Matt Kemp and Nick Markakis are over 30 years old. Ender Inciarte has yet to play over 132 games in a season. So the odds one or more of the Braves starting outfielders gets injured are strong. Then what happens?
Right now, we’d get a daily dose of Emilio Bonifacio. One day is too many.
There’s no replacement on standby in Triple-A, where Dustin Peterson, who’s not major league-ready to begin with, will start the year on the DL. Coppy’s refusal to give Angel Pagan a major league contract cost the Braves a chance to add a legit fourth outfielder.