{"id":12807,"date":"2024-11-26T22:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T22:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=12807"},"modified":"2024-11-26T22:46:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T22:46:29","slug":"what-do-the-braves-latest-rumors-mean-for-jarred-kelenic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=12807","title":{"rendered":"What do the Braves latest rumors mean for Jarred Kelenic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-103940\">\n<div>\n<p>The Braves have a clear need for an outfielder with Ronald Acuna Jr. not expected to be ready for Opening Day, and they have a preference for a target, hoping to add a left-handed bat, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBut the free-agent class is deep in outfielders who might offer comparable production to Laureano at a lower price.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Braves\u2019 preference is for a left-handed hitter \u2014 Harris, Kelenic,\u00a0Matt Olson\u00a0and switch-hitter\u00a0Ozzie Albies are currently their only options from the left side. If the better fit is right-handed, so be it. The market includes numerous options beyond the four outfielders expected to command the biggest contracts: Juan Soto, Anthony Santander, Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez and Jurickson Profar. With Acu\u00f1a expected to return a month or two into the season, the Braves need not shop at the high end,\u201d Rosenthal wrote.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of left-handed free agents available this offseason that won\u2019t break the bank \u2014 Michael Conforto, Ben Gamel, Jason Heyward, Travis Jankowski, Max Kepler, David Peralta, Michael Tauchman, Alex Verdugo and Jesse Winker. The trade market also offers further options.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves do have a left-handed outfielder on the roster, though. They invested heavily in Jarred Kelenic last offseason, but it seems the writing is on the wall. Depending on who Atlanta acquires, it could spell the end of Kelenic\u2019s opportunities for the Braves.<\/p>\n<p>With Ronald Acuna Jr. on the shelf for a couple of months or so, Kelenic will certainly have <em>some<\/em> opportunities at the beginning of the season. However, if the Braves spend considerable money on a left-handed outfielder, the jury is out on the outfield\u2019s composition when Acuna returns.<\/p>\n<p>More than likely, it would entail Kelenic being relegated to a bench role. Of course, it\u2019s better to be safe than sorry. Alex Anthopoulos can\u2019t go into the 2025 campaign hoping Kelenic figures it out. Hope is not a strategy, especially for a club with World Series aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of Kelenic\u2019s future will be dictated by how much the Braves shell out for this left-handed bat, but it\u2019s quite clear that his time is dwindling to prove he can be a mainstay in Atlanta\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Photographer: Rich Graessle\/Icon Sportswire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Braves have a clear need for an outfielder with Ronald Acuna Jr. not expected to be ready for Opening Day, and they have a preference for a target,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12807","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What do the Braves latest rumors mean for Jarred Kelenic? 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