The Atlanta Braves made a sizable round of cuts this week while an injury to a rotation hopeful has trimmed down the competition. In last week’s edition we operated under the assumption that the team would begin the season with a traditional five-man rotation. With a couple of early off days, the Braves won’t actually need a fifth starter until mid-April. That could allow them to go with four starters and carry an extra bullpen arm or an extra bench player. With that in mind, here is where I think things stand heading into next week.
Not much has changed with the rotation other than there being just one opening instead of two.