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Braves claim Jake Fraley from Reds

You wanted more roster moves? You got more roster moves.

A veteran of seven MLB campaigns at this point, Fraley hasn’t really distinguished himself, with a combined 3.8 fWAR in 1,537 career PAs (1.5/600). He’s basically your generic “great backup/poor regular” who might come with an extra year of arbitration-eligible team control (different sources show different things).

Fraley avoided arbitration and signed a $3.125 million deal with the Reds this past offseason. He then proceeded to put up 0.4 fWAR in 193 PAs, which is pretty close to his career rate. He has a career 102 wRC+, which when combined with okay but undistinguished corner outfield defense, is what gets you to his below-average-regular status.