{"id":533988,"date":"2026-01-23T06:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/533988\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T06:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:19:17","slug":"braves-predicted-to-lose-40-home-run-slugger-to-strange-al-team-that-doesnt-fit-his-play-style-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/533988\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves predicted to lose 40 home run slugger to strange AL team that doesn\u2019t fit his play style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/atlanta-braves\/news\/braves-predicted-lose-40-home-run-slugger-al-team-doesnt-fit\/c36a64f031bc6a0bfbb14f3c?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Braves predicted to lose 40 home run slugger to strange AL team that doesn\u2019t fit his play style;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Braves predicted to lose 40 home run slugger to strange AL team that doesn\u2019t fit his play style<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/cleveland-guardians\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cleveland Guardians;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cleveland Guardians<\/a> have remained quiet for much of the offseason, which doesn\u2019t come as much of a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, some believe the Guardians can still go out and make a big move.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Kline of FanSided recently projected that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/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> free agent Marcell Ozuna would land in Cleveland on a short-term deal, giving the Guardians a much-needed power bat, but something they haven\u2019t had in a long-time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cleveland Guardians have largely ignored free agency so far, undoubtedly to the chagrin of Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez,\u201d Kline <a href=\"https:\/\/fansided.com\/mlb\/mlb-offseason-predictions-with-heavyweight-hitters-off-the-board-major-trades-loom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStephen Vogt understands how to muck up a game and win on technique and strategy, but the Guardians don&#8217;t stand a chance in October without material improvements to the lineup. Marcell Ozuna would be a smart one-year signing. He can still deliver 25-plus homers in his sleep, assuming health. If Chase DeLauter, Travis Bazzana and other top prospects pop off, suddenly Cleveland has real juice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Throughout much of the past decade, Cleveland has been a team that wants to put the ball in play and make things happen. Ozuna is more of a boom or bust guy, but there\u2019s value in that, too.<\/p>\n<p>Even at this stage of his career, his power is legit, and a short-term contract would limit long-term risk while helping the team win now.<\/p>\n<p>Pairing Ozuna with a wave of young talent could reshape the lineup quickly, especially with the mounting questions it has right now. With some prospects coming up and already here, as well as Jose Ramirez, that lineup would be decent.<\/p>\n<p>More Braves news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Braves predicted to lose 40 home run slugger to strange AL team that doesn\u2019t fit his play style&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2380],"tags":[46,5,22912,29806,135,51,2565,538,78,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-533988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-guardians","8":"tag-atlanta-braves","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-chase-delauter","11":"tag-christopher-kline","12":"tag-cleveland","13":"tag-cleveland-guardians","14":"tag-clevelandguardians","15":"tag-guardians","16":"tag-marcell-ozuna","17":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115942966173087626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533988","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=533988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}