Former Brave Adeiny Hechavarria has signed a one year deal worth just under $1 million with the Chiba Lotte Marines in the Japanese NPB league, per MLB Trade Rumors.
Hechavarria gave Atlanta some important games late in the 2019 season, after being signed to cover for an injured Dansby Swanson. The veteran shortstop returned to the team for 2020, but some really ugly defensive games later in the season, combined with an unceremonious crash back to well-below-average offensive production resulted in him being left off of the playoff roster. At that point the writing was probably on the wall that Hechavarria would not be returning to Atlanta.