It’s been a minute since we have had real, actual Braves baseball news to talk about. Oh sure, we’ve covered the nearly interminable Braves TV partner saga. At least it looks as if we are going to have a happy ending there.
Braves released their non-roster invitee list. This is the deep cut. These are prospects that are not on the 40-man roster and older players that are just on the outside of staying on an active roster. As we shared on Wednesday:
So who you got for your favorite NRI this spring? JR Ritchie might be the best prospect in that list, but Battery Power’s #4, #9 and #12 are there too. There are guys that are trying to grab that last guy on the bench role like Luke Williams. Martin Perez and James Karinchak will be pitchers to watch. Backup catcher for Opening Day is up for grabs, and we’ve got three options there. And in the “this guy here is dead” portion of the NRIs, Carlos Carrasco is hanging around.
I have my favorites but I’ll hand the mic to y’all as usual.
