PT TOMORROW: NL East-Should the Braves replace Swanson?

Atlanta Braves

There is no way of sugarcoating that Dansby Swanson (SS, ATL) has been a major hole in the Braves’ lineup. The shortstop has hit below .240 in each of the past four months, bottoming out with a .200 average and a .610 OPS to this point in August. He has tallied three homers since the beginning of July, and he has a total of three steals since the calendar flipped to May. While Swanson still has plenty of long-term potential, his ability to help Atlanta reach the 2018 postseason is very much up for debate right now. If the Braves go in another direction at shortstop, they really have two options. First, they could move Johan Camargo (3B, ATL) from third base to shortstop. Camargo owns a .792 OPS that would be more than a...

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