The 2021 calendar year for Atlanta professional sports has the potential to be one of the better ones in recent memory. After the Atlanta Hawks made a thrilling run into the Eastern Conference Finals, taking out New York and Philadelphia in the process, Atlanta baseball was not pointing towards the same height as basketball.
The Braves initially were the only team in the city expected to compete for a championship, after coming one game short last season of beating the Los Angeles Dodgers to make the World Series. With the entire core 2020 squad coming back, general manager Alex Anthopolous re-signed Marcell Ozuna over Adam Duvall to take the left field spot in the National League’s return to a non-designated hitter season.