The Atlanta Braves are currently gearing up for the upcoming 2025 MLB season by participating in Spring Training. The 2025 campaign will be filled with expectations for the Braves, who are coming off of an injury-riddled 2024 season that saw them lose in the NLDS to the San Diego Padres.

While much will be made about Jurickson Profar essentially manning the leadoff spot until Ronald Acuña Jr. returns to the lineup later this season, all it took was one swing off Profar's bat to have Atlanta Braves fans falling in love with him.

New York Mets star Juan Soto homered in his first spring training game, but that hasn't stopped detractors and rivals from comparing him – perhaps unfairly – to

Once Acuña returns to the active roster there are no plans to have him DH any regular-season games, Alex Anthopoulos said.

Jurickson Profar seems primed to prevent the Braves from doing what they did most of last season, when they struggled to find a suitable replacement for Ronald Acuña Jr. in the leadoff spot. “We kind of had a makeshift-type thing with \[the leadoff spot\],

Braves first baseman Matt Olson admits that 2024 was not his ideal season and has a plan for improving in 2025.