Atlanta is full of tough seasons. The club lost four of the top five (Chris Sales,,,,, Reynaldo Lopez,,,,, Spencer Schwellenbachand AJ Smith-Shawver) List of injuries so far, Spencer Strider Spend some time on the shelves earlier this year. Despite the outstanding performance Ronald Acuna Jr. As well as the club’s capture and connection, and the continuous and stable production Matt Olson At the first base. The bullpen usually consists of Raisel Iglesiaslooking unusually shaky. For all the things that went wrong this year, maybe no one is as frustrating as the club Ozzie Albies.
Albies, 28, is a three-time All-Star game, entered the 2025 season with a 108 WRC+ career and won over 20 professional wars based on Fangraphs and baseball references. He didn’t watch it like he did this season. In 90 games and 383 cricket games, he cut only .223/.292/.315 (72 WRC+). His expected figure (.291 Xwoba) is stronger than his actual output (.274 WOBA), but both figures are well below par for the season. Although his 3-point shooting percentage (15.4%) is below his career norm, the walking percentage (8.1%) is actually the highest in his career.
With his plate subject numbers better than ever, the culprit behind Albis’ lack of productivity is obvious: power. The infielder has only six home runs this year and has a total shooting percentage of 19. His .092 ISO (Average Loss Average) is the seventh lowest figure in baseball, even contact-oriented bats, e.g. Nico Hoerner and Bryson Stott. It is not impossible to be a productive bat with this level of ability. Hoerner has 104 WRC+, and ISO is only two points higher than Albies, and JP Crawford However, with the same ISO, WRC+ is 128. However, it requires better board discipline numbers than Albies. Crawford’s production improved with a great walking rate of 13.3%, while Hoerner hit it with a 6.7% cut.
In addition, the two batters will also load babips over .300. Albis sits only at .251 this season. This is low and should be expected to happen at least a little bit, but Swint-hitter’s career BABIP was only 0.289, and a figure over 0.300 was released throughout the 2019 season before the season. Albies’ previous work did not get better wealth on batting, but instead did it with a 25-30 home run in a healthy situation. Unfortunately, this power has disappeared. Last year, Albies hit just 10 home runs in 99 games, which might have looked like an anomaly at the time, but this year’s pop music now looks like the beginning of a new normal.
If Albis can’t turn things around as soon as possible, how should the Braves approach their second baseman? It turns out that he was able to become a star at his best, so it was hard to swallow the idea of trading his value at such a low level. Rejecting his $7MM club option for 2026 should seem to be out of the table at all, especially given the valid 4mm buyout, which actually makes it a 3mm decision.
Meanwhile, Atlanta has only three seasons to control Acuna, and 2026 will be Sale’s final year unless he agrees to another extension. The Braves already know that if they do, they are not going to sell too much this summer. But players like Iglesias will be seen in the offseason Marcell Ozuna Departing for Free Agents, there is a need to rebuild the lineup anyway. Is seeing an upgrade on second base a wise part of offseason remake?
In the next few years, as many of Atlanta’s most important works approach the open market, it can be said that the Braves will find more Warriors by targeting players like this Gleyber Torres In free agent. Of course, on the other hand, Albis’ contract is unusually cost-effective. Torres’ salary at 15mm this year is already more than his double salary next season if he chooses, and Torres seems to have received a bigger payday when he returns to free agents this winter. If Brave’s current core’s other fragments are like Michael Harris II and Jurickson Profar Big numbers can be raised in the second half and concerns can be raised in another season as the team gets stuck in offensive discomfort.
How do MLBTR readers think that the front desk in Atlanta should deal with what they found in Albis? Should they stick with his progress due to his potential rise and cheap salary, or should they see what they can get in the trade market, hoping to replace him with a more stable choice? There is a say in the following polls:
