The Atlanta Braves signed an All-Star right fielder and the current holder of both the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove awards for the position. Shouldn’t that be excellent news?
It should be, yet the return of Nick Markakis is being met with more than a little ‘meh’ from fans on twitter… which may be the problem: it’s twitter.
No, this signing isn’t quite what we expected – a younger power bat with some upside – but getting Nick Markakis back is hardly a terrible idea. But there’s more that we need to consider here.