Starting every single regular season game for a 2nd consecutive season, Olson led all of baseball in both home runs (54) and RBIs (139) and it wasn’t particularly close. Pacing the National League in slugging (.604), Atlanta’s 1st baseman saw his season production take a massive leap when he dropped from batting 2nd to cleanup, and as Acuña and Olson went, so did the offense.

Atlanta’s Short King, Albies continues to be one of the more productive second basemen in all of MLB. An All-Star for the third time in his six-plus seasons in Atlanta, Albies set a new career high in homeruns with 33 while also logging the 2nd-highest full season batting average (.280) of his career.

Finally back as a starter after losing his job in Milwaukee and backing up Dansby Swanson for a few years, Arcia rode a hot first half to his first career All-Star berth and was a starter in the Midsummer Classic, to boot.

Arcia finished .264/.321/.420 with 17 HRs and looks to build on his resurgent season in 2024.

One of the Braves’ three Gold Glove nominees for 2023, Riley started slow but took off down the stretch for Atlanta. Batting .300/.368/.601 with 21 homers in the 2nd half of the season, Riley continued his torrid hitting in the postseason, collecting six hits across the four games of the NLDS with two home runs and three RBIs.

Atlanta’s “Big Bear”, Ozuna started off as cold as possible – he was batting .081 at the end of April – just to rebound into an absolute mashing machine. Finishing his season with a career-high 40 homers and a .274/.346/.558 slashline, Ozuna proved manager Brian Snitker correct when Snit stuck with him through his early-season struggles.

It was almost a tale of two seasons for Atlanta’s newest import, with Murphy starting out hot in his first season as a member of the Braves. Playing almost every day for a notable chunk of the season’s first half, Murphy batted .306/.400/.599 and was a starter for the NL in the All-Star Game. But more sporadic play time in the 2nd half prevented Murphy from getting comfortable at the plate, and a .159/.310/.275 slash line left him with only a .251 average on the season.

What a season for Spencer Strider. The righty out of Clemson University broke John Smoltz’s Atlanta 1996 record for strikeouts in a season with 281, leading all of MLB. Strider also paced all of baseball in wins (20), winning percentage (.800), and strikeout rate (13.5 K/9) while leading the NL in FIP (2.85), but some unlucky big innings left his ERA at 3.86 and on the outside looking in at the NL Cy Young race.

“Iggy” rebounded from an early-season IL stint for shoulder soreness to finish 50 games for the Braves, going 5-4 with 2.75 ERA and 33 saves (in 37 chances). Iglesias, a 2022 trade deadline acquisition from the Angels, has pitched to a 1.98 ERA in 86 games since being acquired for Tucker Davidson and Jesse Chavez in a salary dump by Los Angeles.