Braves: 3 trades Alex Anthopoulos should avoid

1. No reason whatsoever to mess around with the best lineup in all of baseball

Pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered. There is no reason on god’s green earth to mess with the greatest lineup baseball has potentially ever seen. We are talking about a starting nine that rivals the 1995 Cleveland Indians and the 2001 Seattle Mariners. While those teams didn’t win the World Series, Atlanta did beat one of them to do it… Regardless, this lineup is absolutely perfect.

Well, six of the nine position players in the Atlanta lineup were National League All-Stars. Michael Harris II is the reigning NL Rookie of the Year in centerfield. Marcell Ozuna is finally living up to his four-year contract extension he signed in Feb. 2021. His improved plate discipline has been tremendous. As for Eddie Rosario, he has the ability to go on the hottest of stretches at the plate.

So what would Anthopoulos be doing anyway here? Trading backup backstop Travis d’Arnaud for a sack of marbles just to get some action, dawg. No, don’t be stupid. Heck, I don’t even think there is much of a need to address the depth of the bench. This is because, when healthy, the Braves’ starters are conditioned to play, and play well every day. It is why they are better than everyone.

Barring injury, there really is no need for Anthopoulos to look to address the best starting lineup.