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Atlanta is making moves. The Braves have landed a thirty-five million dollar flamethrower formerly of the Dodgers, and that signing almost certainly closes the door on five years of history with Raisel Iglesias. Alex Anthopoulos is reshaping that bullpen, but the roster math is brutal and a long partnership is paying the price.
While Atlanta builds, they've still got a forty-two million dollar headache to sort out. That Silver Slugger winner whose contract has quietly become the most damaging deal in Braves history remains in limbo, and Anthopoulos isn't tipping his hand. Puzzling silence from the front office on a situation that's been dooming Atlanta for years now.
Shifting to the sidelines, Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti had a message for the College Football Playoff committee after his Hoosiers kept rolling, and he delivered it in clown emojis. No speech, no press conference grandstanding, just a phone screen and a point made. The defending champions are not interested in being overlooked, and Cignetti just made sure everyone knows it.
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