If you’re following the Braves’ offseason drama, you know the future of Max Fried with Atlanta is at a crossroads. Fried is the kind of ace every team dreams about. He’s consistent, clutch, and as sharp as they come on the mound.

If the Braves were to let Fried walk, they'd have a number of backup plans to sign in free agency. Atlanta could alsu use a long-term answer at shortstop. There are real concerns

As the Braves head into the 2024 offseason, Brian Snitker and the front office have to make a decision on Max Fried as free agency begins.

Longtime Braves starter Max Fried is expected to hit the free agent market and is expected to a nice pay raise for the remainder of his prime years.

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves have extended a qualifying offer to pitcher Max Fried. The move is a formality with Fried expected to become a free agent. Major League Baseball set a 5 p.m. Monday deadline for teams to send qualifying offers. This year, the offer is a one-year, $21.5 million deal.

The Braves now have some gaping holes in their rotation, which could force them to re-visit contract negotiations with Max Fried this offseason, but they’ll have a ton of competition.

Bleacher Reports’ Joel Reuter predicts that Fried will take Corbin Burnes’ spot as the ace of the Baltimore Orioles. In a corresponding transaction, he has Burnes heading to the Los Angeles Dodgers. “If re-signing Burnes is still Plan A,