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Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The season of injury continues for the Atlanta Braves, and now with both of the catchers at the MLB level going down with injuries, the starting catcher for the foreseeable future will be the system’s top catching prospect William Contreras. While losing a key piece of the lineup in Travis d’Arnaud is a major blow to a struggling team, they have quite a solid backup option here in Contreras who came in at No. 4 on Talking Chop’s preseason top 30 prospects list. William Contreras, the younger brother of Cubs all star catcher Willson Contreras, was fir...

How do the Mets look? We asked the SB Nation National League East Share this story Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images It has been a long time, perhaps since the 2004-2005 offseason, that a Mets team has been as transformed from the end of one season to the start of another. The remarkable thing about this winter’s glow up is that the Mets did not have to part with much of their core to make the changes, and so while the bullpen, rotation, and lineup all feature new, marquee players, the majority of the team remains more or less intact.

Diamondbacks 2021 Non-Roster Invitees, Part 1: Right-handed pitchers Share this story Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images But firstly, some personal stuff. Thanks very much for all the kind wishes on my recent illness - yes, even you, ‘Hacks :) [You should have taken me out when I was in this weakened state... Yes, I read them, even if I wasn’t up to responding!]. It wasn’t much fun, but definitely feeling a lot better now than I did. Glad to have got stuff like the pneumonia nipped in the bud, but will still be taking things a bit gently for a bit. Appreciate everyone behaving nic...

An in-depth look at how Joc Pederson might hit against lefthanded pitching Share this story Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images I was discussing the Joc Pederson signing with a number of other SB Nation writers and editors and Ivan, a writer/editor at our SB Nation Braves site Talking Chop, offered me a detailed statistical analysis of how Joc might do against lefthanders playing for the Cubs in Wrigley Field. I turn the rest of this post over to Ivan for that analysis, and thank him for this terrific detailed writeup. On Friday, news broke that the Chicago Cubs signed outfielder Joc Pederso...