Atlanta Braves Off-Season: Building back and Swanson's future?

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Let's see what happens this off-sesson. Decisions, decisions......

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Braves acquired RHP Joe Jiménez and cash from the Tigers for OF Justyn-Henry Malloy and LHP Jake Higginbotham.

Jiménez was slated to become a free agent next offseason and newly-minted Tigers' president of baseball operations Scott Harris apparently found a deal to his liking for a pair of prospects. The hard-throwing 27-year-old righty posted a solid 3.49 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 77/13 K/BB ratio across 56 2/3 innings (62 appearances) last year. He'll augment the Braves' late-inning relief depth.

Dec 7, 2022, 9:23 PM ET

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Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports that the Cubs, Cardinals, Twins and Red Sox are among teams that have shown the most interest in free agent shortstop Dansby Swanson.

No real surprises here as Carlos Correa and Xander Bogaerts seem like the logical next dominoes to fall in the free agent market. There's always a possibility that Swanson winds up jumping them, but he would seem to have the most leverage when he's the last elite shortstop left in the pool. The wait continues.

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SOURCE: Mark Bowman on Twitter

Dec 7, 2022, 8:05 PM ET



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Braves Acquire Sean Murphy, Brewers Acquire William Contreras In Three-Team Trade

December 12th, 2022 at 4:25pm CST • By Darragh McDonald

The Braves, Brewers and A’s have agreed to a three-team blockbuster that will see each team get a new catcher with nine players involved in total. The full trade is as follows:

Braves get catcher Sean Murphy, giving up Kyle Muller, Royber Salinas, Justin Yeager, Freddy Tarnok, Manny Piña and William Contreras.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/braves-acquire-sean-murphy.html

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According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Cubs are finalizing a contract agreement with free agent shortstop Dansby Swanson.

Swanson will receive a seven-year, $177 million deal, which also includes a full no-trade clause, per Russell Dorsey of Bally Sports. The 28-year-old shortstop, who posted a .776 OPS with 25 home runs and 18 stolen bases last year with the Braves, was the last superstar-caliber position player remaining in the free agent pool. He'll pair with second baseman Nico Hoerner in Chicago to form the best middle infield defensive tandem in baseball.

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SOURCE: Jeff Passan on Twitter

Dec 17, 2022, 4:29 PM ET



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Chipper Jones returning to Braves coaching staff, per report

Hall of Fame third baseman Chipper Jones is poised to return to Atlanta’s coaching staff in 2023.




https://www.batterypower.com/23597797/chipper-jones-returning-atlanta-braves-coaching-staff-per-report-2023

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Saturday will be the 1st spring training game for the Braves. New players,
new rules and lots of stuff to ponder about this new team!

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Braves lose to Red Sox on pitch clock violation




https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mlb-first-braves-lose-to-red-sox-pitch-clock-violation/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=203082753

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“This team means so much to so many people, which is very similar from the place I just came from. From the gist I’ve gotten so far, pro sports in Chicago are a massive deal. Pro sports in Atlanta are like, well, kind of a deal,” Swanson said. 

“It’s not a knock against anything about Atlanta, trust me. I’m a huge Falcons’ fan and big Hawks’ fan, but it’s just different. Cubs fans, Cubs everything, is just a little bit different.’’

https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/amp/dansby_swanson_takes_a_slight_dig_at_atlanta_fans/s1_16493_38525830

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Braves optioned INF Vaughn Grissom to Triple-A Gwinnett.

Wow. Just yesterday the Braves had mentioned that Grissom and prospect Braden Shewmake were fighting for one spot on the team's Opening Day roster -- and then both of them were optioned to Triple-A on Monday, which leaves Orlando Arcia as the last man standing and the Braves' likely starting shortstop to begin the season. Grissom has already proven to be a force offensively and has nothing left to prove at Triple-A, so this has to simply be to give him a little extra time to work on his defense at shortstop.

Mar 20, 2023, 7:46 PM ET


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For all the worry about the Braves shortstop this season, Arcia made the starting shortstop on the all star team !!