I don't necessarily disagree with you; however, the counterpoint is that Swanson is hitting FA three years younger, and (to a lesser extent, since his bat would play less) has room to slide down the defensive spectrum (unlike Freeman, who'd have nowhere to go but DH). It's also a different year, and Anthopoulos may simply feel differently going into 2023 than he did going into 2022.
I still think there's a non-trivial chance they sign Correa. I'm less interested in Bogaerts (due to likely defensive decline necessitating a shift to 3b) and Turner (given how much of his game is speed-premised). To be honest—as much as I loved his contributions, and had been an advocate for him during his early down years—I'm also wary of signing Swanson to six years, given his profile. The problem this year is there isn't a ready-made alternative on the trade-market, à la Olson.
So the options appear to be FA, internal gamble, or stop-gap. If the Braves' internal evaluations are anywhere near as rosy on Grissom as Zips, I'm betting they gamble internally, especially with Arcía as a viable fallback. But if that's the case, I don't think they hold off upgrading other areas of the roster—instead, I think we'll see somebody like Haniger brought in to join the OF mix, and some additional cash allocated either to a serious SP upgrade, or spread around to back-end SP and bullpen depth.
