“The Braves 40-man roster was full as a tick, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of this bulging was signed by the clergyman Cole Hamels , the clerk Terry McGuirk, the undertaker Nick Markakis, and the chief mourner Ender Inciarte. Anthopoulos signed it. And Anthopoulos’s name was good upon ‘Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. The 40-man roster was full as a tick.”
Braves 40-Man Roster: Who Goes?
We’ve seen full Braves 40-man rosters of the past. But we’ve also seen scrap-heap players sitting in 2-3 of those spots; guys like Rafael Ortega, “Generic 3rd Catcher”, “Throwaway Reliever”, or even the classic “Fill-in Veteran SP that will immediately be DFA’d when good SP is healthy”.