The Braves continue to strike. Three out of the four free agents that have been signed so far have been by Atlanta. You know about the two relievers, and this time it’s solidifying the catcher position. So Travis d’Arnaud and Flowers will now handle the catching duties.
If you didn’t follow d’Arnaud career resurgence in Tampa Bay last year, you’d probably be fairly underwhelmed with the signing. After all, he’s had some lackluster tenures in recent history. In 2016, he had a .629 OPS as a 27-year old for the Mets. He went down with Tommy John in 2018 for an essentially lost season, and started so poorly for the Mets in 2019 that he was DFA’ed.