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Yasiel Puig to sign with Braves, per report

The headline has it all - the Braves are reportedly set to sign OF Yasiel Puig.

Yasiel Puig is signing with the Braves, per source.

— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 14, 2020

The signing comes as not a huge shock as the Braves production against right handed pitching took a big fall when Nick Markakis opt’d out of the 2020 shortened season.

For his career Puig has an .845 OPS against RHP and the Braves are banking on the reverse splits to continue. Puig hit .267/.327/.458 along with 24 homers and 19 stolen bases (albeit caught stealing seven times) in 149 games last season, split between Cincinnati and Cleveland.