The Braves took a lot of heat for trading Andrelton Simmons last winter. He seemed like a player who would be worth keeping as the club aimed to be competitive in 2017.
Through the first month of the 2016 season, Simmons is on pace for the worst year of his career by far. Yes, it's still early. We should probably write "...but it's still early" after every sentence up until June. But for a player who has seen his offensive numbers decrease every year since his rookie campaign, there should be plenty of concern in Anaheim.
Simmons is batting .