The Atlanta Braves spent a large chunk of the 2016 offseason trying to stabilize that starting rotation with a trio of veteran additions. We already touched on how well R.A. Dickey’s season went but the rest of the newcomers was a bit of a mixed bag. We will start with the good and Jaime Garcia.
Atlanta acquired Garcia from the St. Louis Cardinals on December 1 in exchange for infielder Luke Dykstra and pitchers Chris Ellis and John Gant. Garcia was coming off a relatively healthy 2016 campaign after battling through injuries for three straight seasons.