Nontendered SS/OF options

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Enscheff

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As we all know, the Braves have 9 spots on the 40 man roster to fill. Several of those spots will be SS/OF bench players on the 26 man roster, and there are some interesting options that were just nontendered: https://www.mlb.com/news/non-tendered-mlb-free-agents-2023-24

Kyle Lewis: He's obviously on here because he's my man-crush, but he might fit on the bench. He isn't worth his projected $1.6M arb salary, or he would have been traded. Still only 27 and controlled through 2026. Does he fit as a $1M 4th OFer with upside for more and an option to send him to AAA? Seems like a decent use of a 40 man spot.

Garrett Hampson: Nobody wanted him for $1.3M. He has virtually no power, and projects for a .232/.299/.338 line in 2024. He can play defense anywhere, or at least stand anywhere on the field. Is that worth $1M on the bench?

Nick Senzel: Squeezed out of the Reds plans, and nobody wanted to pay the former #2 pick $3M. Going into his age 29 season and controlled through 2025. Appears average-ish in the OF, and can play some 2B. His .286/.334/.459 line against LHP might make him a good platoon OFer. Is he a $1M bench player on a championship team?
 
Enscheff said:
As we all know, the Braves have 9 spots on the 40 man roster to fill. Several of those spots will be SS/OF bench players on the 26 man roster, and there are some interesting options that were just nontendered: https://www.mlb.com/news/non-tendered-mlb-free-agents-2023-24

Kyle Lewis: He's obviously on here because he's my man-crush, but he might fit on the bench. He isn't worth his projected $1.6M arb salary, or he would have been traded. Still only 27 and controlled through 2026. Does he fit as a $1M 4th OFer with upside for more and an option to send him to AAA? Seems like a decent use of a 40 man spot.

Garrett Hampson: Nobody wanted him for $1.3M. He has virtually no power, and projects for a .232/.299/.338 line in 2024. He can play defense anywhere, or at least stand anywhere on the field. Is that worth $1M on the bench?

Nick Senzel: Squeezed out of the Reds plans, and nobody wanted to pay the former #2 pick $3M. Going into his age 29 season and controlled through 2025. Appears average-ish in the OF, and can play some 2B. His .286/.334/.459 line against LHP might make him a good platoon OFer. Is he a $1M bench player on a championship team?
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I wonder about Austin Meadows as well. Well-publicized mental health struggles, but (and I can't believe I'm writing this because I always mock this angle) he's an Atlanta-area guy and maybe that helps him a bit in that regard.

A long look at Senzel is probably warranted.
 
Fangraphs mentioned Nasim Núñez as a Rule 5 bench SS option for the Braves. Doesn’t look like he can hit at all, but he’s apparently got speed and defense down.
 
Give me a Senzel/Kepler platoon… then trade Ozuna for a bag of balls and sign Ohtani/Yama lol (no not serious but that would be amazing)
 
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