{"id":123563,"date":"2025-11-21T09:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=123563"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:49:43","slug":"confirm-braves-sign-vidal-brujan-to-split-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=123563","title":{"rendered":"Confirm: Braves sign Vidal Brujan to split contract&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"duet--article--lede duet--page-layout--standard-article\">\n<div class=\"duet--ledes--standard-lede _17edt8c0 _1nfb3k43\">\n<div class=\"_17edt8c1\">\n<div class=\"_1tww7100\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1jeon7ih _1jeon7ig ls9zuha ls9zuh1\">One fewer guy to worry about in terms of Friday\u2019s non-tender deadline<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--layout--entry-body-container _19a1t550 _1nfb3k43 _1nfb3k413\">\n<div class=\"_19a1t551\">\n<div class=\"duet--layout--entry-body lcwall0\">\n<div id=\"zephr-anchor\" class=\"_1nfb3k410\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After yesterday\u2019s mini-flurry of Braves moves, and ahead of Friday\u2019s non-tender deadline, the Braves have squeezed in another bit of news:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement jgpyd51 jgpyd50 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--media--embed _1nfb3k4j dtfa9i0 dtfa9i1 dtfa9i6 dtfa9i8 dtfa9ia\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1991693923207770226&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.batterypower.com%2Fatlanta-braves-roster%2F24480930%2Fbraves-sign-vidal-brujan-to-split-contract&amp;sessionId=a91977d8c2c1e5d52eb5a649c7c8c780b8a41180&amp;siteScreenName=BatteryPowerSBN&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0#Braves\u00a0today agreed to terms with INF Vidal Brujan on a one-year, split contract for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlanta Braves (@Braves) November 21, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Vidal Brujan was, up until this point, one of the Braves\u2019 eight-remaining arbitration-eligible players most directly relevant to the non-tender deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">(Jake Fraley was claimed on waivers, while Nick Allen and Mauricio Dubon swapped rosters while both being arbitration-eligible.) Since Brujan is out of options, the split contract is essentially a workaround for that lack of ostensible roster flexibility: on a more generic contract, Brujan would have had little incentive to stick around upon being outrighted to the minors; this split contract presumably sweetens his pot a bit, but he forfeits the sweetener if he does reject an outright assignment in order to seek his fortune with another club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So, the Braves gain a little flexibility with their position player depth, and Brujan gets a little more somethin\u2019 somethin\u2019 for his trouble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In his career, Brujan has not really hit well nor defended well, but he had a nice run as a backup for the Braves in 47 PAs, putting up a .333 xwOBA and an above-average defensive tally (including positional adjustment). Though he was below replacement with the Cubs earlier in the season, his 0.2 fWAR for the Braves was enough to push his 2025 into above-replacement territory for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He\u2019s still a guy that\u2019s going to be entering his age-28 season with a 54 career wRC+ (and no xwOBA shenanigans) in 645 PAs, but the Braves clearly like him enough to bother with a split contract arrangement when they could\u2019ve just non-tendered him and offered him a minor league deal to stick around.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One fewer guy to worry about in terms of Friday\u2019s non-tender deadline After yesterday\u2019s mini-flurry of Braves moves, and ahead of Friday\u2019s non-tender deadline, the Braves have&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":123564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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