Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos comes with a special uniqueness possessed by few in his position. Where and when others zig, he zags. You might think you know what he may do to improve his club at a given point in time, but he always reminds you of something.
You do not. You never had any idea in the first place.
Anthopoulos’ latest move is one of the best examples of this.
The Braves’ shortstop is a free agent. They could probably use a bigger bat in left field. Perhaps they could benefit from adding another starting pitcher.
Despite having three catchers — about which he seemed genuinely excited — Anthopoulos acquired Oakland’s Sean Murphy in a three-team trade with the Athletics and Brewers, the team announced Monday. Murphy is a better player than all three of the catchers the Braves had on the roster to begin the offseason, and now he’ll work in tandem with Travis d’Arnaud.