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After rekindling career, d’Arnaud lands big deal with Braves

ATLANTA (AP) -- Travis d’Arnaud’s career appeared to be winding down. He missed nearly an entire season after blowing out his elbow. He was cut by the New York Mets and dumped by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Now, he’s back on track.

At age 30, d’Arnaud has a prosperous new lease on his baseball life after agreeing to a $16 million, two-year contract with the NL East champion Atlanta Braves, his reward for an unexpected comeback season with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2019.

“I feel like I’ve got a lot of years left,” the catcher said Monday during a conference call.