Braves' Baldwin could raise tbar for catcher salaries

Braves' Baldwin could raise tbar for catcher salaries

Joe Mauer received the biggest guarantee for a catcher, $184 million in 2010. Buster Posey received the next-biggest, $167 million in 2013.

Ken Rosenthal on Braves, Drake Baldwin contract negotiations - SportsTalk ATL

If you look around the league through the first month of the season, you’ll see team after team locking in their young stars to long-term contracts before they even finish their rookie campaigns. A strategy the Atlanta Braves really made infamous, beginning with Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies, and continuing with players like Spencer Strider, Michael Harris II, and Austin Riley. The next obvious candidate in line — and potentially the most de…