The Atlanta Braves sit seven games behind the Washington Nationals in the NL East entering play on Saturday and five games out in a logjam of an NL Wild Card race.
While neither of those deficits are too big to overcome, Braves President of Baseball Operations John Hart isn't signing off on a major buying spree before the July 31st MLB trade deadline
"We're not going to be big buyers," Hart said during a recent Q&A with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I'm not saying we won't deal. But with [Jason] Grilli going down and there's an unknown with Freddie [Freeman], we're not in a position where we can go out and try to get three or four pieces.