Bob Wickman

The Braves have finally taken care of their closer role.  Next season would have been the third in a row where the role would have been iffy at best.  Luckily they realized that spending money on players like Kold and allowing Reitsma to take over just wasn’t going to cut it and somehow convinced Wickman to stay around for one more season.  With Wickman and hopefully Danny Baez working the 8th and 9th for the Braves next season it might be a different season for a team that has blown over twenty saves this year.  Just winning half of those this year could keep them in the race if last off-season they would have just ponied up the money Wickman or other closers wanted.