Well in the aftermath of Jurickson Profar’s suspension, the Braves are down a (presumably) productive bat, but up $18 million dollars when you include luxury tax savings. That Mike Yastrzemski signing looks even more important now and Eli White is really not a bad platoon partner for him. That said, for a team that wanted to add a quality starting pitcher but was unable to and suffered a couple brutal pitching injuries right at the beginning of Spring Training, the Profar news really is an instance of “when it rains, it pours”. The team said they had money leftover before, but they certainly have more now. It will be really tough to add impact players in March, but they’ve almost got to be at least making calls on the trade market for another bat, a starting pitcher, or both. We’ll see if the front office can pull a rabbit out of a hat and bolster a roster that still has significant talent, but has already been substantially depleted before the season has even started.
Braves News
The Braves cut Rolddy Munoz, Owen Murphy, and Garrett Baumann from major league camp, as they have begun whittling down the roster.
Brady wrote up some prospect performances of note so far in Spring, including JR Ritchie and John Gil.
The Braves crushed Columbia in a lopsided Spring contest that at least made just about everyone on the Braves’ side look good.
MLB News
Reds’ star Hunter Greene is undergoing an MRI after experiencing elbow stiffness.
The Pirates and Reds made an intra-divisional depth trade, swapping members of their 40-man rosters.
ESPN ranked their top 100 players in baseball, featuring a handful of Braves.
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