The Atlanta Braves begin the second half of the 2025 MLB season with a 42-53 record and a 12.5-game deficit in the National League East. It’s an unfamiliar place for the Braves, a franchise that has not missed the postseason since 2017. Thanks to numerous injuries and a stumbling start to the campaign (going 4-11 in their first 15 games), Atlanta now has just a 3.3 percent chance of making the postseason, according to FanGraphs. With that slim of a chance, the Braves are expected to be sellers at the upcoming MLB trade deadline (set for July 31 at 6 p.m. ET). One of the players who could be on the move is veteran designated hitter Marcell Ozuna. The 34-year-old is in the final year of a five-year, $80 million deal and has plenty of pop left at the plate, hitting 13 homers and driving in 42 runs in his first 318 at-bats of the season. However, he hit just .188 in 114 June plate appearances and .161 in 38 PAs in July, so teams will be banking on a change of scenery doing him well if a trade happens. While his
