Bleacher Report’s latest stab at the Atlanta Braves’ Opening Day lineup gets a lot of the names right, and the tone wrong. It’s the kind of projection that looks clean in a list format but falls apart the second you remember Atlanta has already told you what it wants to be. And when the Braves have been this direct about something in March, you don’t overthink that.
The obvious error is simple: Ronald Acuña Jr. is not batting third. Walt Weiss hasn’t danced around it or left it open-ended — he’s been clear that Acuña is leading off.