With the week of Christmas here, many of the top free agents in baseball remained unsigned. This includes some of the best starting pitching arms, including Framber Valdez, Zac Gallen, Ranger Suarez, and
Tatsuya Imai. While this development is not entirely surprising, the timing of when signings could occur now becomes a bit harder to predict, especially with the holidays over the next two weeks.
The Braves likely remain involved in many of the conversations focusing on adding a starting pitcher. And with the added bonus of not having traded away any prospects to feel their offseason needs, they could always pivot to the trade market as well. The good thing is that many avenues remain available for the Braves to strengthen their already strong rotation, even if it could into the new year when the move finally occurs.
Braves News
We are less than away from the 2026 MLB Hall of Fame class being announced, which currently is scheduled for 01/20/2026/. In the very early going, Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltran are at the top of the class in votes. Both are at 78% per Ryan Thibodaux’s vote tracking on BlueSky. While this should be taking with a grain of salt with less than 10% of the votes known, it is an encouraging start.
MLB News
Munetaka Murakami signed a two-year, $34M deal with the Chicago White Sox. With his deadline to sign happening Monday, Murakami found a home in Chicago that he hopes can lead to a bigger deal down the road.
The Blue Jays are the latest team to reportedly have interest in Alex Bregman.
