Going into the Winter Meetings in 2017, the Braves were connected to many of the top pitchers on the trade market including Sonny Gray, Chris Archer, Chris Sale, and Jose Quintana. However, given the prices that were being floated to acquire any of those guys...the Braves opted to forgo those paths, in particular after signing Bartolo Colon and RA Dickey to hold down the fort for the 2017 season at least. Chris Sale was the only pitcher of that bunch to be dealt at all (for a haul at that), so it wasn’t too surprising that the Braves balked at what must have been some hefty price tags.
Braves looking into potentially acquiring Archer or Quintana, per report
