Craig Kimbrel to the Braves? It’s complicated

Craig Kimbrel of the Boston Red Sox celebrates his team's 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the 2018 World Series at Fenway Park on October 24, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.ATLANTA — There’s a reason I’ve waited to address the Craig Kimbrel issue. It’s because I’ve gone back and forth, and I hate being a fence-straddler. (As faithful readers know, I’d rather be wrong — and often am — than uncertain.) But the notion of the great reliever returning to the Atlanta Braves has left me in a pickle.

Like a high school debater, I’m prepared to argue both sides. That’s fine in a debate, where you only present one side to a judge. It can be less effective if you offer both the…