19:56: The Braves led the campaign Kyle Garlick on order to make room on the 40-man list for Ozuna’s re-signing David O’Brien of The Athletic. Formerly a Dodger and Phillie, Garlick joined the Braves on January 23 as a waiver claim.
19:27: The Braves sign field bowler again Marcell Ozuna to a four-year agreement, Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets. The club has announced the move, and it is a $ 65 million guarantee that could reach $ 80 million if the Braves take up an option in year 5 Robert Murray of Fansided. Hector Gomez reported earlier Friday that Ozuna is near Atlanta to return. The buyout in 2025 is worth $ 1 million, Craig Mish of SportsGrid relieve. Ozuna is a client of CAA Sports.
This is a huge increase for Ozuna, a former Marlin and Cardinal, who last winter put together a history of above-average production to a $ 18MM guarantee. It eventually became an amazing move from Atlanta, as Ozuna battled out a monstrous 0.338 / 0.431 / .636 with 18 home games in 60 games and 267 posters. Along with his stellar numbers on the line, Ozuna has been classified as an elite hitter by Statcast’s standards.
If there is any criticism of Ozuna’s 2020, it is that he did not play much defense and only appeared 21 times in the outfield during a year in which the National League hosted the universal designated hitter. It remains unclear whether the NL will retain the DH in 2021, but even if that does not happen, the Braves will keep the thirty-year-old Ozuna’s offensive abilities intact. The NL East champions of rugby clearly had to re-sign Ozuna or pick up another big bat to replace him in the off-season, and now they have managed to retain one of MLB’s leading hits.
Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos is not known for signing players for long-term contracts, but in this case he made an exception to keep an offense together around Ozuna, 2020 NL MVP. Freddie Freeman and Ronald Acuna Jr. The Braves used to make notable signings when they added beginners Charlie Morton and Drew Smyly on shorter packs. Considering what the Braves have done this season, they should be a force in the NL East again next season, although the Mets, Nationals, Phillies and Marlins would make it difficult to win the division again.
The MLB season started incredibly slowly, but the best agencies have been flying off the board over the past few weeks. The re-signing of Ozuna means that none of MLBTR’s top 10 free agents will be left without work from the beginning of winter. MLBTR ranked Ozuna fourth among the available players and predicted he would earn a $ 72 million deal for four years.