The Atlanta Braves are coming off of a big weekend series with the Arizona Diamondbacks that has moved the Braves to 4 1/2 games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies for the National League East. With the postseason becoming more of reality, the 2018-2019 offseason is not in the forefront of Braves fans minds the way it has been recently in mid-September, but it is still an interesting thought experiment to look forward.
We will examine first the players who will be under contract for 2019 then explore 3 different angles on how to construct the team for 2019, each with a different focus and different result that each should be competitive, but each in different ways.