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The Atlanta Braves’ 2025 season wasn’t supposed to look like this.
After dropping their latest series to the San Francisco Giants, the Braves now sit at 44-57, well behind the pace they’ve set in recent years. This is a far cry from the 100-win powerhouse fans have come to expect.
Atlanta’s offense continues to sputter, their pitching staff has been ravaged by injuries and the clock is ticking toward the July 31st trade deadline with no clear answers in sight.
Even inside the Braves clubhouse, the pressure is starting to show according to starting pitcher Spencer Strider.
“If we fail on the field, if I fail to do my job, then somebody else is probably going to be held accountable for it,” said Strider. “They probably don’t deserve it in a lot of cases. So, that weighs pretty heavy on me, and I know it does for a lot of other guys in here.”
Strider’s words are reflective of a team that knows its window for contention is still open, but possibly beginning to close — and this month may mark the beginning of change.
“It’s something we’ve talked about as a group for the last couple months,” Strider admitted. “It’s just the direction that we were headed that we might be saying goodbye to some friends if we don’t turn things around. Unfortunately, we might be in that boat now.”
What’s Gone Wrong?
Injuries, inconsistency and underperformance have defined much of Atlanta’s 2025 campaign. Key hitters like Austin Riley and Michael Harris II have struggled to maintain consistency and the bottom half of the lineup has offered little production.
On the mound, the Braves have seen a rotation, that once looked deep, become stretched thin due to health setbacks and regression.
Their series loss to San Francisco was emblematic of the season as a whole. Brief moments of promise was overshadowed untimely by strikeouts, bullpen cracks and a lineup that can’t seem to sustain rallies.
And unlike in years past, the Braves haven’t been able to rely on their dominant offense to bail them out.
