In years past, the Atlanta Braves might have offered Ramón Laureano a contract, even if it meant overpaying him by a million or two. While the Braves’ cash payroll might end up higher than it was last season, the team might be inclined to stay under the luxury-tax threshold after exceeding it the past two years. Consider Anthopoulos’ moves thus …
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ramón Laureano homered for the second straight game and the Atlanta Braves wrapped up a 10-game road trip with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. “There were some rough games in there but any time you can come West and finish over.500 that’s pretty good,” manager Brian Snitker said. I don’t think any …
Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani tosses the baseball in the air before being taken out of the game by interim manager Phil Nevin, background left, during the sixth inning against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday at Angel Stadium. “Especially the situation with the second and third one out, it felt like if I would’ve come through in that at-bat, we could’ve …
