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Braves avoid arbitration with catcher Tuffy Gosewisch

The Atlanta Braves avoided arbitration with catcher Tuffy Gosewisch on Wednesday when the two sides agreed to a one-year contract. Atlanta now has six arbitration eligible players and must tender them an offer by Friday’s deadline.

The #Braves have agreed to terms with Catcher Tuffy Gosewisch on a contract for 2017, thus avoiding salary arbitration.

— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) November 30, 2016

Terms of the deal were not disclosed but Gosewisch was projected to receive a contract around $600,000 according to MLBTraderumors.com. The Braves claimed Gosewisch off of waivers from the Diamondbacks back in November to add some depth to the catcher position.