Kimbrel/Melvin Trade Thread

[Hawk]

Kiley McDaniel
@kileymcd
Source: B.J. Upton has been traded to the Padres

Edit: Or I may have been seriously duped.

[dak]

!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rawwr]

it's an easter miracle

[50PoundHead]

It's April 5, not April 1.

[Hawk]

He's also now saying that they traded Kimbrel. Can't be real?

[Hawk]

MLBTR is going with it as legitimate. Holy ****.

[Hawk]

Ken Rosenthal
@Ken_Rosenthal
Hearing Maybin and Quentin going to #Braves. Kimbrel and Melvin Upton to #Padres, per @kileymcd. Likely more involved.

I'm ****ting all over myself right now.

[Hawk]

Jon Morosi
@jonmorosi
Wisler in the deal going to Braves.

[50PoundHead]

Saw the Kimbrel inclusion. I figured there would have to be a legitimate player shipped with Upton to get a deal done. Odd timing.

[Hawk]

I don't even know how to react to this.

[chop2chip]

@kileymcd: Source: Matt Wisler, Carlos Quentin and Cameron Maybin headed to Atlanta in the Upton/Kimbrel deal.

[dak]

This is awesome!

@jonmorosi: Wisler in the deal going to Braves.

[dak]

[MENTION=1664]keithlaw[/MENTION]: Source tells me Atlanta to get number 41 overall draft pick in trade with Padres

[dak]

So much to compute, but my gut reaction seeing all the parts is that this is a great trade for us.

[sturg33]

This is what we needed to do... Dump BJ and use Kimbrel to do it.. money saved is worth it.

I guess the brothers will be reunited

[zbhargrove]

I'm utterly shocked! I did't see this coming from 2 feet away... I think I love this

[Hawk]

Ken Rosenthal
@Ken_Rosenthal
Rival official on OF Jordan Pouerbeck, who is going to #Braves. “Tools. Good body. Very raw in baseball talent and acumen. Hit or miss type”

[Julio3000]

In a Mukaki rebuild, you never know what direction it's coming from.

[Hawk]

So much to compute, but my gut reaction seeing all the parts is that this is a great trade for us.

Agreed. We get one stellar (top 50) prospect, one high-ceiling guy, a rebound candidate who had a great spring and is only 28 (and contract controlled for the next two years), a draft pick, and saved a boatload of cash.

And Carlos Quentin.

I hate to see Kimbrel go, but this was the way to do it.

[Hawk]

Ben Badler
@BenBadler
Matt Wisler is the best prospect the Braves have added this offseason. Throws strikes, two plus pitches, durable, near-MLB ready.