"It'll be open competition for the fifth spot," he told Shanks. The front office leader name-checked five candidates for the position (albeit without saying it was an exhaustive list): Bryce Elder, Reynaldo López, AJ Smith-Shawver, Huascar Ynoa and Hurston Waldrep.
"We're going to take the best players," Anthopoulos said. "If there's a lot of ties or it's close, we'll keep our depth. But we're hopeful these guys are all good in Spring Training and make it hard on us."
Perhaps an opportunity will arise for the Braves to add a surefire #5 starter within the next couple of months. That doesn't appear to be an organizational priority, however. There seems a good chance Atlanta is content with a camp battle between the group that Anthopoulos referenced.
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