The NEW $64,000 Question

[clvclv]

Can you realistically pawn Julio off on someone to create a little more financial flexibility?

Who could legitimately use him - regardless of what kind of return you get?

Moving him would clear the salary space to add a free-agent Closer, and there should be enough room left to add Carasco to take his place in the rotation.

Could you get a cheap pen piece like Kirby Yates or Mychal Givens for him? Might Oakland be interested in him as a cheaper alternative to pursuing a free-agent? Anaheim?

[blueagleace1]

Oakland is the perfect fit. Has $$ and clear need of a guy who can take the ball every 5th day with Manaea hurt.

[bravesfanforlife88]

Detroit might not be a bad place

[clvclv]

Detroit might not be a bad place

Julio and Dansby for Castellanos and Shane Greene might not be terrible - money wouldn't be a tough fit and would give you...

Acuna, Ozzie, Freddie, Donaldson, Camargo, Castellanos, Flow/Mac, Ender on offense while adding Greene to the pen.

No idea what the value charts would think of that though.

[Heyward]

Braves dont have the positional depth to be trading someone like Dansby.

Regarding Julio.

Detroit has a need, and can decline his option at years end.

Oakland is coming off a playoff berth and alot of their rotation are FA's. I'd try to get a pen piece from them if possible.

And other team i can see is the Reds, maybe Pirates as well. There's options out there if AA doesnt care what the return is since the rotation market is kinda weak this year.

[goldfly]

let Julio be our number 3 or 4 unless there is a real way to make us better by trading him

[clvclv]

let Julio be our number 3 or 4 unless there is a real way to make us better by trading him

The assumption is that he'd be being dealt to create financial flexibility in the event AA makes a move for another corner OF or TOR arm.

If they made a move for Carrasco, the money would be fairly even and Carrasco would take his place in the rotation.

[cajunrevenge]

let Julio be our number 3 or 4 unless there is a real way to make us better by trading him

Like having one of the prospects like Soroka or Toussaint start a game?

[zbhargrove]

let Julio be our number 3 or 4 unless there is a real way to make us better by trading him

Not paying him and letting one of our many better pitchers have his spot already makes the team a ton better

[Freshmaker]

His FIP was a bit high, but he really wasn't that bad last year. 1.8 WAR for $8M is a great deal. He's just not the #1/#2 we were hoping for when he came up. If you're expecting him to be a 4/5 for your rotation you're in good shape. I'm fine if we deal him, but I'm not going to be upset either if we end up paying him $10M or $12M or whatever to be our #5. He's tossed 175+ innings every year since 2013 and has given us 16.8 total WAR in that time

[Perfect Cell]

Trade him wherever.