Remember when the Atlanta Braves won the World Series in 2021? Remember when they won 100-plus games in each of the next two seasons? Oh, and remember how these were merely three parts of a seven-year run as a playoff team?

The Seattle Mariners may have the right ingredients to partner with the Atlanta Braves for a trade, involving Ronald Acuna Jr.

Atlanta Braves All-Star right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was scratched from Tuesday's lineup against the host Athletics due to lower back tightness. Meanwhile, the Athletics lost All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson when the rookie was hit on the left wrist by a pitch in the bottom of the first inning.

MLB.com's Mark Bowman encouraged the Atlanta Braves to address their organization's position player depth at the MLB trade deadline.

On Sunday, as the Braves were in the process of dropping their series finale, Jon Morosi of MLB Network stated that a trade deadline sale appeared to be the only option available to this Atlanta club. "Difficult to justify anything other than an outright 'sell' approach to the Trade Deadline," Morosi wrote on X.

The Los Angeles Dodgers could look to poach a relief pitcher from the Atlanta Braves to fill a hole in their bullpen.