Ozuna, who turned 35 in November, turned in a down showing by his standards in 2025 but was still a better-than-average offensive performer overall. He hit .232/.355/.400 with a career-high 15.9% walk rate, a 24.3% strikeout rate, 21 homers and 19 doubles in 592 turns at the plate with Atlanta in the final season of his six-year run there. Ozuna raced out to a scorching start in April and May,
"[...] The more I think about it, the more I think it doesn't make sense at all. I understand that they need a big [...] they just need size on some level. Like, they're just very small when Poeltl is not in there and I get it. And I understand the idea in terms of what they're thinking of like, "Hey let's go get this amazing screener who can play in dribble handoffs and can you get offensive flow moving for us a little bit better."