It was a grand opening followed almost immediately by a grand closing when it came to Héctor Neris’ time with the Atlanta Braves. The former high leverage reliever for the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies ended up latching on with the Braves just in time for Spring Training and ended up pitching (or existing?) his way into a roster spot — somehow.

Despite joining the team with little fanfare following an underwhelming 2024 season, it was understandable to believe that Alex Anthopoulos could’ve pulled off a coup by bringing in Neris and letting Rick Kranitz and the rest of the coaching staff work their magic on him so that he could return to the form that he displayed back in 2022 and earlier. As you can tell by how early on in the offseason this review is coming, things didn’t exa

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