Ozzie Albies

It's been a rough month of July for Olson, who came into today hitting 7-for-62 (.113) in 17 games coming into today. His pull rates have been down from what we're used to seeing and his 50 percent groundball rate is almost 13 percent above his career average. That may have a lot to do with why we're not seeing the power output from Olson, but with Ronald Acuna Jr., Ozzie Albies, and Michael Harris II not in the lineup, pitchers can afford to pitch around Olson more.

On his first day with the Braves after being signed as a result of Ozzie Albies' fractured wrist. It's incredible really.

The Braves announced Monday morning that they’ve designated outfielder Forrest Wall for assignment. His spot on the roster will go to infield prospect Nacho Alvarez Jr., whose contract has been selected from Triple-A Gwinnett to take the place of second baseman Ozzie Albies. Albies, who suffered a fractured wrist this weekend is expected to miss…

Merrifield was released by the Phillies on July 12th, but the Braves decided they could use the veteran infielder as depth. He should get the opportunity to come off the bench and play second base behind Nacho Alvarez Jr. with Ozzie Albies out for the next eight weeks. Merrifield hit .199 with three home runs and 11 RBI with the Phillies this year.

Albies is expected to miss eight weeks. He was hitting .258 with eight home runs, 46 RBI, 47 runs scored and eight stolen bases. Albies had posted slugging percentages of at least .488 in two of the last three years, but had just a .407 slugging percentage this year. A major wrist injury only clouds the question of what kind of power output we can expect from Albies in the future.