The Braves will increase payroll in 2022, general manager Alex Anthopoulos said during the team’s end-of-season press conference Sunday morning. While Anthopoulos didn’t elaborate, he ensured that after winning their second World Series title in Atlanta, the Braves will have added flexibility to retain and supplement their core. “Payroll will rise,” he said. “Payroll will be going up from ‘21 to ‘22, which obviously is a great thing. Beyond that, you guys know me when it comes to that stuff, I don’t get into specifics. Our payroll, in 2020 it was the highest it’d ever been. It started out lowe…

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