> player is a little misleading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Braves fans almost certainly prefer having Harris around versus say Alex Verdugo who gave Atlanta 213 bad plate appearances and then we have\u00a0Nick Allen and his strong defense, but truly terrible 52 wRC+ in 411 plate appearances before the Braves went out and go Ha-Seong Kim. That isn&#8217;t even accounting for some of the truly awful arms that Atlanta has trotted out this season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Is calling Harris the Braves&#8217; worst player fair? No, it isn&#8217;t. That said, Miller is completely correct that expectations on Harris were very high given how he had been trending only to crater for most of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">One hopes that he can turn things around next season, otherwise the Braves are going to have bigger problems than baseball writers saying mean things about him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bleacher Report\u2019s \u201cworst\u201d Braves player a little misleading and definitely depressing Chicago Cubs v Atlanta Braves | Kevin C. 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