Braves All-Star surprisingly traded in new prediction for 2025 season

When you're a perennial contender like the Atlanta Braves, roster improvements are always on the table, and no player is safe.

On many other Major League teams, a player like shortstop Orlando Arcia -- who was an All-Star in 2023 -- would feel secure that his team is keeping him for the long haul. Things are a bit different at Truist Park, however.

The 30-year-old Arcia is in the second year of his three-year, $7.3 million contract (2026 club option) with the Braves, but a new report indicates that Atlanta could be trading Arcia next season.

In an article that listed the one player from each team most likely to be traded next year, Bleacher Report’s Zachary D. Rymer chose Arcia from the Braves.

"This is a long shot,” Rymer said. "Arcia has been a solid role-player on otherwise star-studded teams in Atlanta, and there hasn't been any public indication that the club wants to move on from him."

"Yet the slide in his productivity since the 2023 All-Star break makes it conceivable that Atlanta will look to upgrade at shortstop, perhaps by signing Willy Adames or Ha-Seong Kim or trading for Bo Bichette. If so, they'd surely try to find a taker for Arcia."

Arcia is hitting .229/ .274/ .366 this season with 11 home runs and 33 RBIs, numbers that fall below expectations.

Arcia won a World Series with Atlanta in 2021, and the Braves will rely on his experience as they look to make another title run this fall.

After this season, though, Atlanta will likely contemplate the future of virtually everyone on their depth chart outside of Marcell Ozuna , who's playing like an MVP candidate.

Will Arcia find himself on the trading block next summer?

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