As if the start of the 2025 regular season couldn’t get any worse for the Atlanta Braves after they were swept in four games by the Padres, they just lost their biggest free agent signing of the offseason

Major League Baseball is all the way back. I hope you were able to either make it out to the ballpark to thaw out from the long winter or chill at home and consume as much baseball as possible from your living room.

The Atlanta Braves have surprisingly been one of the quieter contenders this offseason. Aside from a contract extension for Reynaldo Lopez and a few minor league contracts, the Braves have spent minimally thus far headed into 2025. That changed on Thursday afternoon after Jeff Passan reported that the Braves were in agreement on a three year deal worth $42 million