The week got off to a bit of a controversial start for the Atlanta Braves as team chairman Terry McGuirk and general manager Alex Anthopoulos addressed the growing criticism of the team’s offseason in an excellent interview with The Athletic’s Jeff Schultz and David O’Brien. I’m not going to rehash all of those points here on what should have and could have happened over the winter, but here are some highlights.
The facts are that the Braves made a splash early with the addition of Josh Donaldson and that has largely been lost in a “what have you done for me lately” vacuum within the fanbase.