While the Nationals and Marlins have made off-season splashes in an attempt to close the gap between themselves and the Phillies, the Braves have had the quietest winter of any team in either league. On the morning of Halloween, Atlanta exercised a $1.5 million option on Eric Hinske. That’s it, no other major league moves.Why would a team so close to making the playoffs in 2011 spend the ensuing off-season watching others around it improve and not act? Are the Braves worse off for it, or is it a case where more is less?Let’s examine both questions…Frank Wren and the Braves have made just one major league move this off-season.As David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution pointed out in the comments section of one of his recent articles, the Braves have very little financial flexibility.The Braves have saved about $12.5 million by trading Derek Lowe and mercifully reaching the end of the Kenshin Kawakami contract. Nate McLouth’s $6.5 million salary is gone, he signed with the P...
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Eric Hinske,
Kenshin Kawakami,
Nate McLouth,
Scott Linebrink,
George Sherrill,
Peter Moylan,
Michael Bourn,
Brian McCann,
Dan Uggla,
Jair Jurrjens,
Martin Prado,
Tommy Hanson,
Craig Kimbrel,
Jason Heyward,
Jonny Venters
TEAMS: Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies
TEAMS: Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies
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