Braves predicted to send just one player to 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta

The 2025 All-Star Game is astatine Truist Park, but it mightiness not beryllium nan ceremony nan Atlanta Braves hoped for.

It's been a agelong hold for Atlanta to big nan Midsummer Classic, and nan clip has yet arrived. But while each big metropolis wants to spot a boatload of representatives astatine nan game, this Braves squad doesn't merit that luxury.

At 28-38, nan Braves person arguably been nan biggest disappointment of nan Major League Baseball season. They've mislaid 8 of their past 9 games, and what was expected to beryllium a potent discourtesy has been streaky astatine best.

Every squad gets astatine slightest 1 All-Star representative. But that mightiness beryllium each nan Braves are granted.

On Monday, ESPN's David Schoenfield predicted the All-Star rosters, and starting pitcher Chris Sale was nan only Braves subordinate connected his National League roster.

"The crippled is astatine Truist Park successful Atlanta, truthful it would beryllium bully to get much Braves connected nan squad -- but Sale is nan only 1 I squeezed onto nan roster," Schoenfield wrote.

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"(Marcell) Ozuna, Austin Riley and Spencer Schwellenbach still person clip to play their measurement onto nan team, but nan past clip nan Braves had conscionable 1 All-Star rep was 2017, erstwhile Ender Inciarte was nan only selection. It would beryllium a acold outcry from 2 seasons ago, erstwhile nan Braves had 8 All-Stars."

Sale, nan reigning Cy Young Award winner, has been connected occurrence of late, and he's down to a 2.79 ERA pinch 107 strikeouts done 80 2/3 innings. His expertise to enactment patient for nan Braves fixed his myriad wounded issues during his past 5 years pinch nan Boston Red Sox has been a marvel.

Ozuna is fighting an uphill conflict to make it arsenic a designated hitter pinch Shohei Ohtani, Seiya Suzuki, and Kyle Schwarber successful nan NL. Riley only has a 118 OPS+, and Schwellenbach doesn't person Sale's strikeout numbers.

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