Atlanta Braves minors: 5 biggest offseason storylines

It’s a long offseason, so let’s discuss a few talking points regarding the Atlanta Braves minor league system, as well as its prospects.

It’s an awkward time for Atlanta Braves fans. The grief and anger from the team’s postseason elimination has all but passed, as we now shift to the endless amounts of speculation regarding free agency, team options, trades, budgets, and the many facets of baseball fandom in the offseason.

For me, all of this uncertainty regarding who’s staying, who’s going, and what’s going to happen has made it rather difficult to assemble my random and sporadic ideas. There are just so many decisions to be made this winter.

• What will the team do about the catching situation?
• Will they sign Josh Donaldson?
• Will they pick up the options of Nick Markakis and Julio Teheran?
• Is there a plan for acquiring a frontline starting pitcher?
• Can we still wave our tomahawks?

For the last few weeks, the Tomahawk Take staff has done a great job of trying to answer some of those questions, as well as review the numerous storylines from a solid 2019 season.

But there’s one topic or end-of-the-year storyline that’s pretty easy to discuss, and that’s the Atlanta Braves farm system. It’s not going anywhere any time soon, and once again… it’s going to be a great one next season.

Unlike the big leagues, the minor leagues don’t have near the turnover — nor is there much drama from year-to-year.

The organization has it’s top prospects, and other than blockbuster trades, those prospects don’t usually go anywhere.

Immediately after the 2019 minor league season ended, I wrote end-of-season recaps for every Atlanta Braves’ minor league team; a way to highlight each club’s season, including team and player stats, as well as a general overview of the top performers from each roster.

That recap series focused more on the results of the teams and players, and less on the actual outlook of the entire Braves’ farm system as a whole.

There’s an entire offseason to discuss and predict how each Braves’ prospect will perform and what kind of situations will appear, but this piece will serve as a list of potential stories or narratives to think about, regarding Braves’ prospects and its farm system as a whole.

Let’s talk prospects!