Despite the fact that John Hart himself recently threw a bit of cold water on the Chris Sale trade rumors, that hasn’t stopped some people from continuing to speculate abut what it would take for the Braves to potentially acquire the superstar pitcher. Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com recently included the Braves as part of five hypothetical trade scenarios for Sale, and the price is pretty steep.
Atlanta kept themselves busy over the Thanksgiving holiday by signing utilityman Sean Rodriguez to a two-year deal. Eno Sarris of Fangraphs went over the reasons why the Braves “needed” to bring Rodriguez into his camp, and if you like charts and gifs then you’ll definitely get a lot out of this analysis.