Braves Trade Deadline Rumors

PawPawMaxwell said:
Does that mean you truly think Minor is a true #2 or just the best available on the Braves team? Me, I personally think he needs to cut down on the HRs allowed before the coronation.
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I absolutely think he is a number 2 right now with the potential to be an Ace.
 
50PoundHead said:
If we make it to the WS, Gattis would be the DH in the AL park. Plus, he gives us a LF option against LHP if you put Heyward in CF and BJ Upton on the bench. Add to that his value as a PH and I think the question is answered.

In answer to the other question of "now or later," I've always been of the school that you don't make massive adjustments with just one year in mind. I haven't liked the pattern we've taken since the Texiera trade and I wouldn't sell the farm for Sale.

It's early on Wood, but the returns thus far have been promising.
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Imagine the picture of a hammer hitting a nail right on the head.
 
#Braves Wren said will look at starters on trade market, but have to weigh whether it significantly improves team, to give up young talent.

#Braves Fredi G said he'd be comfortable going with starters they have, despite the youth and lack of playoff experience.
 
50PoundHead said:
If we make it to the WS, Gattis would be the DH in the AL park. Plus, he gives us a LF option against LHP if you put Heyward in CF and BJ Upton on the bench. Add to that his value as a PH and I think the question is answered.

In answer to the other question of "now or later," I've always been of the school that you don't make massive adjustments with just one year in mind. I haven't liked the pattern we've taken since the Texiera trade and I wouldn't sell the farm for Sale.

It's early on Wood, but the returns thus far have been promising.
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You chastized Zito on the THorton trade so Ill get you. I wrote BEFORE the WS. J/K I dont think this team or any other team is going to sit BJ Upton in the whole of playoffs at the risk of pissing off your 75M Man with 4 more years of sulking on the horizon.

Now or Later: I just dont see that big of a sell off if you were to move Gattis and Wood and it led to a deep run into the playoffs.

Personally, Im coming up on 74 years and would like to go to one WS before I hit the Old Soldiers Home.
 
BlackwaterPark said:
#Braves Wren said will look at starters on trade market, but have to weigh whether it significantly improves team, to give up young talent.

#Braves Fredi G said he'd be comfortable going with starters they have, despite the youth and lack of playoff experience.
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Well what about that from Wren? Guess Rosenthal guessed right. And would anyone expect Fredi to say anything else?
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
You chastized Zito on the THorton trade so Ill get you. I wrote BEFORE the WS. J/K I dont think this team or any other team is going to sit BJ Upton in the whole of playoffs at the risk of pissing off your 75M Man with 4 more years of sulking on the horizon.
Now or Later: I just dont see that big of a sell off if you were to move Gattis and Wood and it led to a deep run into the playoffs.

Personally, Im coming up on 74 years and would like to go to one WS before I hit the Old Soldiers Home.
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Sorry about not reading more carefully. I'm not all gaga over Gattis, but given the injury situation in the OF and the fact that McCann has to sit periodically, I don't know how we can include Gattis in a trade, even for someone like Sale.

IF BJ doesn't like the prospect of sitting, maybe he should pick up his game a bit.

I'm turning 60 and it's still all about the journey for me. Another WS would be nice, but I don't see how acquiring Sale, Beckham, and Flowers for Gattis, Wood, and Uggla gets us there. I'm all for unloading Uggla, but I think the trade you've proposed bolsters the starting rotation, but does so at an excessive cost.
 
I'm just not convinced that Peavy is really a definite upgrade. If there was a true ace available I would definitely want to trade for one but if we're looking at Peavy, Norris etc then I just go with Beachy.
 
Well for 1 i think the Hudson injury makes the pen a MUST improve. We need 2 arms for sure. After Kimbrel, walden, and Avilan the pen is in shambles.

Odds are Medlen stays in the rotation and Beachy gets moved into the rotation.

Wren must get a RH and LH for the pen.
 
I know he's struggled this year but I think the only SP I would take a shot on is Gallardo. He's the only one that I have any confidence in being an actual impact SP.
 
Per MLBTR.com

Braves Considering Trades For Rotation Help
By Steve Adams [July 25 at 2:37pm CST]
In the wake of Tim Hudson's season-ending ankle injury last night, the Braves will consider making a trade to upgrade their rotation, writes David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journa-Constitution. O'Brien was among the reporters who spoke with general manager Frank Wren today, who told the media:

“A lot of thoughts have gone through my mind since last night. It’s created a lot more (trade) discussions, there’s no question.”

It wasn't long ago that the Braves looked to have an enviable surplus of starting pitching with Hudson, Mike Minor, Julio Teheran, Paul Maholm and Kris Medlen in the rotation and a returning Brandon Beachy on the horizon. However, the team has seen Maholm and Medlen struggle tremendously lately, and Maholm is slated to miss his next three starts with a sprained left wrist. The Braves feel that Beachy is ready to return, and rookie Alex Wood presents another option, but he didn't escape the fifth inning today. Wood lasted just three frames in his only other start for the Braves this season.

Wren and his top assistants will convene over the weekend to discuss their options, O'Brien writes. That group will try to determine if there's a starting option on the market who can improve the team significantly without costing too much in terms of young talent. ESPN's Jerry Crasnick tweets that Wren, like most general managers, is waiting to see if the asking prices on available starters drops as the deadline nears. O'Brien adds that the Braves are not in the mix for Cuban right-hander Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez.

Earlier today it was reported that the Braves will be one of the many teams scouting Jake Peavy's start against the Tigers in Chicago. The team also remains in the market for a left-handed reliever to fortify its bullpen after losing Jonny Venters and Eric O'Flaherty to Tommy John surgery.
 
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