Braves sign Balbino Fuenmayor

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First baseman Balbino Fuenmayor has signed on with the Braves on a minor league deal, his agents at True Gravity tweeted. The former Blue Jays and Royals farmhand, who’ll turn 27 tomorrow, didn’t quite repeat his impressive 2015 season, in which he hit a robust .358/.384/.589 with 17 home runs over 378 plate appearances in the upper minors. Taking his first full-season crack at Triple-A, Fuenmayor managed a much more pedestrian .291/.325/.405 output with just a half-dozen dingers in 381 trips to the plate. He continued to post rather drastic platoon splits, and this time around posted a middling .626 OPS against righties. Fuenmayor is still looking for his first chance at major league action.

as per MLB rumors

[CyYoung31]

Definitely makes Freeman expendable.

[50PoundHead]

Although they both hit right-handed, we should probably go sign Steve Balboni (who is only 59 years old) and have a Balbino/Balboni tandem at 1B in Gwinnett.

[CyYoung31]

The Great Balbino.