Braves Report

It’s seemingly happened. The Braves have acquired an outfielder that has some power. The AJC is reporting that Garret Anderson has agreed to a one-year deal with the Braves:

The team finalized a one-year contract worth about $2.5 million with the free agent on Sunday, according to a person familiar with negotiations. An announcement is expected to come Monday, and Anderson was en route to Florida to join the Braves at spring training.

Anderson, 36, has a .296 career average and 272 home runs in 15 seasons in the majors, all with the Los Angeles Angels of the American League. He was with that team so long, he played for it when it was known as the California Angels and later the Anaheim Angels, before the L.A. name change.

Anderson hit .293 last year with 15 home runs, which was more than half of what the Braves’ outfield managed. He is expected to play left field, in a possible platoon with Matt Diaz.

Either way, I don’t readily expect this deal to fall through, because it’s supposedly already done. So this means it looks like the Braves have actually signed somebody with some power. Rock on.