Braves News: Main competitors for Dansby, Winter Meetings looming, more

The Atlanta Braves this offseason has remained almost suspiciously quiet. There has been come amount of speculation that Dansby is going to have to leave some money on the table to stay with the Braves, but there has been very little in terms of actual details regarding where the Braves currently stand as well as what other teams are involved and their level of interest.

However, what is absolutely clear is that Dansby’s market will end up being robust as elite defenders that can hit for some power at premium positions are hard to come by. Yesterday, we took a look at the teams that could be competing with the Braves to sign Dansby Swanson this offseason.

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Elsewhere on the site, we took a look at Jackson Stephens’ 2022 season as our player review series rolled on. Stephens was a fun comeback story as he was signed out of the Mexican League to make his return to MLB and gave the Braves some big innings, particularly early in the season.

Our weekly Braves AMA also made its return this week after taking Thanksgiving week off. We will be answering straggler questions throughout the day today, so please feel free to drop by and ask your Braves questions…or just wait until next week.

MLB News

We had a bona fide free agent signing yesterday which was exciting given how slow overall the free agent market has been so far. The Rays came to terms with former Phillies pitcher Zach Eflin on a three year, $40 million deal. This marked the first real signing out of the starting pitcher side of the market. Based on how much Eflin, who isn’t exactly the most exciting pitcher in free agency, got paid, we could see some truly nutty contracts given out to pitchers this offseason.

In much sadder news, Gaylord Perry, who played for nine different teams during his Hall of Fame career, passed away at the age of 84. Perry was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young in each league (he turned the trick in 1972 and 1978) and was somewhat notorious for the rumor that he threw a spitball which was decidedly not legal. He did little to convince people that he didn’t.