The MLB offseason is still young, giving Atlanta Braves a long way ahead to make some key decisions. These decisions will be crucial to the outcome of the upcoming 2025 season.

Now, we can only predict what the Braves will do – so I predict we will.

Without further ado, here are three bold offseason predictions for the Atlanta Braves.

So they don’t sign Willy Adames? Not in this prediction. With all the teams vying for his services, the Braves seem extremely likely to be outbid.

While they already did trade for Nick Allenhe won’t be an everyday option. The Braves could still very well turn to the trade market to improve their offensive woes at the position. While we’ve discussed Bo Bichette here before, we project that won’t happen either.

Because of this, we predict the Braves will go after Cubs shortstop Nico Hoerner. He came as a potential Braves trade candidate before. ESPN’s Jeff Passan wrote recently that he is a prime Cubs trade candidate.

The Cubs don’t have to trade the 27-year-old this winter, but with Matt Shaw ready for the big leagues, they could use Hoerner to get a starting pitcher. Hoerner’s ability to also play shortstop is attractive to teams interested in midfield help.”

Although it doesn’t look like it, with Fried and Morton being free agents, the Braves had the pitching options to make this trade happen. The prospect pool is deep for the Guns and Ian Anderson’s best shot at playing time could be elsewhere.

Soroka was once a promising young arm for the Braves. In his first full season, Soroka was a star finished second to Pete Alonso in Rookie of the Year voting and received Cy Young votes.

Since then, he’s been plagued by injuries and then had an anemic performance in 2024, along with the rest of the Chicago White Sox – if I want to understate their season that way.

But the Braves need bullpen options. Raisel Iglesias will be out for all of 2025, and AJ Minter could leave in free agency. The 27-year-old former Braves is now hitting the market. He doesn’t need to have teams bidding for his services, but he deserves a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training to earn his way onto a big league roster next season.

Speedsters like to revive careers and return them with former talent. There are no guarantees that Soroka will actually end up in the bullpen, but for the Braves, it will be worth a shot.

This seems like a bold prediction just because of the uncertainty. But Laureano made a big addition to the Braves during the 2024 season. In 67 games in Atlanta, Laureano slashed .296/.327/.505 with 10 home runs and 29 RBI. He was on a 162 game pace for 24 home runs and 70 RBI.

That sounds like a quality option out of left field. Jarred Kelenic is a failed experiment at this point, and Laureano eclipsed him when it mattered most last season.

An equally viable option would likely cost more on the free agent market. They’ll also need someone to cover right field while Ronald Acuña Jr. works his way back to the start of the season.

It makes more than enough sense for the Braves to make the move.