A quartet of Atlanta Braves third basemen plus sundry ‘now and then’ players produced an offensively anemic .244/.297/.358/.655 line last season. They finished 29th ahead of only the worst in baseball Giants. It’s time to stop waiting and find a full-time, non-platoon third baseman.
Could one of the internal options suddenly emerge next spring? Of course. However, the 2018 Braves cannot afford to rely on ‘wait and see’ as a viable plan .
Last week Alan looked the two internal candidates, I’m not going to rehash that in-depth. I enjoy watching Johan Camargo but at this point he’s a utility man and Rio Ruiz a platoon player.