One of the things that Atlanta Braves General Manager Alex Anthopoulos said after signing Markakis to a 1-year, 4 million dollar deal was the amount of flexibility it gives his team going forward this offseason to address other needs or wants.
As many have said on social media recently and what Alan wrote yesterday morning, this is not it for Anthopoulos.
It can’t be.
At the end of last season, the Braves payroll sat at 136 million and after bringing Markakis back, that brought the current payroll to $110 million.
Anthopoulos has stated many times the payroll is going to increase.