Gattis Traded To Astros (pg. 13)

Trading for fowler would be pointless in the grand scheme of what the Braves are trying to do..

Also, how the heck can teams perform a physical before a trade is made?
 
thethe said:
No brainer here. Get the best prospects possible and wish Gattis well. He'll do grrat in the AL and make a lot of money for himself. Everyone wins.
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It sucks, but given the rest of the offseason and the obvious intent not to contend in the next two years, I think I agree.

On the other hand, if the Braves had spent the last five years in the American League, we could be discussing whether Chipper Jones could continue to hit, or if Gattis was ready to assume the DH role for the Braves.

I think Chipper could hit in his 90s, blind and in a wheelchair. He'd need help to get to first base, though...:)
 
Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 2h2 hours ago
You do wonder if Dexter Fowler might be a fit for the Braves in an Evan Gattis deal. Better OF fit.
 
emk418 said:
The Astros are loaded with prospects. All of these guys are interesting to me.

3B: Rio Ruiz, Colin Moran, JD Davis
OF: Preston Tucker, Domingo Santana, Derek Fisher, Toescar Hernandez
SP: Appel, Feliz, Hader, Velaquez,
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Hart would need to get at least 2 of the 3B/OF guys in order for a Gattis trade to make sense.

It would be funny if Hart got another pitcher though.
 
mcollier said:
It sucks, but give the rest of the offseason and the obvious intent not to contend in the next two years, I think I agree.

On the other hand, if the Braves had spent the last five years in the American League, we could be discussing whether Chipper Jones could continue to hit, or if Gattis was ready to assume the DH role for the Braves.

I think Chipper could hit in his 90s, blind and in a wheelchair. He'd need help to get to first base, though...:)
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No question about it. It's a shame the NL doesn't have the DH. If it did Gattis would not be considered for a trade.
 
CrimsonCowboy said:
Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 2h2 hours ago
You do wonder if Dexter Fowler might be a fit for the Braves in an Evan Gattis deal. Better OF fit.
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Hart is not going to trade 4 years of Gattis for 1 year of Fowler.

That type of trade would have made sense if they were trying to win in 2015. An OF of Fowler, JUp and Heyward would have been pretty sweet, but what would be the point now?
 
thethe said:
No need to dump BJ if we are going to suck. Get the most you can for just Gattis
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Fair point. I think the idea is that the Braves can dump BJ has to do with possibly being able to go bonkers next FA. With all the SP prospects we brought in we could trade MM and have enough potential funds to go and get 2 high FAs. If we freed up a chunk of BJ money we could be in on Jason or Justin next FA. We'll get absolutely no discount from them but we wouldn't really need it.
 
Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 2h2 hours ago
#Braves say they’re keeping their options open. We’ll see.

Kind of a vague tweet, but whatever.
 
Rosenthal tweets that a trade agreement must be in place and the commish notified before a player can take a physical with another team.
 
BRule said:
Rosenthal tweets that a trade agreement must be in place and the commish notified before a player can take a physical with another team.
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It has to be that. I've never heard of a team allowing a player to take a physical with another team.
 
zitothebrave said:
Fair point. I think the idea is that the Braves can dump BJ has to do with possibly being able to go bonkers next FA. With all the SP prospects we brought in we could trade MM and have enough potential funds to go and get 2 high FAs. If we freed up a chunk of BJ money we could be in on Jason or Justin next FA. We'll get absolutely no discount from them but we wouldn't really need it.
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I dont think Jason or Justin are options at this pointment next year. If you're telling me that they dump Beej and sign Mona da then I'm on boars.
 
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