Before they reunited with Ha-Seong Kim on a one-year deal, the Atlanta Braves' shortstop situation was looking dire. Their internal shortstop candidates were unsatisfactory and/or not ready for the big leagues and the free agent and trade markets held few viable answers. For a team that had to endure Nick Allen getting most of the plate appearances at short last year, that was a brutal reality.
Exactly how brutal, though, has been up for debate. Allen was a really good defensive shortstop after all and while no one wanted to run it back with him, it isn't like he had zero value.