Before the season started, it looked like the Atlanta Braves had their starting outfield set. They had Michael Harris II, Ronald Acuña Jr., and newly-acquired Jurickson Profar as their starters. They had Jarred Kelenic as a fourth outfielder, and added Bryan De La Cruz as yet another bench option to allow for a mini-platoon with Kelenic in case an outfielder got hurt. Well, Profar got suspended before Acuña returned, and both Kelenic and De La Cruz were absolutely horrid early on, which meant… the Braves went ahead and plugged in a different placeholder fourth outfielder with MLB experience, in the form of Alex Verdugo.

How acquired

Verdugo had clearly lost much of his prestige from the days when he was the key piece received by the Red Sox in the notorious Mookie Betts trade with the Do

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