Here are the strangest Atlanta Braves lineups for every season since 2018

The Atlanta Braves have reached the playoffs seven seasons in a row, while Alex Anthopoulos has locked up a strong core that usually makes the everyday lineup an afterthought.

Despite the relative stability, each season sees core players go down to injuries, which leaves Brian Snitker and the staff scrambling to cobble together an emergency lineup while the front office finds a capable replacement.

Recently, Twitter user Leslie Mines reminded Braves fans of this recently when he posted a screenshot from a September 2019 game where Max Fried would have been an appropriate six-hole hitter.

Believe it or not, the Braves have had weirder lineups. Let's look at their weirdest lineup by season since 2018.

The strangest Braves lineups for every season from 2018-2024

2018

2018 was a strange season for the Braves. They still had members from the rebuild, like Nick Markakis, Ender Inciarte, and of course Freddie Freeman, but it was also the first full season with Ozzie Albies, Ronald Acuña Jr.'s rookie year, and the first season where Dansby Swanson really came into his own.

However, on June 17, with Ronald Acuña Jr. out with an injury and Ozzie Albies taking a day off, the Braves put out this unusual lineup.

While there were still several regulars in the lineup, this was strange for numerous reasons. First of all, Johan Camargo only played second base three times in 2018, starting only two games. Additionally, Dansby Swanson only lead off once all season.

Surprisingly, Charlie Culberson did hit second six other times in 2018, but the combination of him hitting second and playing left field was unique to this game.

It's arguable that the lineup on September 23 was even stranger, but that game came the day after the Braves clinched the division while several lineup regulars were trying to recover from the celebration from the day before.

2019

When he was in a Braves uniform, it took a village to get Freddie Freeman to take a day off. However, on August 4, 2019, management was somehow able to convince him to take a breather as the club faced off against the Cincinnati Reds.

In addition to Freeman's absence, Dansby Swanson was also out with a foot injury. Adam Duvall, who had spent the majority of the season in AAA, was slotted in to hit cleanup, while Austin Riley covered first base.

Of course, the lineups got weirder after the division was secured, like the one from Mines tweet, (and arguably weirder, the game from the day after), but a Freddie Freeman-less lineup with the division still on the line will take the top spot for 2019.

As for the game itself, the Braves weren't able to secure a W after tying it in the 9th on a Ronald Acuña homer, but the homer itself is still pretty amazing and is always worth a rewatch.

2020

Amazingly, even in a 60 game season, the Braves still had to navigate through with a few strange lineups. The weirdest of the season came when Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuña Jr. were both out with injuries.

On August 11 against the Yankees, the Braves had to scratch Acuña from the lineup, which left the team putting Marcell Ozuna in right field, Travis d'Arnaud hitting second and DHing, and Johan Camargo starting at second base.

To this day, this is the second-to-last time Ozuna has played right field, and the combination of d'Arnaud DHing and hitting second and Camargo playing second, this easily takes the cake as the weirdest lineup of 2020.

2021

This might be the worst lineup on the list. The Braves, who were already struggling with injuries to the outfield and catcher got devastating news the day earlier that Ronald Acuña Jr. would miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL.

Already scraping the bottom of the barrel, the Braves sent out a lineup with Ehire Adrianza leading it off and Orlando Arcia playing left field. It was not a pretty lineup, so the weak may want to avert their eyes.

Unsurprisingly, the Braves took the loss, and would only need to rely on the outfield of Abraham Almonte, Orlando Arcia, Guillermo Heredia, and Ehire Adrianza for one more game afterwards.

This game's already too painful, so I won't add a clip to make it worse.

2022

How often can it be said that the weirdest lineup of a season is the first one? On Opening Day, with Acuña still out, the Braves opted for a rather unusual lineup.

Eddie Rosario led off and played right field, Adam Duvall started in center field, which he did until Michael Harris's arrival, and Alex Dickerson was the team's DH. Rosario would only lead off three times for the Braves in 2022, while Dickerson only played 13 games with Atlanta.

2023

Overall, 2023 was a relatively tame year for weird lineupes. Unlike 2024 (spoiler), the Braves were able to stay mostly healthy all season long.

The weirdest lineup from this season came when both Orlando Arcia and Michael Harris were out with injuries. There were a few iterations of Sam Hilliard and Vaughn Grissom in the lineup that felt off, but strangest, in my opinion, came on April 16.

Marcell Ozuna hadn't figured out the magic of a broken pitching machine yet and wasn't worth playing. With Sean Murphy needing a rest day behind the plate, the Braves turned to Chadwick Tromp, sliding Murphy over to DH.

Overall, this isn't a strange lineup compared to the other years, especially with the core of Acuña, Albies, Olson, Riley, and Murphy in the lineup.

2024

Whereas 2023 was a relatively injury free (and weird lineup free), season, 2024 was the exact opposite of it.

The 2024 Braves starting nine got half a game as an entire team. Sean Murphy then went down with an oblique injury. The day before he was set to return, Ronald Acuña Jr. tore his other ACL. Even before this moment, Zack Short, Luis Guillorme, David Fletcher all made cameos in starting roles.

After the Acuña injury, things continued to go downhill, and somehow, even before Austin Riley went down for the season with a broken wrist, Brian Snitker had no choice but to put out this lineup.

Going into this game, Adam Duvall, Ramón Laureano, Nacho Alvarez, Orland Arcia, and Luke Williams all had OPSes under .600. In what felt like a must win against the rival Mets, and after two humiliating games in that series, it looked like the Braves were just going to roll over and die.

Hilariously, this lineup not only won the Braves the game, they dominated. The club got homers from Austin Riley, Matt Olson, Ramón Laureano, and Orlando Arcia as they won the game 9-2. Sometimes, the weirdest lineups with get you the much needed W.

Of course, it wouldn't be a 2024 Braves game if there wasn't an injury. This time, it was Reynaldo Lopez, who would leave the game early with forearm soreness.

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