Braves sign Travis D’Arnaud

Was thinking they'd go for Castro but solid pickup. SP, 3B, maybe cOF left to fill.
 
I think I would have preferred to see Castro platooned with Flowers, but getting arguably the best FA catcher still available on a very affordable contract is hard to argue with.

Payroll is now at $110M with holes at 3B, probably 1 SP, and possibly a RHH cOF. Just adding JD for $25M per might be all she wrote for 2020.
 
Reading the tea leaves, I think we got several relievers instead of the starter. Newcomb is SP4 and auditions for SP5. Fill at midseason if necessary.
 
GovClintonTyree said:
Reading the tea leaves, I think we got several relievers instead of the starter. Newcomb is SP4 and auditions for SP5. Fill at midseason if necessary.
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we also could see the AAA shuttle come into play...we will have a deep group of starters in AAA with options
 
GovClintonTyree said:
Reading the tea leaves, I think we got several relievers instead of the starter. Newcomb is SP4 and auditions for SP5. Fill at midseason if necessary.
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or Newk is trade bait, going into the year with Fried/Folty/Soroka and 2 ? marks isnt something i see AA doing.
 
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I still think we’ll make a good size trade either for a starter or a of’er. Good pickup though.
 
Darn also has a bit of the “potential upside if he can stay healthy” narrative going for him, so that makes him a little more exciting compared to a pure platoon acquisition like Castro.
 
This financial flexibility thing is really good.

Travis rewarding us for keeping Chase on the team when we were awful
 
Just asking how i supposed to feel? I know this guy had a good year last year but do he make us a better team?
 
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