To say that 2025 didn't go how the Atlanta Braves and their fans expected is an understatement. The team dug itself an early hole by starting out 0-7, and struggled to gain its footing in the early going. Seeing the club's prime offseason acquisition, Jurickson Profar, get hit with a PED suspension added further insult to the nightmare.
Atlanta would rally, going 14-11 in April, but key cogs began dropping like flies after being hit by the injury bug. It didn't matter if it was in the lineup or the starting rotation; several prominent Braves like Chris Sale, Austin Riley, Spencer Scwellenbach, and Ronald Acuña Jr.