Devonta Freeman will be sidelined with a foot sprain for likely the next couple weeks, setting the stage for Brian Hill to be the featured back. Unless you have two RB1’s on your roster, it is probably time to pick him up, if it isn’t too late. And if you plan on playing DFS this
Last season, the Braves moved Sean Newcomb to the bullpen out of necessity. He was struggling in the rotation, but they also desperately needed a southpaw out of the bullpen. The experiment went well. The tall flamethrower seemed to find his control in short bursts. His strikeouts spiked, and the walks dipped significantly. He limited
A year removed from signing Josh Donaldson to a 1-year, $23 million deal, the same fans who criticized it then are now begging for him back. There is mutual interest between the Braves and Donaldson. However, money talks, and there are multiple teams interested in Donaldson’s services, including a couple of division rivals. There is
The back of Yasmani Grandal’s baseball card speaks for itself. He is a lock for production with the stick and an All-Star caliber backstop. With the retirement of Brian McCann, the Braves played things safe, bringing back Tyler Flowers on a one-year deal. However, he is the only catcher on the major league roster, and
When Trae Young went down with an ankle injury and had an extended stay down on the hardwood, it is needless to say Hawks fans were expecting the absolute worst. However, the Hawks have seemingly not only avoided catastrophe but find themselves in the best-case scenario given the circumstances: Atlanta guard Trae Young (ankle) is
Tyler Flowers will don the tomahawk yet again. Despite taking a step back behind the plate last season, the Braves will bring him back to guarantee they have a viable option to man the pitching staff. Source: The Braves will bring Tyler Flowers back with a 1-year, $4 million deal. Because Flowers' $6M option was
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Hawks were interested in Domantas Sabonis and Jaylen Brown if they had become restricted free agents in 2020. (subscription required). Of course, both players were recently handed extensions, taking them off the table for the Hawks. It would have been cool to see a homecoming of sorts
No surprise here, but according to Jon Heyman, the Braves will be declining Billy Hamilton’s team option worth $7.5 million. Braves will decline Billy Hamilton’s $7.5M option — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) November 1, 2019 Hamilton assumed primarily a pinch-running and defensive role for the Braves last season as the injuries mounted up in the outfield.
The acquisitions of Chris Martin, Shane Greene, and Mark Melancon helped bolster the Braves’ bullpen down the final stretch. However, they still lacked a lockdown closer and ended up losing two tight games against the Cardinals during the NLDS because of it. These guys have proven to be excellent additions, but for a team with
The majority of the big league manager spots have already been filled despite the MLB season not officially being over. Joe Maddon will head to Anaheim and will be replaced by David Ross. Joe Girardi will head to Philly. The Mets’ decision should come soon. This morning, the Padres named Jayce Tingler manager, and he
