For Braves’ fans, this offseason has been both busy and exciting as GM Alex Anthopoulos gave Braves Country plenty to talk about over the last few months. Swiftly reinforcing the team’s bullpen, participating in a dramatic sweepstakes to re-sign free-agent third baseman Josh Donaldson, and then pivoting by adding an exciting player on a surprisingly
At $2.5 million under his reported slot value, New York native Ian Anderson signed with the Braves for $4 million in the 2016 MLB Draft. After being taken third overall, the savings the team earned with Anderson allowed them enough flexibility to obtain even more elite talent in the draft, as they later selected Joey
There really isn’t much need for more confirmation as to just how talented the current Braves’ prospect class is. We have been aware of the organization’s crop of young players for quite some time now. However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t nice to relish in it every now and again. If you were active on
On Tuesday, Dan Szymborski — a FanGraphs senior writer and creator of one of baseball’s most popular projection systems (ZiPS) — released his 2020 predictions for the Atlanta Braves… and boy do they look good. Here’s a bit of an outline, with my own commentary, regarding his report from Tuesday, which covers basically every Braves
We’re back with a new year and a new player to breakdown, as we continue our offseason series covering Braves’ prospects currently ranked on FanGraphs’ THE BOARD. NOTE: Starting with this week’s piece, I’ve included SportsTalkATL’s latest rankings using Chase’s most recent prospect list, published after last season’s Trade Deadline, to offer multiple perspectives (though
With this month being quite a popular time for the publishing of various prospect rankings around the industry — including MLB Pipeline’s numerous top-10 lists, Jim Bowden’s top-50 list at The Athletic (subscription required), and FanGraphs’ THE BOARD updating for the Braves coming early next week — it’s a great time to start talking Braves’ prospects as
I tried to do it. I spent most of the night attempting to write up a few decent low-cost options for the Braves in case Liberty Media and GM Alex Anthopoulos decide it’s not worth it to spend big on what’s left of an almost barren free-agent market (outfielders like Nick Castellanos or Marcell Ozuna),
Now that third baseman Josh Donaldson is headed north to the Twins — with a 4-year, $92 million contract in hand — mock trade proposals have begun to come out in droves, as we all attempt to predict what will happen next. Braves’ GM Alex Anthopoulos has already alluded to the fact that he’s certainly
The flurry of moves to end the week — regarding the deadline for teams to exchange salaries for arbitration-eligible players, in which most players and teams agreed upon — created enough chaos that it’s understandable if you missed the real takeaway from Friday. #Braves agreed to terms with: Grant Dayton ($655,000)Luke Jackson ($1.825 million)Mike Foltynewicz
Another due date is fast approaching as the deadline to exchange salary figures with arbitration-eligible players is this coming Friday. The Braves, who recently non-tendered three eligible players back in early December — utility player Charlie Culberson, catcher John Ryan Murphy and outfielder Rafael Ortega — still have seven players left to negotiate salaries with
