Bleed Cubbie Blue · Mar 16, 2022
Outside the Confines: A home with the Braves
There is just way too much news for me to chit-chat up here. I’m probably going to miss some news anyway.
In case you missed it late last night, free agent first baseman Anthony Rizzo signed a two-year, $32 million deal to return to the Yankees. There’s an opt-out after one year so it’s really a one-year, $16 million deal with a $16 million player option for 2023.
But the big news was the trade that sent first baseman Matt Olson from Oakland to the Braves.
The Braves also signed Olson to an eight-year, $168 million extension. Gabe Lacques reports on how Olson and the Braves reacted to the news and the implication that Freddie Freeman’s days in Atlanta are over.