Club declines options for RHP Teheran and OF Hamilton, tenders 3B Donaldson qualifying offer
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves today signed C Tyler Flowers and OF Nick Markakis to one-year contracts after declining both players’ team options for the 2020 season. The club also declined RHP Julio Teheran’s team option for 2020, declined a mutual option for OF Billy Hamilton and tendered 3B Josh Donaldson a qualifying offer.
Flowers, 33, signed a one-year, $4 million contract for 2020. The native of Roswell, Ga., hit .229 (62-for-271) with 11 home runs, 34 RBI and a .733 OPS in 85 games for the Braves last season. Flowers joined the Braves in December of 2015, signing a two-year contract. He agreed to a one-year extension with a club option for 2020 on August 28, 2018.
Markakis, 35, signed a one-year, $4 million contract for 2020. The outfielder batted .285 (118-for-414) with nine home runs, 62 RBI and a .776 OPS in 116 games for the Braves last season, his fifth with the club. He originally joined the team in 2015 after signing a four-year contract, and agreed to a one-year deal with a team option last offseason.
Donaldson, 33, hit .259 (142-for-549) with 37 home runs, 94 RBI and a .900 OPS in 155 games, while being named a finalist for the Rawlings Gold Glove award at third base. He has 10 days to accept or reject the offer.
Teheran, 28, went 10-11 with a 3.81 ERA (74 ER/174.2 IP) in 33 starts last season. The righty spent his entire nine-year major league career with the Braves, compiling a 77-73 record with a 3.67 ERA (554 ER/1,360.0 IP) in 229 games, 226 starts.
Hamilton, 29, joined the Braves from Kansas City in August last season, and appeared in 26 games for the Braves, hitting .268 (11-for-41) with four stolen bases. Hamilton had a mutual option for the 2020 season, which he exercised.
Tyler Flowers’ Career Stats |
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Year | Team | Lg |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
SB |
CS |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
||
2009 | CWS | AL |
10 |
16 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
.188 |
.350 |
.250 |
.600 |
||
2010 | CWS | AL |
8 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
.091 |
.333 |
.091 |
.424 |
||
2011 | CWS | AL |
38 |
110 |
13 |
23 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
16 |
14 |
38 |
0 |
1 |
.209 |
.310 |
.409 |
.719 |
||
2012 | CWS | AL |
52 |
136 |
19 |
29 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
13 |
12 |
56 |
2 |
1 |
.213 |
.296 |
.412 |
.708 |
||
2013 | CWS | AL |
84 |
256 |
24 |
50 |
11 |
0 |
10 |
24 |
14 |
94 |
0 |
1 |
.195 |
.247 |
.355 |
.603 |
||
2014 | CWS | AL |
127 |
407 |
42 |
98 |
16 |
1 |
15 |
50 |
25 |
159 |
0 |
1 |
.241 |
.297 |
.396 |
.693 |
||
2015 | CWS | AL |
112 |
331 |
21 |
79 |
12 |
0 |
9 |
39 |
21 |
104 |
0 |
1 |
.239 |
.295 |
.356 |
.652 |
||
2016 | Atl | NL |
83 |
281 |
27 |
76 |
18 |
0 |
8 |
41 |
29 |
91 |
0 |
0 |
.270 |
.357 |
.420 |
.777 |
||
2017 | Atl | NL |
99 |
317 |
41 |
89 |
16 |
0 |
12 |
49 |
31 |
82 |
0 |
1 |
.281 |
.378 |
.445 |
.823 |
||
2018 | Atl | NL |
82 |
251 |
34 |
57 |
9 |
0 |
8 |
30 |
35 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
.227 |
.341 |
.359 |
.700 |
||
2019 | Atl | NL |
85 |
271 |
36 |
62 |
11 |
3 |
11 |
34 |
31 |
105 |
0 |
0 |
.229 |
.319 |
.413 |
.733 |
||
Totals |
780 |
2387 |
262 |
567 |
105 |
5 |
85 |
296 |
219 |
818 |
2 |
6 |
.238 |
.319 |
.393 |
.711 |
||||
Per 162 Games |
162 |
496 |
54 |
118 |
22 |
1 |
18 |
61 |
45 |
170 |
0 |
1 |
.238 |
.319 |
.393 |
.711 |
||||
Per 700 PA |
– |
620 |
68 |
147 |
27 |
1 |
22 |
77 |
57 |
212 |
1 |
2 |
.238 |
.319 |
.393 |
.711 |
||||
Totals | AL |
431 |
1267 |
124 |
283 |
51 |
2 |
46 |
142 |
93 |
464 |
2 |
5 |
.223 |
.289 |
.376 |
.665 |
|||
Totals | NL |
349 |
1120 |
138 |
284 |
54 |
3 |
39 |
154 |
126 |
354 |
0 |
1 |
.254 |
.350 |
.412 |
.762 |
Nick Markakis’ Career Stats |
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Year | Team | Lg |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
SB |
CS |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
||
2006 | Bal | AL |
147 |
491 |
72 |
143 |
25 |
2 |
16 |
62 |
43 |
72 |
2 |
0 |
.291 |
.351 |
.448 |
.799 |
||
2007 | Bal | AL |
161 |
637 |
97 |
191 |
43 |
3 |
23 |
112 |
61 |
112 |
18 |
6 |
.300 |
.362 |
.485 |
.848 |
||
2008 | Bal | AL |
157 |
595 |
106 |
182 |
48 |
1 |
20 |
87 |
99 |
113 |
10 |
7 |
.306 |
.406 |
.491 |
.897 |
||
2009 | Bal | AL |
161 |
642 |
94 |
188 |
45 |
2 |
18 |
101 |
56 |
98 |
6 |
2 |
.293 |
.347 |
.453 |
.801 |
||
2010 | Bal | AL |
160 |
629 |
79 |
187 |
45 |
3 |
12 |
60 |
73 |
93 |
7 |
2 |
.297 |
.370 |
.436 |
.805 |
||
2011 | Bal | AL |
160 |
641 |
72 |
182 |
31 |
1 |
15 |
73 |
62 |
75 |
12 |
3 |
.284 |
.351 |
.406 |
.756 |
||
2012 | Bal | AL |
104 |
420 |
59 |
125 |
28 |
3 |
13 |
54 |
42 |
51 |
1 |
1 |
.298 |
.363 |
.471 |
.834 |
||
2013 | Bal | AL |
160 |
634 |
89 |
172 |
24 |
0 |
10 |
59 |
55 |
76 |
1 |
2 |
.271 |
.329 |
.356 |
.685 |
||
2014 | Bal | AL |
155 |
642 |
81 |
177 |
27 |
1 |
14 |
50 |
62 |
84 |
4 |
2 |
.276 |
.342 |
.386 |
.729 |
||
2015 | Atl | NL |
156 |
612 |
73 |
181 |
38 |
1 |
3 |
53 |
70 |
83 |
2 |
1 |
.296 |
.370 |
.376 |
.746 |
||
2016 | Atl | NL |
158 |
599 |
67 |
161 |
38 |
0 |
13 |
89 |
71 |
101 |
0 |
2 |
.269 |
.346 |
.397 |
.744 |
||
2017 | Atl | NL |
160 |
593 |
76 |
163 |
39 |
1 |
8 |
76 |
68 |
110 |
0 |
2 |
.275 |
.354 |
.384 |
.738 |
||
2018 | Atl | NL |
162 |
623 |
78 |
185 |
43 |
2 |
14 |
93 |
72 |
80 |
1 |
1 |
.297 |
.366 |
.440 |
.806 |
||
2019 | Atl | NL |
116 |
414 |
61 |
118 |
25 |
2 |
9 |
62 |
47 |
59 |
2 |
0 |
.285 |
.356 |
.420 |
.776 |
||
Totals |
2117 |
8172 |
1104 |
2355 |
499 |
22 |
188 |
1031 |
881 |
1207 |
66 |
31 |
.288 |
.358 |
.424 |
.782 |
||||
Per 162 Games |
162 |
625 |
84 |
180 |
38 |
2 |
14 |
79 |
67 |
92 |
5 |
2 |
.288 |
.358 |
.424 |
.782 |
||||
Per 700 PA |
– |
623 |
84 |
180 |
38 |
2 |
14 |
79 |
67 |
92 |
5 |
2 |
.288 |
.358 |
.424 |
.782 |
||||
Totals | AL |
1365 |
5331 |
749 |
1547 |
316 |
16 |
141 |
658 |
553 |
774 |
61 |
25 |
.290 |
.358 |
.435 |
.793 |
|||
Totals | NL |
752 |
2841 |
355 |
808 |
183 |
6 |
47 |
373 |
328 |
433 |
5 |
6 |
.284 |
.359 |
.403 |
.761 |
Josh Donaldson’s Career Stats |
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Year | Team | Lg |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
SB |
CS |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
||
2010 | Oak | AL |
14 |
32 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
.156 |
.206 |
.281 |
.487 |
||
2012 | Oak | AL |
75 |
274 |
34 |
66 |
16 |
0 |
9 |
33 |
14 |
61 |
4 |
1 |
.241 |
.289 |
.398 |
.687 |
||
2013 | Oak | AL |
158 |
579 |
89 |
174 |
37 |
3 |
24 |
93 |
76 |
110 |
5 |
2 |
.301 |
.384 |
.499 |
.883 |
||
2014 | Oak | AL |
158 |
608 |
93 |
155 |
31 |
2 |
29 |
98 |
76 |
130 |
8 |
0 |
.255 |
.342 |
.456 |
.798 |
||
2015 | Tor | AL |
158 |
620 |
122 |
184 |
41 |
2 |
41 |
123 |
73 |
133 |
6 |
0 |
.297 |
.371 |
.568 |
.939 |
||
2016 | Tor | AL |
155 |
577 |
122 |
164 |
32 |
5 |
37 |
99 |
109 |
119 |
7 |
1 |
.284 |
.404 |
.549 |
.953 |
||
2017 | Tor | AL |
113 |
415 |
65 |
112 |
21 |
0 |
33 |
78 |
76 |
111 |
2 |
2 |
.270 |
.385 |
.559 |
.944 |
||
2018 | Tor | AL |
36 |
137 |
22 |
32 |
11 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
21 |
44 |
2 |
0 |
.234 |
.333 |
.423 |
.757 |
||
2018 | Cle | AL |
16 |
50 |
8 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
.280 |
.400 |
.520 |
.920 |
||
TOTAL |
52 |
187 |
30 |
46 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
23 |
31 |
54 |
2 |
0 |
.246 |
.352 |
.449 |
.801 |
||||
2019 | Atl | NL |
155 |
549 |
96 |
142 |
33 |
0 |
37 |
94 |
100 |
155 |
4 |
2 |
.259 |
.379 |
.521 |
.900 |
||
Totals |
1038 |
3841 |
652 |
1048 |
226 |
12 |
219 |
645 |
557 |
885 |
38 |
8 |
.273 |
.369 |
.509 |
.878 |
||||
Per 162 Games |
162 |
599 |
102 |
164 |
35 |
2 |
34 |
101 |
87 |
138 |
6 |
1 |
.273 |
.369 |
.509 |
.878 |
||||
Per 700 PA |
– |
601 |
102 |
164 |
35 |
2 |
34 |
101 |
87 |
138 |
6 |
1 |
.273 |
.369 |
.509 |
.878 |
||||
Totals | AL |
883 |
3292 |
556 |
906 |
193 |
12 |
182 |
551 |
457 |
730 |
34 |
6 |
.275 |
.367 |
.507 |
.874 |
|||
Totals | NL |
155 |
549 |
96 |
142 |
33 |
0 |
37 |
94 |
100 |
155 |
4 |
2 |
.259 |
.379 |
.521 |
.900 |
Julio Teheran’s Career Stats |
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Year | Team | Lg |
W |
L |
SV |
SVO |
G |
GS |
CG |
INN |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
BB |
SO |
WHIP |
FIP |
ERA |
2011 | Atl | NL |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
19.2 |
21 |
11 |
11 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
1.47 |
5.84 |
5.03 |
2012 | Atl | NL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6.1 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0.95 |
2.03 |
5.68 |
2013 | Atl | NL |
14 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
30 |
0 |
185.2 |
173 |
69 |
66 |
22 |
45 |
170 |
1.17 |
3.67 |
3.20 |
2014 | Atl | NL |
14 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
4 |
221.0 |
188 |
82 |
71 |
22 |
51 |
186 |
1.08 |
3.46 |
2.89 |
2015 | Atl | NL |
11 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
0 |
200.2 |
189 |
99 |
90 |
27 |
73 |
171 |
1.31 |
4.43 |
4.04 |
2016 | Atl | NL |
7 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
30 |
1 |
188.0 |
157 |
70 |
67 |
22 |
41 |
167 |
1.05 |
3.73 |
3.21 |
2017 | Atl | NL |
11 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
32 |
0 |
188.1 |
186 |
103 |
94 |
31 |
72 |
151 |
1.37 |
4.96 |
4.49 |
2018 | Atl | NL |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
31 |
0 |
175.2 |
122 |
80 |
77 |
26 |
84 |
162 |
1.17 |
4.79 |
3.94 |
2019 | Atl | NL |
10 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
0 |
174.2 |
148 |
81 |
74 |
22 |
83 |
162 |
1.32 |
4.62 |
3.81 |
Totals |
77 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
229 |
226 |
5 |
1360.0 |
1189 |
599 |
554 |
176 |
458 |
1184 |
1.21 |
4.21 |
3.67 |
||
Totals | NL |
77 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
229 |
226 |
5 |
1360.0 |
1189 |
599 |
554 |
176 |
458 |
1184 |
1.21 |
4.21 |
3.67 |
Billy Hamilton’s Career Stats |
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Year | Team | Lg |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
SB |
CS |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
||
2013 | Cin | NL |
13 |
19 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
13 |
1 |
.368 |
.429 |
.474 |
.902 |
||
2014 | Cin | NL |
152 |
563 |
72 |
141 |
25 |
8 |
6 |
48 |
34 |
117 |
56 |
23 |
.250 |
.292 |
.355 |
.648 |
||
2015 | Cin | NL |
114 |
412 |
56 |
93 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
28 |
28 |
75 |
57 |
8 |
.226 |
.274 |
.289 |
.563 |
||
2016 | Cin | NL |
119 |
411 |
69 |
107 |
19 |
3 |
3 |
17 |
36 |
93 |
58 |
8 |
.260 |
.321 |
.343 |
.664 |
||
2017 | Cin | NL |
139 |
582 |
85 |
144 |
17 |
11 |
4 |
38 |
44 |
133 |
59 |
13 |
.247 |
.299 |
.335 |
.634 |
||
2018 | Cin | NL |
153 |
504 |
74 |
119 |
16 |
9 |
4 |
29 |
46 |
132 |
34 |
10 |
.236 |
.299 |
.327 |
.626 |
||
2019 | KC | AL |
93 |
275 |
32 |
58 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
25 |
74 |
18 |
5 |
.211 |
.275 |
.269 |
.544 |
||
2019 | Atl | NL |
26 |
41 |
9 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
4 |
1 |
.268 |
.375 |
.317 |
.692 |
||
TOTAL |
119 |
316 |
41 |
69 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
32 |
87 |
22 |
6 |
.218 |
.289 |
.275 |
.564 |
||||
Totals |
809 |
2807 |
406 |
680 |
101 |
36 |
21 |
176 |
222 |
641 |
299 |
69 |
.242 |
.297 |
.326 |
.623 |
||||
Per 162 Games |
162 |
562 |
81 |
136 |
20 |
7 |
4 |
35 |
44 |
128 |
60 |
14 |
.242 |
.297 |
.326 |
.623 |
||||
Per 700 PA |
– |
636 |
92 |
154 |
23 |
8 |
5 |
40 |
50 |
145 |
68 |
16 |
.242 |
.297 |
.326 |
.623 |
||||
Totals | AL |
93 |
275 |
32 |
58 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
25 |
74 |
18 |
5 |
.211 |
.275 |
.269 |
.544 |
|||
Totals | NL |
716 |
2532 |
374 |
622 |
89 |
34 |
21 |
164 |
197 |
567 |
281 |
64 |
.246 |
.299 |
.333 |
.632 |