Monday will be a big day for Drake Baldwin and the Braves, as the young catcher looks to take home an awesome personal award in the NL Rookie of the Year award and also earn the team an additional first round pick in the 2026 draft. This has ramifications for later in the offseason as well, as the team would lose its second highest pick in the draft if they were to sign a free agent who declined a qualifying offer. I have heard some argue that getting this additional pick from Baldwin winning Rookie of the Year would make it easier to take that loss of a pick when signing a big free agent, but I would make the counterargument that it makes the cost higher, in that the team would then lose a higher pick with close to $3.5 million in slot value, as opposed to their second round pick, which i

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