At the beginning of the offseason Braves fans had some high expectations. These were increased even more when Josh Donaldson was signed rather quickly to a one-year, $23 million dollar contract. Since then, not much has happened outside of a couple minor moves involving a short-term deal with former Brave Brian McCann and the return of Nick Markakis for another season. This has left some of the fanbase in an uproar which has only been made worse by other teams in the NL East spending big and vastly improving their squads (outside of the Marlins, of course).