Braves News: Vaughn Grissom in left field?, Sunday Night Baseball, more
By Eric Cole
For the Atlanta Braves, the question of what was going to happen at shortstop in 2023 and beyond has been the central question. When Dansby Swanson ended up signing with the Cubs and the Braves didn’t really push to fill the roster hole, it was pretty widely assumed that the team was going to rely on Vaughn Grissom and Orlando Arcia at short especially with so much talk about Vaughn’s offseason training with Ron Washington.
However, Braves beat writer Mark Bowman has long been skeptical that the Braves would be willing to hand the keys of shortstop over to Vaughn…at least for 2023. In fact, he went as far as to say that if the Braves wanted Vaughn’s bat in the lineup, that left field may be a better alternative.
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We are starting to get closer and closer to Opening Day and one way we know that is that the plans for national baseball broadcasts are getting released. The Braves are set to be a very good, very fun team in 2023 and ESPN seems to agree as it was revealed that Atlanta will have two Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts to start with for the 2023 season.
Adam Duvall’s time came with the Braves came to an end when he signed a deal with the Red Sox that could be worth as much as $10 million. We decided to bid him a fond farewell with a look back at some of the key moments from his Braves career including a grand slam that almost became a franchise defining moment…until it wasn’t.
MLB News
Aroldis Chapman has gone from one of the most sought after and frankly scariest relievers in the league to a guy whose motivation and injury history has many wondering how much longer he will be playing in the league period. At least we know where he will be playing in 2023 now as the Royals signed him to a one year deal worth $3.75 million.
The Seattle Mariners added some depth to their roster in the hopes of another postseason run as they added Tommy La Stella on a one year deal. La Stella’s production of late has been iffy and injuries have been an issue, but he still has some upside and could be a helpful piece on an already talented Seattle roster.