{"id":5617,"date":"2013-12-14T18:26:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T23:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2013-12-14T18:26:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T23:26:41","slug":"gavin-floyd-close-to-deal-with-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/12\/14\/gavin-floyd-close-to-deal-with-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Floyd close to deal with Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_5618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5618\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/12\/gavinfloyd.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/12\/gavinfloyd.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/12\/gavinfloyd-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Atlanta Braves are close to signing free agent right hander Gavin Floyd to a one-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd appeared in just five games last season before undergoing Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Braves&amp;src=hash\">#Braves<\/a> are the &quot;mystery team&quot; that&#39;s been talking with Gavin Floyd. Believed to be close to a deal, but not finalized yet.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David O&#39;Brien (@ajcbraves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajcbraves\/statuses\/411986535504818176\">December 14, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Prior to Floyd being linked to the Braves the name of Chicago Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija had been heavily linked to the team.<\/p>\n<p>In his career Floyd owns a 70-70 record with a 4.48 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves are close to signing free agent right hander Gavin Floyd to a one-year contract. Floyd appeared in just five games last season before undergoing Tommy John surgery. #Braves are the &quot;mystery team&quot; that&#39;s been talking with Gavin Floyd. Believed to be close to a deal, but not finalized yet. &mdash; David O&#39;Brien [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[28,309],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":["post-5617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-gavin-floyd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5617"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}