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Atlanta Braves: Which general manager really deserves the credit?

However, which Atlanta Braves GM had the biggest hand in the current organizational makeup?

John Schuerholz still has a hand in the current roster as he was the one who drafted both Freddie Freeman and Julio Teheran. That’s about the extent of his work that is still left though.

So let’s go back to October of 2007 when Frank Wren was appointed the heir to Schuerholz.

Wren made some moves that were just plain terrible (Melvin/BJ Upton, and Kenshin Kawakami), but on the other hand, he made moves that the Atlanta Braves are still reaping the benefits from.