Braves Pre-Arb players likely to return

Today’s piece, “Braves Pre-Arb players likely to return” is the 3rd installment of four in a series that covers all things related to the Braves 2022 roster as it currently stands. Here’s where you can find the first two pieces:

• Braves Guaranteed Contracts for 2022
• Braves Arb-Eligible Players

For those unaware of what pre-arbitration means, it means the players are ridiculously cheap, meaning they make somewhere between $500-$600K/yearly.

Braves Pre-Arb Players Likely to Return

• Jacob Webb
• Touki Toussaint
• Huascar Ynoa
• Ian Anderson
• Kyle Wright
• William Contreras
• Tucker Davidson
• Kyle Muller
• Cristian Pache
• Spencer Strider
• Jasseel De La Cruz
• Dylan Lee

Breakdown: “Likely to return” implies that the Braves do not trade any of the above players, but I’m guessing some of these guys might not be wearing a Braves uniform come 2022. Like many guys that are pre-arb, the Braves will likely continue the Gwinnett/ATL shuttle as long as the above players have options. There are exceptions, here, namely Ian Anderson. However, make no mistake that when one proves worthy of a regular spot, that shuttle stops.

Anthopoulos utilizes roster manipulation as good as anyone, but he’s not going to manipulate a player’s time if the player proves MLB ready on a consistent basis. Assuming these guys are up and down, and also assuming that other players (here’s looking at you Bryce Elder) get added to this group, the Braves will probably allot $4-5MM of payroll to pre-arb players.

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