The Atlanta Braves remain one of the most stacked teams in the MLB. They have some enviable position player depth, which they used to trade for talented, albeit injury-prone southpaw Chris Sale to bolster a pitching rotation that already has Spencer Strider, Max Fried, Charlie Morton, and Bryce Elder — four top-level pitchers who can function as other teams' ace or perhaps number two.
Alas, the Braves will be running into some tough roster decisions sooner than later. One of them, in particular, will be about Fried's future with the franchise. The 29-year old lefty is in the final year of arbitration, and a contract extension doesn't seem to be imminent.