Sure: the Atlanta Braves haven’t exactly been heavily active in free agency… and certainly not in the trade market.
We had figured that the style of Alex Anthopoulos’ past transactions lent themselves heavily toward the trade market rather than spending a bunch of money. But that has actually changed a bit in the past 3 months:
- Free agent signing: Josh Donaldson (and the largest single-year deal ever for a free agent)
- Free agent signing: Brian McCann
- Free agent signing: Nick Markakis
We also learned over the weekend that the Braves nearly matched an Astros’ offer for then-free-agent outfielder Michael Brantley (darn it).