The Atlanta Braves have the unenviable task of taking their team from one plateau to the next in 2019.
I say ‘unenviable’ because every year that we do this event, I become more convinced that the job of a major league General Manager requires tireless dedication, endless research, communications skills, negotiation skills, lawyering skills, all-hours’ access, complete rule-book awareness, and at least name-recognition knowledge about nearly every baseball player worth knowing – for every club.
Heck, I just put myself on the spot and realized that I can’t even name all 30 GMs in the game.