This week’s mailbag will get into Braves, Padres, and Purple Sox offseason potentialities, the place Anthony Rizzo and Walker Buehler may land, off-the-wall Reds commerce concepts, potential Rangers commerce companions, and way more.
Invoice asks:
What is going to Atlanta do that offseason with their shortstop, pitching, catching, and outfield wants?
I do not assume the Braves will do something vital at catcher; they is likely to be content material to make use of Chadwick Tromp as Sean Murphy‘s backup and see how Drake Baldwin comes alongside. In the event that they wished to restrict Murphy’s enjoying time, they might’ve stored Travis d’Arnaud.
By way of beginning pitchers, the Braves have been linked to Walker Buehler, Nick Pivetta, and Nathan Eovaldi thus far. We’ll know by Friday whether or not they tender a contract to Griffin Canning. I do not love the Pivetta match, provided that he declined a qualifying supply.
12 days in the past, Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Structure tossed out a few of these identical names and in addition speculated on Jordan Montgomery, Jack Flaherty, Kevin Gausman, and Shane Bieber. I contemplate Kikuchi one other viable free agent possibility, in addition to Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, and a reunion with Charlie Morton. The Braves may make a play for Garrett Crochet, or attempt to commerce for Fedde, Sonny Grey, Zack Littell, Jesus Luzardo, Luis Castillo, or Jeffrey Springs. They may signal Jeff Hoffman as a starter, given how effectively that technique labored with Reynaldo Lopez.
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