The Atlanta Braves signed Dallas Keuchel to a one year $21.5M (prorated to $13M) last week. Like most signings, the deal took a long time to – as Scott Boras framed it – “decant”.
He told Russo that the Atlanta Braves were also discussing the possibility adding Craig Kimbrel at the same weighed assessed the option of adding both players for their stretch run, but ultimately decided on the rotation as their priority.
Anthopoulos told Russo the contract they had in mind for Kimbrel had a structure similar to the one he eventually received from the Cubs: heavily back-loaded to fit both players into this year’s payroll.