2021 Braves player review: Ehire Adrianza

Photo by Michael Zarrilli/Getty ImagesEvery team has role players; most teams need a versatile utility guy to make it through the marathon of a major league season. For the Braves, Ehire Adrianza provided that kind of Swiss army knife support as injuries beset his teammates — but in the end, despite some big hits and more than 200 PAs on the season, he really didn’t provide that much value.

Acquisition

Adrianza, who turned 32 in the middle of the 2021 season, was a veteran of eight major league seasons before the Braves inked him to a minor league deal in the offseason. He started his career with the Giants, providing good defense but little-to-no offense, before getting waived, claimed by…