The Atlanta Braves entered this off-season with three distinct areas of need – starting pitching, third base, and catcher.
They addressed pitching by adding three veteran hurlers and exploring trades for top-of-the-rotation arms. Meanwhile at third, it seems increasingly likely that they will roll the dice with Adonis Garcia as the everyday starter. For the most part, we’ve seen reports about those two areas fade away in recent weeks.
The catching rumors, though, will not go away.
Thus far this winter, Atlanta has had some sort of connection – be it prolonged or merely fleeting – to Jason Castro, Welington Castillo, Matt Wieters, Stephen Vogt, Nick Hundley, Derek Norris, and Wilson Ramos.