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To me it seems like they have drafted heavily for pitching and have produced quite a bit of major league quality pitching including an Ace and All Star along with the Nebraska kid. They have three or four guys who might be rotation piece in minors along with at least two others who are...

Are you actually going to evaluate it or are you just going to look at a prospect ranking?

It can't be viewed separately because it is all of one piece. One affects the other. The Braves have repeatedly plugged draft picks from the current regime into a championship roster and seen them perform at a competent level and traded other draft picks for contributing players. Whether...

Where they pick high level offensive prospects are generally gone.

It seems reasonable to hypothesize that he had arm trouble before it was necessary to go under the knife.

Or they could just move the draft pick down and try to win the WS.

How disappointing is it really for end of the first round? If you have two elite pitches and a starter's frame you're gone by the 20s.

Might see him as a tradeable asset they would part with.

Safe bet that most of the people you meet in Mississippi are the illegitimate offspring of someone.

It's almost exactly the same situation as 2021.

I guess maybe you could do an actual comparison of the prospects the systems have put out in recent years and it might be interesting.

To be clear, OP wonders if Atlanta should fire the GM who has never missed the playoffs. In fact, who at this point has never lost the division.

If he wanted to be a Brave, he'd be a Brave.

I think that coincides with the first sign of adversity.

Sure it does. The level of talent at bottom of rounds is lower than at the top of rounds.

Also they've picked at the bottom of the draft for pretty much the entire tenure of the current GM. And consistently found players to help the club any way.

They spend the bulk of their picks on pitching. They've only recently rejoined the international signing game and likely have had to rebuild that completely. And it's rare to hit on a whole lot of guys in an entire draft. Also analytics favor three true outcome position players.

But won't really be going forward.

I also think it's ok if Acuna continues to play like Acuna so long as he is still able.

The Kelenic machinations were largely a flyer without a whole lot of risk. You wouldn't not make moves based on that and Kelenic's cost was largely front loaded, so keeping him around as a bench piece is neglible going forward.