Braves didn't wanna cross the next threshold of the luxury tax and lose draft position in a season with so many injuries. Getting soler was a pretty salty move while being able to stay under that threshold.

I don't think the braves need any more pitching assuming fried and Lopez stay healthy. And if they don't, we're screwed anyway... none of the guys available at deadline were as good as them.

If we gonna critique who wasn't gotten at the deadline, probably should give AA some credit for guys he did find. Laureano has a 138 wrc+ as a brave, and whit has a 127 wrc+ as a brave. By the way, soler is 169 wrc+ as a brave.

As I said earlier, the name of the game for the braves now is keep the big 3 (sale, fried, and Lopez) healthy. No one wants to face those guys in a 3/5 game series