Anthopoulos has surrounded himself with quality people in Atlanta, and quality results have followed
The Braves hired Alex Anthopoulos as general manager in November 2017. The club has done nothing but win ever since.
Anthopoulos inherited an organization awash with young talent, including 2017 rookies Dansby Swanson and Ozzie Albies plus the No. 1 farm system in baseball, headlined by reigning Minor League Player of the Year Ronald Acuña Jr.
But winning was not in Atlanta’s present at that time, nor was it in its immediate past.
The 2017 Braves lost 90 games on the heels of 90-plus losses in 2015 and 2016. The Atlanta pitching staff was old and ineffective. Worst of all, the organization was embroiled in scandal.
Major League Baseball had just investigated the Braves for bypassing international signing rules, which led to deals with 13 players being voided as well as former GM John Coppolella being banned from baseball.
Into that void stepped
