{"id":526585,"date":"2026-01-18T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/526585\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:29:11","slug":"mlb-writer-credits-braves-for-strong-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/526585\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Writer Credits Braves For Strong Offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/teams\/mlb\/atlanta-braves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Atlanta Braves;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Atlanta Braves<\/a> had a disappointing 2025 season, but they\u2019ve made multiple key moves this offseason that should have them right back in the playoff hunt in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta\u2019s key additions have included signing reliever Robert Suarez and outfielder Mike Yastrzemski, along with re-signing shortstop Ha-Seong Kim and several other familiar faces.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta\u2019s low-key stellar offseason inspired Bleacher Report\u2019s Zachary D. Rymer to rate the Braves\u2019 work this winter among the five best in Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour of the Braves\u2019 six free-agent signings have been\u00a0re-signings, so what they have is not so much a whole new look as a\u00a0slightly\u00a0different\u00a0look,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25355918-mlbs-5-best-and-worst-offseasons-so-far-ranked?referrer=grok.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rymer wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rymer wrote<\/a>. \u201cEven so, let\u2019s give the Suarez signing its due credit. He was an All-Star in each of the last two seasons, ultimately saving 76 games with a 2.87 ERA. He and (Raisel) Iglesias should lock down plenty of leads, which wasn\u2019t always so simple as Atlanta\u2019s bullpen finished 19th in ERA last season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Yastrzemski signing is\u00a0more of a sneaky-good deal, but its impact should be felt all the same,\u201d Rymer added. \u201cThe short version is that he\u2019s a good hitter in a position that had become known for bad offensive outcomes over the last two years. Retaining Kim likewise has a chance to be one of the Braves\u2019 best moves, though that will depend on him turning the clock back a couple years. At best, he can still be the 5-WAR player he was for San Diego in 2022 and 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Braves already have a core of established stars like Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. They hired a new manager in Walt Weiss, who will be expected to have Atlanta in the postseason yearly, as is tradition for this franchise.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/11\/red-sox-braves-trade-idea-lands-14m-all-star-pitcher\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Red Sox-Braves Trade Idea Lands $14M All-Star Pitcher;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">  Red Sox-Braves Trade Idea Lands $14M All-Star Pitcher <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Braves had a disappointing 2025 season, but they\u2019ve made multiple key moves this offseason that should&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,5,44021,633,119,4,80,921,137,25140],"class_list":{"0":"post-526585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-atlanta-braves","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-familiar-faces","11":"tag-ha-seong-kim","12":"tag-mike-yastrzemski","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-robert-suarez","15":"tag-ronald-acuna-jr","16":"tag-san-diego","17":"tag-zachary-d-rymer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115917289214873147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}