The offseason churns on, with Tthe Braves continuing to signal significant additions this offseason. While Anthopoulos was more careful, as he is, in setting expectations for payroll than Terry McGuirk
was in setting the aim of a top 5 payroll. Anthopoulos was not shy in setting roster expectations, however, as he reiterated the goals of adding a shortstop, a starter, and “a lot of relievers”. This should be an active and interesting offseason in Atlanta, to see how they approach those goals.
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We continued our annual season review series with Sandy Leon, prospect Luke Waddell, and Jesus Bastidas.
MLB.com’s Mark Bowman got a few questions to Alex Anthopoulos at the GM meetings.
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Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes were the AL and NL Cy Young winners and deserved ones, though I’m unconvinced that Skenes in particular should have won unanimously.
Despite the Diamondbacks’ GM downplaying the possibility, a handful of the teams have inquired about trading for star Ketel Marte.
Agent Scott Boras confirms that Japanese star Tatsuya Imai will be posted November 19th, meaning that he will sign sometime no later than around new years.
