Mississippi Braves 2017 Roster Preview

This is Max Fried throwing a baseball. He is really good at that.Whew lawd...

Okay, let me gather myself. The Braves have recently used their Double-A affiliate as a landing pad for aggressive promotions and there has been a lot of turnover on the roster as a result. One need only look back to last year where Ozzie Albies, despite only just recently (at the time) being able to watch R-rated movie, skipped high-A entirely to start the season at Mississippi. Later we saw Dansby Swanson, Max Povse, and others promoted to Mississippi quickly to supplement losses to Triple-A Gwinnett.

Given that context, it will be interesting to see how the Braves handle roster moves midseason for this team given…