As if the Braves needed a sign that signing Garret Anderson may not have been the best idea going forward it’s now been reported in the Atlanta Journal Constitution that the 36-year-old outfielder will be out two to three weeks.
Yet to appear in a spring training game, the Braves may not be expecting the aging [...]
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