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The Daily Chop: Braves shopping list, 2021 SS Class, Cora meets with Red Sox, and more

Atlanta enters the offseason with clear needs, but not an abundance of them.

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Braves News

The Braves don’t need much this winter. That’s a good thing

With a short list of needs this offseason, the Braves should be in position to fill them despite the promise of a desolate winter.

2020 Atlanta Braves Player Reviews: Max Fried

What a season for Max Fried. The young left-hander was incredible from start to finish, and capped off his campaign with a Gold Glove on Tuesday. Fried was the leader of a young, shaky starting staff in Atlanta and helped to push the Braves within a game of the World Series.

2020 Atlanta Braves Player Reviews: Grant Dayton

Grant Dayton was largely effective with regards to run prevention in 2020, though his underlying stats tell a different story. Still, he covered some valuable innings to the tune of a 2.70 ERA this season.

MLB News

Next year’s FA shortstop class is ridiculous

So many great shortstops will be free agents next winter. Seager, Lindor, Correa, Story, and Baez could each command deals well beyond $100 million, but time will tell which players will actually hit the open market.

Sox meet with Cora in Puerto Rico (source)

Alex Cora clearly learned his lesson... he is already meeting with the Red Sox about a return. Meanwhile John Coppolella has a lifetime ban. Great job, Manfred.

Who’s the No. 1 free agent? Execs weigh in

Who would you take from this group?