With Correa off the board, how will Dansby’s market shift?
ATLANTA — Dansby Swanson may not get his want to stay with the Braves. But the Atlanta native might nonetheless find yourself fairly happy whereas benefiting from the unbelievable riches showered upon a number of the sport’s different prime shortstops this winter.
Swanson’s deal may not be as lengthy or wealthy as these three offers. But this market growth ought to nonetheless profit the 28-year-old shortstop, who ranked second amongst all MLB shortstops with a 6.4 fWAR this previous season, trailing solely the Mets’ Francisco Lindor (6.8). Turner (6.3), Bogaerts (6.1) and Correa (4.4) all ranked behind Swanson.
Now, Swanson will garner much more consideration from the golf equipment who fell quick of their pursuit of Correa, Turner and Bogaerts.
The Cubs, Red Sox, Twins and Dodgers have proven probably the most curiosity in Swanson this winter. This might place Swanson to get a deal that lasts a minimum of six years and has a median annual worth (AAV) near $25 million.
The Braves have remained quiet since providing six years at roughly $16-17 million per yr through the common season. The solely current contact between these two events occurred two weeks in the past, when Swanson referred to as Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos to get a really feel for what would possibly happen.
With no different current contact, it appears just like the Braves would possibly quickly have any individual aside from Swanson serving as their beginning shortstop for the primary time since 2016.
The Braves’ inside choices embrace Orlando Arcia and Vaughn Grissom. Arcia has beforehand served because the Brewers’ beginning shortstop, however appears more healthy for a backup function. Scouts have doubted Grissom’s skill to play shortstop on the large league stage. But Braves third-base coach Ron Washington has been inspired by what he’s seen whereas understanding with the 21-year-old infielder this winter.
“After the first time [Grissom] called, [Washington] called me and he raved,” Anthopoulos mentioned. “I was surprised because Wash isn’t the type to rave.”
If the Braves had been to signal a defensively-capable free agent shortstop like Elvis Andrus, there can be a good larger deal with touchdown a robust hitter to play left subject, the place there’s additionally a necessity. But the added outfielder would wish to assist compensate for the offense Swanson supplied whereas producing a 115 OPS+ this yr.
