ATLANTA — Dylan Lee will wait to see what his 2026 wage with the Braves shall be. As for Alek Manoah, he not seems to be a long-shot candidate for Atlanta’s rotation.
The Braves introduced that Manoah and Carson Ragsdale had been their solely gamers who weren’t tendered a contract earlier than Friday night’s deadline. Each right-handed pitchers at the moment are free brokers.
Lee was tendered a contract, however he didn’t comply with a wage determine. If he stays unsigned by the Jan. 8 deadline, his wage request and the Braves’ supply shall be submitted to MLB. This step would arrange the potential for the wage being decided by a wage arbitration listening to, which might happen throughout Spring Coaching.
Essentially the most shocking resolution was Manoah, who was claimed off waivers from the Blue Jays in September. The Braves had been prepared to take an opportunity on the massive hurler, who completed third in American League Cy Younger Award balloting in 2022. He was demoted to Triple-A after struggling the subsequent season and his troubles had been prolonged when he underwent Tommy John surgical procedure in June 2024.
Manoah posted a 2.97 ERA in seven Triple-A begins for Toronto this 12 months, however he was designated for task on Sept. 23. The Braves opted to take an opportunity on the chance he would possibly return to kind in the course of the 2026 season. However the two sides parted methods when an settlement wasn’t reached earlier than Friday’s deadline. The 27-year-old pitcher had a $2.2 million wage this 12 months.
As a result of Manoah has Minor League choices remaining, the Braves would have had the choice to permit him to increase his comeback bid on the Triple-A degree subsequent 12 months. He would have probably competed in opposition to Wentz, Suarez, Hurston Waldrep, Bryce Elder and Grant Holmes for the fifth spot in Atlanta’s rotation.
Lee made his MLB debut in the course of the closing weekend of the 2021 season and he has been part of the Atlanta bullpen every of the previous 4 seasons. The 31-year-old southpaw posted a 3.29 ERA in a profession excessive 74 appearances this previous season.
