Atlanta, GA
This Day in Braves History: Atlanta signs Derek Lowe to four-year deal
Braves Franchise History
1959 – John Quinn resigns as general manager of the Milwaukee Braves and immediately accepts a similar position with the Phillies.
1982 – Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Aaron fell nine votes shy of becoming the first-ever unanimous selection and his 97.8 election percentage is second only to Ty Cobb who had 98.2 percent in the inaugural election in 1936.
2009 – The Braves agree to a four-year, $60 million deal with free agent starter Derek Lowe. Atlanta also announced the signing of Kenshin Kawakami to a three-year deal. Lowe will post a 4.57 ERA and a 3.89 FIP in three seasons with the Braves before he is traded to Cleveland. Kawakami posted a 3.86 ERA and a 4.21 FIP in 2009, but was 1-10 with a 5.15 ERA in 2010 and spent the 2011 season pitching in the minors.
MLB History
1922 – Buck Weaver applies for reinstatement to baseball. Weaver, who was one of the eight “Black Sox” players banned for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series is turned down by Commissioner Landis.
1991 – While playing for the Oakland Raiders, Bo Jackson suffers a career-threatening injury in a playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
1995 – Baseball’s executive council approves the use of replacement players for spring training and regular season games. With the MLBPA on strike, the owners say they will look to retired players, minor leaguers and amateurs to fill out their rosters.
2011 – The Yankees sign reliever Rafael Soriano to a three-year deal with $35 million.
2014 – Alex Rodriguez files a lawsuit in federal court against Major League Baseball and the MLBPA seeking to overturn the 162-game suspension that he was given two days earlier by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. Rodriguez will eventually drop the suit and sever the suspension.
2018 – The Astros acquire Gerrit Cole from the Pirates in exchange for Michael Feliz, Jason Martin, Colin Moran and Joe Musgrove.
2020 – Major League Baseball announces that Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch will be suspended for the upcoming season due to their role in the team’s sign-stealing scandal. The team will be assessed a $5 million fine and will lose its top two picks in the next two drafts. Owner Jim Crane fires both Luhnow and Hinch after the announcement.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta police looking for people involved in shootout at convenience store
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Atlanta police are seeking the public’s help looking for two people involved in a shootout at convenience store on Campbellton Road.
Police said officers responded to the Big H Food Mart at 2900 Campbellton Road SW around 9 p.m. on Dec. 19 after an argument escalated into gunfire. No one was injured, but there was property damage to the store.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477 or Atlanta police at 470-707-4338. There is a reward of up to $2,000.
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Atlanta, GA
Reality star Chase Chrisley accused of slapping bar manager in Atlanta
FILE – “Chrisley Knows Best” cast members from left, Chase Chrisley, Savannah Crisley, Julie Crisley and Todd Chrisley attend the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment 2014 Upfront at the Javits Center on Thursday, May 15, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Atlanta, GA
Braves News: Short term free agent options, rumors, more
We are nearing the opening of the International Free Agency signing period, on January 15th. The Braves are reportedly set to sign one of the top prospects in the class, but the biggest story of the signing period is that Roki Sasaki will be able to sign with a team formally. Reportedly he has not made a decision yet, which will pose problems for teams hoping to sign him, as they will need to hold open space in their bonus pool for him. If the Braves are involved, look for them to delay finalizing deals with the free agents they are expected to sign until Sasaki informs them they are out of the running or makes a final decision. While there hasn’t been any reporting to the point, there are some reasons to believe that Atlanta could be desirable for Sasaki. Sasaki’s agent has indicated some interest in having a friendlier and less invasive media market, a team set up for short and long term success, and having a team with a good pitching development reputation, all of which fit Atlanta. Furthermore, Atlanta’s extensive history of handing out extensions to their young players must be appealing to a player in Sasaki’s financial situation, as his short term income is dramatically limited by the international free agency process, and Atlanta has been polled among the most desirable teams to play for among MLB players. I will be interested to see if Atlanta is involved in the Sasaki sweepstakes.
Braves News
We are really at the bottom of the barrel here, with no moves of note and not to the point of Spring Training news either.
MLB News
Players like Anthony Santander and Jack Flaherty are reportedly at the point of considering more short term, high AAV deals, which could be of interest to an Atlanta front office that has been fond of that type of deal.
Garrett Crochet has talked with the Red Sox about signing an extension, after the star lefty was traded to Boston from Sox to Sox earlier this offseason.
International Amateur Free Agent Darell Morel has flipped to sign with the Pirates, after initially agreeing on a deal with the Dodgers, as the Dodgers are holding open space in hopes of signing Roki Sasaki and Morel gets nearly double the bonus he was set to receive.
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