When the Braves inked Travis d’Arnaud last offseason to a two-year pact for $16 million, it went mostly under the radar on a national level. d’Arnaud once had a lot of hype coming up as a prospect, but injuries quickly took their toll, and he found himself bouncing around from team to team until he finally had a mini-breakout with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2019.
The Braves swooped in and hit big, landing the National League’s Silver Slugger at the catching position as he beat out the likes of J.T. Realmuto and Willson Contreras.