The Atlanta Braves and the Remaining Available Top Free Agents

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Sure it’s January now and the pitchers and catchers are set to report to Orlando in just 6 more weeks. That doesn’t mean that the Atlanta Braves aren’t still looking and lurking. Anyone of interest still out there?

According to the MLBTR Free Agent Tracker tool, there are still roughly 140 (+/-) players technically looking for a contract at this point in the off-season.

Of course several of them are going to have difficulty. You might even recognize some of the names further down that chart, such as former Atlanta Braves players A.J. Pierzynski, Erick Aybar, and Gordon Beckham.

Don’t expect the Braves to be ringing their phones any time soon.

There’s a host of others, though – some still coming off injury, many needing a place to prove themselves, others on the fringe of retirement… and most of them are also players that the Braves would have no interest in whatsoever.

But are there any? For Atlanta or their NL East rivals? Let’s look.

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