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Braves extend qualifying offer to Josh Donaldson, let the games begin

It was a no-brainer on Monday for the Atlanta Braves to give Josh Donaldson a qualifying offer that will likely be north of $18 million.

Some might not have thought that would be the case when Alex Anthopoulos signed the third baseman last offseason.

He was coming off a couple of injury-plagued seasons and many weren’t sure what we would get from him in 2019.

Well, what we got was a return to form for the former MVP as he hit 37 home runs, scored 96 runs, drove in 94 runs while playing in 155 games.