Atlanta Braves Who’s Signed For 2015 And Who’s Not
By Jeff Schafer
The Atlanta Braves have some work to do this offseason…step one, find a new General Manager. Step two, find replacements for all the open positions within the organization. Step three, try to rebuild this team.
Obviously the Braves have more steps than that but you get the idea.
Heading into 2015 the Braves have locked up some key players but also will need to fill in the gaps.
Unless the Braves make a trade, the entire outfield has been locked up for 2015 and most of the infield is as well. It’s mostly the pitching staff and bench players that the Braves have to worry about.
B.J. Upton, OF: $46.35MM through 2017
Justin Upton, OF: $14.5MM through 2015
Jason Heyward, OF: $8.3MM through 2015
Freddie Freeman, 1B: $127MM through 2021
Andrelton Simmons, SS: $56MM through 2020
Evan Gattis, C: is pre-arb
Tommy La Stella, 2B: is pre-arb
Philip Gosselin, 2B: is pre-arb
Chris Johnson, 3B: $23.5MM through 2017 (including buyout of 2018 option)
Craig Kimbrel, RP: $34MM through 2017 (including buyout of 2018 option)
Julio Teheran, SP: $30.6MM through 2019 (including buyout of 2020 option)
Arbitration Eligible Players
Kris Medlen, SP (5.137): $5.8MM projected salary
Jonny Venters, RP (5.000): $1.63MM
James Russell, RP (5.000): $2.4MM
Ramiro Pena, UT (4.089): $900K
Jordan Walden, RP (4.043): $3.0MM
Brandon Beachy, SP (4.014):$1.45MM
Mike Minor, SP (3.138): $5.1MM
David Carpenter, RP (3.016): $1.1MM
(service time in parentheses; projections via Matt Swartz)
Free Agents
(information provided by mlbrumors.com)