Atlanta Braves: 5 players entering a make-or-break season in 2020

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - MARCH 01: Dansby Swanson #7 of the Atlanta Brave in action against the Boston Red Sox during a Grapefruit League spring training game at JetBlue Park at Fenway South on March 01, 2020 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - MARCH 01: Dansby Swanson #7 of the Atlanta Brave in action against the Boston Red Sox during a Grapefruit League spring training game at JetBlue Park at Fenway South on March 01, 2020 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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Ender Inciarte #11 of the Atlanta Braves. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Ender Inciarte #11 of the Atlanta Braves. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

We take a look at five players for the Atlanta Braves who could be entering their make-or-break season with the team.

While no team would ever come out and say it, there are certain players on the Atlanta Braves who are entering their make-or-break season with the club.

What we mean by that is, if they don’t show improvement — or at least consistency — they could find themselves not being a part of the future.

Going into the 2019 season there were two players who were thought to be entering their make-or-break seasons in Ender Inciarte and Dansby Swanson.

Dansby had been with the Braves for two seasons and wasn’t great in either of those seasons.

Ender had been with Atlanta for three full seasons and had some great moments, including three Gold Gloves, but he was coming off a 2018 in which he really struggled at the plate (mostly in the first half) hitting just .265 on the season.

Both suffered injuries in 2019 that really delayed their make-or-break seasons another year and you just may see them on this list again.

The writing seems to be on the wall for Ender as he only has one guaranteed year left on his contract after the 2020 season, and he has Cristian Pache and Drew Waters knocking on the door to take over his position.

But the guys we’re going to focus on are players who have spent a couple of years in the big leagues but haven’t quite reached their potential.

We need to see them reach that potential this season or the team could start looking to move on from them.