Atlanta Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos breaks silence on recent spiral

In a recent interview with Bally Sports, Atlanta Braves General manager Alex Anthopoulos spoke about the team’s performance. Currently second in the NL East, the Braves are 10 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies and are 17-23 in their last 40 games.

“I know it’s business at the end of the day,” Anthopoulos told Bally Sports. “It looks like the ball that Sean Murphy hit last night should have gone, but you shouldn’t rely on things so much during the day. 162. But when you’re working and trying to get things done, they make you weigh a little more We have some young and accomplished players, but our best performing player was our oldest – Marcell Ozuna People want to say that this is an aging core, with diminishing talents. are not performing, and it’s not true. The most important thing is that we are all in this together, as in 2021, this allows us to hang around. The rest of the NL hasn’t really pulled back. .

Question: Why is the Braves offense struggling?

“In all honesty, I probably don’t want to share this because no one has the straight answer. We are all in the same boat, we can have all the theories – there are 30 teams and we are looking for results. Look, we didn’t play well; I am stating the obvious here. When you look at the standings and the rest of the National League isn’t playing well, it’s like ’21 in a lot of ways. As much as you can look at the standings and playoff spots, we still need to play better.

Question: How do you rate Murphy and Riley still returning to the fold after injuries?

“What’s difficult is you want to be objective without making excuses. The team is similar with a full roster; Normally there are a few guys who are cold, but the other five or six step up. It’s rare that the entire lineup is cold, without Ozuna, who has been incredible. We would love to have an immediate turnaround. I’m doing what I can, but we haven’t gotten there yet. The saving grace is that the NL has not run away from us. However, the Phillies are playing exceptionally well. It’s about making sure we make the playoffs. Right now, no one is playing like they thought they would, except the Brewers, Dodgers and Phillies.

Question: What do you do in a situation like this? What can you do?

“We are all going to do everything we can, players, coaches, R&D. Everyone does what they can. I mentioned this maybe 10 days ago – I’m active in sales calls and nothing is imminent; I have been more active than in the past. We haven’t gotten any traction on anything, but in talking with other GMs it seems like everyone is facing offensive struggles. This doesn’t reassure us, but we continue to try to make our own team play well and we will see what we can come up with.

The brave the general manager had a lot to say on the team’s difficulties; all that remains is to see which strings the team will pull to see if they can turn the ship around.