Braves with Uncertain Futures — Mike Soroka
Talk about rooting for someone, there is no one I’m rooting harder for to be healthy and effective in 2022 than Mike Soroka.
But the truth is, he’s coming off three surgeries and two Achilles surgeries. There are not only questions about whether or not he can be a top of the rotation pitcher again but can he pitch again.
He’s under contract through arbitration for three more years and is projected to make around $2.8 million in 2022. Will the Braves continue to pay him at that level if he can’t stay on the field?
Braves with Uncertain Futures — Marcell Ozuna
This situation may get resolved before the 2022 season starts, but there is definitely some uncertainty with Marcell Ozuna.
Will the Braves trade him, cut him, or let him play?
That’s what GM Alex Anthopoulos is trying to figure out right now, and it’s not an easy answer.
First of all, if you want to trade him — and I’m almost certain they do — would anybody take him?
And if nobody will take him, would the Braves really cut him and eat $53 million just to watch him play for someone else? I can’t see that happening.
But I also can’t see him putting on a Braves uniform again.
I don’t envy AA at all in this situation, but hopefully it gets resolved soon.
What I want to know is, of the seven players mentioned above, who is still wearing a Braves jersey come 2023? Let me know in the comments below.