I am starting to accept that Justin will always be a .850 type of hitter who is hot and cold. Still worth what he is paid but still living off his hype/talent. We know the Rangers will attempt to trade for him this offseason and last offseason they rejected including Profar in a deal for Justin. This offseason Justin rebounded although not to where we wanted him to and Profar had a pretty disappointing rookie season. If Texas were inclined to include Profar this time should Wren consider it? If Profar just put up a .800 OPS playing 2B that would make him more valuable than Justin and his .818 OPS playing left. The Rangers obviously still believe Justin can be the star everyone predicted he would be. The big plus for the Braves would be that the difference in salary is 14 million and we would have Profar far longer than Justin is signed for. We already have a hard time seeing the Braves being able to keep all their key players in the coming years so this could solve that problem. There is speculation that the Rangers would part with Martin Perez in a trade for a middle of the order hitter. The Braves could pursue him instead, doubt the Rangers would offer both but if they did Wren should/would jump at that deal. Maybe the Rangers get desperate after missing the playoffs the last 2 years. Also if they trade for Justin there is a chance we could pawn BJ off on them. They desperately need outfielders and maybe they think BJ could atleast return to 2012 form back in the AL in a very hitter friendly park. How much would you offer to cover of BJ's remaining salary to entice them? 5 million per year for the remainder of his deal? Having BJ would make Justin more likely to re-sign with them so that is some positive value for them.

With the money saved the Braves could look for a short term LF option like Beltran who was more consistent and out hit Justin this last year. He also has a reputation for hitting in the playoffs. With the Braves luck if they sign him that would be the one playoff series he goes 0 for the series.