We will not be nattering nabobs of negativism about these Braves. They are for real, they are exciting (thank you, Frank Wren, who signed Albies and Acuna) but they are paper thin, with almost no MLB-ready depth and a shaky bullpen in desperate need of a stud. And the rotation remains iffy — as rapidly as Soroka has advanced, Luiz Gohara has taken a big step back, with an 8.03 ERA in four starts for Gwinnett.
These are fixable problems, but will AA be allowed to do his thing? There’s an ideal candidate for a trade who toils for a team with no hope, one signed to a very reasonable deal (just shy of $6 million per) through 2020: Raisel Iglesias of the Reds.