Originally Posted by
Horsehide Harry
Trade Kemp, Camargo, Wisler & Blair to Miami for Stanton (take all his contract), Prado, Brad Zeigler, Junichi Tazawa and Realmuto: Kemp contract for 2018: ~$19M Braves take on: $25M+$13.5M+$9M+$7M+estimated $1M=$55.5M or net(55.5-19)=$36.5M
Braves trade Markakis for salary relief (-$10.5M), decline option on Dickey (-7.5M), lose Colon obligation (-$12.5M), trade Johnson for salary relief (-4.5M), trade Adams ~$1.5M) = -$37M
Braves lineup:
CF Inciarte
2B Albies
1B Freeman
RF Stanton
3B Prado/Ruiz
SS Swanson
C Realmuto/Flowers
LF Acuna
SP: Teheran, Folty, Newcomb, Gohara, reclamation like Eovaldi (Sims, Fried, Allard, Soroka all at AAA)
Pen: Viz, Zeigler, Tazawa, Minter, Winkler, Freeman, Ramirez, Jackson, Krol, Brothers (somebody will be hurt)
Braves take all of Stanton's contract which no one else is (currently) willing to do. Yes, it likely becomes a bad contract in 7-8 years and hampers the flexibility of the team then but trading away young talent now for help now that isn't as expensive hampers the flexibility in the future as well. It's pick your poison. Prado is around for 2 years. Zeigler and Tazawa are gone after 2018 freeing $16M.
From a Marlins standpoint, they get rid of Stanton's contract without having to pay a dime and move the rest in exchange for Kemp. Prado's 2019 is $15M and Kemp's 2019 is about $19M depending on the convoluted LA-SD-ATL-Miami money transfer.
If you want to pump up attendance and bring in the masses then bringin in the HR leader for the ML and the guy who just passed 61 would be a way to do it.
Won't happen though....