Braves' Tyler Flowers: Signs minor-league deal

Flowers signed a minor-league contract with Atlanta on Thursday, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.

Flowers played 22 games for Atlanta in 2020, and he'll now be on the taxi squad and play for Triple-A Gwinnett since the team is short on depth at catcher with Travis d'Arnaud (thumb) and Alex Jackson (hamstring) sidelined. Flowers slashed .217/.325/.348 with a home run and five RBI in the majors last year.