{"id":9624,"date":"2014-12-08T23:04:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T04:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=9624"},"modified":"2014-12-08T23:04:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T04:04:34","slug":"braves-showing-interest-in-jason-grilli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/12\/08\/braves-showing-interest-in-jason-grilli\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves showing interest in Jason Grilli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_7474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7474\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/04\/jasongrilli.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"370\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7474\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/04\/jasongrilli.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/04\/jasongrilli-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/04\/jasongrilli-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAfter trading away Jordan Walden the Braves are looking for arms in front of closer Craig Kimbrel. One pitcher the Braves are showing interest in is Jason Grilli.<\/p>\n<p>Grilli, 38, spent last season between the Pirates and Angels posting a 4.00 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 54 innings of work.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>The Atlanta <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Braves?src=hash\">#Braves<\/a> have informed free agent reliever Jason Grilli know they have interest in him<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/542151677638217728\">December 9, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A reliable setup man for years who has proven himself capable in the closers role Grilli could give the Braves a ninth inning option in cause Kimbrel was to miss any time.<\/p>\n<p>Grilli made $4.25 million last season but has found scant interest as a free agent this winter. With Andrew Miller off the market and David Robertson getting closer to a decision there could be additional interest in Grilli coming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After trading away Jordan Walden the Braves are looking for arms in front of closer Craig Kimbrel. One pitcher the Braves are showing interest in is Jason Grilli. Grilli, 38, spent last season between the Pirates and Angels posting a 4.00 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 54 innings of work. The Atlanta #Braves have informed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[28,111],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-9624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-atlanta-braves","9":"tag-jason-grilli"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9625,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9624\/revisions\/9625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9624"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}