ATLANTA—Alex Anthopoulos believes Cole Hamels can help the Atlanta Braves win big in next season — and help the team’s young starters have more success for years to come. Anthopoulos said young Braves starters Max Fried and Mike Soroka will benefit from Hamels’ 14 seasons in the majors. I think Soroka will get better.”The Braves have won two straight NL East division titles but failed to win a playoff series. Hamels said the Braves “were one of six teams I was really following and really rooting for” in free agency. The one-year deal with Hamels leaves room for Anderson to move into the rotation in 2021, if not before.

Source: thestar December 05, 2019 01:52 UTC