‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa, la, la, la, la, is baseball back?
The 2017-2018 MLB offseason has been slow for the Atlanta Braves as well as the entire MLB it feels like. Is it the new competitive balance tax that’s strangle holding teams or have the dominos just not fallen yet?
Since Alex Anthopoulos has took the General Manager reigns in Atlanta (November 13th), he’s made four trades, a few low-key signings and two solid draft picks in the Rule 5 draft. That seems like a lot, but folks want more.
Now this Jon Morosi tweet about the Braves checking in with the Marlins about Christian Yelich has all the social butterflies swarming.