2020 Atlanta Braves Player Reviews: Travis d’Arnaud

When the Braves signed Travis d’Arnaud to a two-year, $16 million deal last offseason, the reaction was much more “yeah, okay” than “this is awesome!” The former top prospect was great in 2014-2015 with the Mets, but was much more injured and inconsistent afterwards, putting up 2.4 fWAR in 668 PAs in 2016, 2017, and 2018 combined. His 2019 ended up being a bizarre saga that ended happily:

• the Mets waffled on tendering him a contract, but eventually did so, only to DFA him before April ended;
• d’Arnaud went unclaimed and the Dodgers then signed him, but used him for a single PA as a pinch-hitter;
• and then they traded him to the Rays for cash, less than two weeks since his DFA.