I don't know why anyone would be upset. If not for the car accident surely this trade does not happen, but it did. We gave up pretty much nothing and are paying nothing to speak of for a former all-star 2b. Yes Albies is in waiting, but he ended up last year with a significant injury, we do not know how he will progress and how long it takes for him to be back to normal. This only makes sure that we give him the time for a full recovery and we will move him to the big club when that happens. If Albies is ready the only thing bad is we would owe $500k to Phillips if we trade him. No big deal, yet we have an established 2b going into the season.
I don't hate the move because if he bounces back he could probably be sold off for more than we gave up. But it seems like this was more of a finally catching the White Whale kind of thing. Seems like we've been trying to trade for Phillips for like 5 years.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
jpx7 (02-15-2017)
bravos4evr (02-12-2017)
jpx7 (02-15-2017), zitothebrave (02-12-2017)
He's out of a bad situation. In a contract year.
I do wonder if this shows they plan to keep albies down longer. I don't see bp playing multiple spots or sitting on the bench well
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"- Tom Waits
E-bar was also in a new situation in a contract year.
Braves1976 (02-13-2017)
And he's a veteran, which doesn't hurt.
Maybe he'll end up at 3B when Albies is called up
jpx7 (02-15-2017)
If the Reds were willing to trade him for 1 million salary offset why do you think they'd have included an asset rather than just cut him?
If he plays well, the braves will have a veteran with no contract to dangle at deadline which should net some kind of modest asset.
Not a bad deal, with some potential upside. It's not like Phillips will be under any pressure to be a superstar here, so perhaps some proper lineup placement will do him some good.
Now, we just need some games to talk about! Bring on spring!!
C. Trent Rosecrans
@ctrent
From what I hear, the Braves were the only team that had any interest in Phillips whatsoever
Braves1976 (02-13-2017), jpx7 (02-15-2017)
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