3 Most Disappointing Atlanta Braves Players at the 2026 All-Star Break

The Atlanta Braves are in a good spot heading into the All-Star break.

They sit at 55-40 and hold first place in the NL East, a major turnaround from their 76-86 disaster in 2025.

But even with the team playing well, not everyone in the clubhouse has held up their end of the deal.

Here are three Braves who have been the most disappointing through the first half.

Austin Riley has been the biggest letdown on this roster, and it is not particularly close.

The 29-year-old third baseman is in the fourth year of a 10-year, $212 million extension, and he is putting together the worst season of his career.

Riley is hitting just .207 with a .617 OPS and nine home runs heading into the break, and he went a stretch of 37 games without a single homer from late May into early July.

His OPS has now dropped in five straight seasons, making him the youngest player in the live-ball era to hit that mark at just 29 years old.

The Braves have had him working with franchise legend Chipper Jones in the cage to try and spark a change, but the results have not come yet.

Atlanta signed Ha-Seong Kim to a one-year, $20 million deal this past offseason hoping he would lock down shortstop.

That has not happened at all.

Kim missed the first 41 games of the year after slipping on ice during the offseason in Korea, and once he got on the field, he could not find his swing.

Through 73 at-bats, Kim is hitting just .068 with zero home runs, zero extra-base hits, three RBI, and an OPS+ of -30.

He has not recorded a hit since June 3 and is currently on the injured list with finger inflammation while working his way back through a rehab assignment.

At close to $4 million per hit, this has been one of the worst signings in baseball this year.

Bryce Elder might be the most frustrating name on this list because of how good he looked early on.

The 2023 All-Star carried a 1.97 ERA through his first 11 starts and appeared to have fully put a rough 2025 season behind him.

But since May 27, things have completely fallen apart.

Elder has posted an 8.70 ERA over that stretch while giving up ten home runs in just 30 innings, and his overall season ERA has ballooned to 4.01.

The same flyball and home run issues that led to his 5.30 ERA last year have come right back, leaving fans wondering whether the early success was just a hot streak rather than real growth.

Atlanta is still in great shape at 55-40, but if these three players keep struggling into the second half, it is going to make the road to October a lot harder than it needs to be.