Opening Day is 48 hours away, as the Braves head to San Diego to take on the Padres to kick off the 2025 campaign.

With the Braves’ decision to trade Ian Anderson to the Angels, AJ Smith-Shawver has officially won the battle for the final spot in the rotation, and his 2025 campaign could go in a multitude of different directions.

2024 was the first time in seven years the Braves didn’t run away with the NL East.

Despite returning nearly every bat from a lineup that has an argument for the greatest offense in baseball history from a couple of seasons ago, the Braves are rarely talked about among the best lineups ahead of the 2025 campaign.

In light of recent developments over the last week, the Braves Opening Day roster is pretty much set, providing Alex Anthopoulos doesn’t have some more tricks up his sleeve in the coming days.

After giving him a full look during Spring Training, the Braves finally opted to end the Ian Anderson experiment before Opening Day by trading him to the Angels, where he will join Ron Washington and a bevy of his former teammates.