That the Braves needed relief help down the stretch was no secret: on the day of the Trade Deadline, the Braves literally had the worst bullpen in baseball. As part of the relief corps remodeling, Alex Anthopoulos and the rest of Atlanta’s Front Office acquired Chris Martin from the Texas Rangers on July 30, sending former first-round pick Kolby Allard to Arlington in exchange.
What were the expectations?
As noted when the Braves added Martin, the projection systems figured he was good for somewhere between 0.