In a move that many connected to Freddie Freeman‘s COVID-19 diagnosis, Bryce Ball was added to the player pool on Wednesday of this week. It was our stand-in podcaster and sometimes author David Lee that broke the news:
While I think that Ball’s promotion has a faint connection to Freddie, I think it has much more to do with the lack of left-handed hitters in a lineup that will definitely be missing Nick Markakis and likely be missing Freddie Freeman for a bit.
I’ve already covered in length the Braves need for a LH bat and that was before they lost the aforementioned duo.