Good morning, Birdland!
One of the biggest moves of the year took place yesterday. After shocking the baseball world by trading for Matt Olson earlier in the week rather than re-signing Freddie Freeman, the Atlanta Braves handed Olson a massive contract on Tuesday. It’s an eight-year deal worth $168 million. It buys out his final two years of arbitration and then six additional campaigns through 2029.
In Olson the Braves now have a first baseman that has not been as consistent as the one they lost in Freeman, but he is four years younger and coming off of a career-best season in which he blasted 39 home runs and posted a .