{"id":377547,"date":"2025-12-30T08:51:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/377547\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:51:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:51:05","slug":"atlanta-braves-news-michael-harris-nl-east-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/377547\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves News: Michael Harris, NL East, More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">With 2026 literally two days a way, the hope of better fortune for the Braves next year and beyond compared to 2025 certainly comes into focus. And while the Braves have made plenty of moves this off-season that rightfully make them a better team for next year, it is hard to deny the biggest need for this team is a few of their core members getting back on track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">More specifically, Austin Riley and Michael Harris II come to mind as core members the Braves need more consistency from. Mark Bowman of MLB.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/michael-harris-ii-braves-2026-outlook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:explored this exact topic on Michael Harris II;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">explored this exact topic on Michael Harris II<\/a>, with no one more aware of the need to get better than the player himself. Harris II has shown multiple times in his career he is fully capable of being a two-way difference maker, but consistency is key. Hopefully, that key will be found and a new level of production will be unlocked for 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>MLB News<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Marlins acquired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/esteury-ruiz-dodgers-marlins-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:former A\u2019s outfielder Esteury Ruiz from the Dodgers.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">former A\u2019s outfielder Esteury Ruiz from the Dodgers. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brendan Donovan continues to be a popular trade market for multiple teams, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6927521\/2025\/12\/29\/mlb-off-season-tyler-soderstrom-brendan-donovan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:but the Cardinals have incentive to continue waiting for the best deal.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">but the Cardinals have incentive to continue waiting for the best deal. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With 2026 literally two days a way, the hope of better fortune for the Braves next year and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[142455,13087,13195,58858,184636,4279,22272,184635,29504,363,99],"class_list":["post-377547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-austin-riley","tag-braves","tag-brendan-donovan","tag-cardinals","tag-core-members","tag-dodgers","tag-esteury-ruiz","tag-mark-bowman","tag-michael-harris-ii","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}