The 2018 Atlanta Braves season started off as many of us would have expected. We knew Ronald Acuna, Jr. would be held back for awhile, so there wasn’t much surprise there. Freddie Freeman, of course, came out of the gate hot – nope, no surprise there. You could say Nick Markakis start to the season was a bit of a surprise – which actually led to one of his best seasons.
So there might’ve been a few surprises in the first month or so of the season, but nothing really compared to the surprising start of Ozzie Albies.