Braves News: The wait continues, Tyler Pastornicky, more
By Eric Cole
Well Atlanta Braves fans, we still don’t have much to talk about as Monday was very quiet on the Braves front. Despite being one of the absolute best defensive center fielders of all-time, a steep drop-off towards the end of his career and borderline overall production amongst HOF peers appears to have Andruw Jones just missing the Hall of Fame again this year, although he is certainly trending up.
Beyond that, we are still firmly playing the waiting game when it comes to Braves news of consequence.
More Braves News
Elsewhere on the site, we have been plugging away looking back at the Braves’ top minor league prospects from way back in 2012. Yesterday, we took a look at Tyler Pastornicky who, at the time, was thought to be the Braves’ shortstop of the future. Things definitely went sideways for Pastornicky, though, and the unexpected emergence of Andrelton Simmons pretty much sealed the end of Tyler’s time with Atlanta.
MLB News
It has been quiet across the league for a few days, which isn’t that surprising as teams have personnel that are still getting back from the holiday break as well as the fact that the free agent market doesn’t have a ton of great options left. After organizations take stock of where they stand, the best of who is left SHOULD find new jobs before the start of spring training.
We did have one rumor, though, and it involved fellow National League East member the Miami Marlins. The Marlins have some starting pitching, notably Pablo Lopez, that they seem willing to move and rumor has it that they have asked the Boston Red Sox about top prospect, first baseman Triston Casas during some preliminary talks. Boston seems very reluctant to move Casas, though, as the price appears to be quite steep. Also, feel free to insert any joke you prefer regarding the Marlins and their perpetual state of “playing for the future”.