You wanted more roster moves? You got more roster moves.
A veteran of seven MLB campaigns at this point, Fraley hasn’t really distinguished himself, with a combined 3.8 fWAR in 1,537 career PAs (1.5/600). He’s basically your generic “great backup/poor regular” who might come with an extra year of arbitration-eligible team control (different sources show different things).
Fraley avoided arbitration and signed a $3.125 million
deal with the Reds this past offseason. He then proceeded to put up 0.4 fWAR in 193 PAs, which is pretty close to his career rate. He has a career 102 wRC+, which when combined with okay but undistinguished corner outfield defense, is what gets you to his below-average-regular status. At the plate, Fraley puts up his league-average batting line via walks and slapping at the ball; whatever the Braves are doing from a roster construction standpoint, they are certainly not wholeheartedly going back to The PowerPoint.pptx, at least not immediately.
No word yet on whose spot he’ll take in the immediate future.
