Well it was an active day leaguewide, but lacking any movement from the Braves on Saturday. The Braves have a little over $10 million left below the luxury tax, roughly $30 million below the second tier of the tax, and roughly $50 million below the third tier of the tax, where the really impactful penalties start kicking in. They also have some salary they could probably get rid of with a few players they have on the books if they really want to. While we won’t know what their budget is, it seems unlikely they would have made the moves they have already made with the emphatic desire to add a starting pitcher and additional desire for a shortstop upgrade still waiting if they intended to stay underneath the luxury tax entirely. It will be fascinating to see how much more they choose to spend and if they have enough left to make an impact addition at either of those two spots or more of a serviceable upgrade.
