According to multiple sources, Colon became the latest addition to the Braves' plan on Friday, when he agreed to the terms of a one-year, $12.5 million deal that is pending a physical. The 43-year-old hurler will be joined in Atlanta's rotation by the 42-year-old Dickey, who agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal on Thursday. The Braves have not confirmed the agreement with Colon, who produced a 3.45 ERA over 33 starts for the Mets this past season.
When the Braves entered this offseason, they aimed to target free-agent pitchers who were willing to take short-term deals, because they did not want to block the path of their young starting-pitching prospects who may soon be deemed Major League ready. Dickey and Colon were immediately projected as top targets, primarily because they have recently been effective and were likely to take a short-term deal at this stage of their careers.
If all goes according to plan, the Braves will become just the eighth team in Major League history to have two pitchers at least 42 years old to make at least one start in the same season. The 1990 Rangers (Charlie Hough and Nolan Ryan), the '87 Indians (Steve Carlton and Phil Niekro) and the '81 Braves (Niekro and Gaylord Perry) are the only teams to have had two of these 42-plus pitchers make at least 10 starts in the same season.
Initially, it was thought Colon would have preferred to remain with the Mets, but the Braves were helped by their lucrative offer (Colon made $7.25 million this past season) and the longstanding relationship the entertaining pitcher shares with Braves president of baseball operations John Hart dating back to their days with the Indians in the 1990s.
--- Source: MLB.com