Braves' Paco Rodriguez: Avoids arbitration with one-year deal

Rodriguez avoided arbitration with the Braves by agreeing to a one-year deal on Friday.

Rodriguez missed the entire 2016 season due to Tommy John surgery in September 2015. He should certainly factor into Atlanta's left-handed depth in the bullpen in 2017, but how big of a factor depends on when he can return to the mound and if he's able to show the same lefty-killing stuff he showed before the surgery with the Dodgers.