Braves sign Donaldson, 1 yr 23 million deal.

[Heyward]

I listened to the Talking Chop podcast the other day, and they did bring up an interesting point. They wondered if there was some sort of deal reached with Donaldson to not offer him a QO after this season so as to not diminish his value when he hit free agency. I've never heard of such a thing being in a contract and there isn't any evidence that it is, but it probably would have been smart for Donaldson to put that into the contract if he could.

If Donaldson has the year he's capable of having, he should still get a 70+ mil contract for 3+ years. But that could be true.