Trades/acquisitions

[bravesnumberone]

Can’t recall a time when we added 29 homers to our roster on deadline day and it felt so underwhelming.

 

[SJ24]

Joel Sherman
@Joelsherman1
The most interesting #Braves reunion would not be with Adam Duvall. They have inquired on Craig Kimbrell. But so many contenders — #Dodgers, #WhiteSox #Rays, etc — are pursuing.

 

[thewupk]

I just don't understand what he provides that Almonte doesn't already provide. He literally cost nothing, so I suppose it doesn't really matter.

Have you seen Almonte try to catch fly balls?

 

[bravesnumberone]

The moves don't really make a ton of sense to me. Of course, I'm not a Duvall guy in the least and I think everyone here knows that. He will play every day and he really has to do that to be valuable. We just got Pederson and now we're picking up Rosario?

Best of luck to Alex Jackson. There still might be something there. Not a lot, but I think he can be a contributor somewhere.

He may become the next Mike Redmond to Max Fried’s Tom Glavine.

 

[Tapate50]

This is the very definition of improving on the margins.

 

[Hudson2]

I guess I’m in the minority here but I like the 2 deals. We are no doubt a better team with Rosario and Duval and it makes the bench better. We aren’t winning the WS here and it was obvious we weren’t gonna sell. If we still had Acuna I’d say get a bigger fish but we don’t need to push our best chips in with where we stand right now. AA will get a bullpen arm or 2 and call it at that.

 

[jsebe10]

Joel Sherman
@Joelsherman1
The most interesting #Braves reunion would not be with Adam Duvall. They have inquired on Craig Kimbrell. But so many contenders — #Dodgers, #WhiteSox #Rays, etc — are pursuing.

The Cubs are easily the most annoying during trading period…

 

[Buzzworm]

Ken Rosenthal
@Ken_Rosenthal
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Source confirms: Braves get Adam Duvall from Marlins in addition to Eddie Rosario from Indians. Team also checked in on Kimbrel but does not see itself currently as a factor in the bidding. First on Duvall:
@CraigMish
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AA wasn’t lying when he said money wasn’t an issue.
Braves going all out for that Divsion title.
Hope AA slows down or we will burn thru every past his prime player we have left!

 

[50PoundHead]

Can’t recall a time when we added 29 homers to our roster on deadline day and it felt so underwhelming.

Obtaining two OBPs <.300 is pretty underwhelming. Braves are supposedly more analytically-driven these days. Hard to believe that given these acquisitions.

 

[UNCBlue012]

Brewers grabbing Daniel Norris

 

[ixiXSolidXixi]

Can we get Kimbrel Please and thank you!!

 

[thewupk]

Obtaining two OBPs <.300 is pretty underwhelming. Braves are supposedly more analytically-driven these days. Hard to believe that given these acquisitions.

I think the analytics are telling them this is not the year to trade your remaining top prospects.

 

[Tapate50]

I think the analytics are telling them this is not the year to trade your remaining top prospects.

This. But it should be telling them to spin off Morton Smith and Smyly for some damn ammo.

 

[drewdat]

I guess I’m in the minority here but I like the 2 deals. We are no doubt a better team with Rosario and Duval and it makes the bench better. We aren’t winning the WS here and it was obvious we weren’t gonna sell. If we still had Acuna I’d say get a bigger fish but we don’t need to push our best chips in with where we stand right now. AA will get a bullpen arm or 2 and call it at that.

It will be nice in theory to have options on the bench. In practice it will just make it worse when Snit botches it.

 

[CJ9]

Duvall has a $7 million mutual option or (much more likely) a $3 million buyout.

 

[Tapate50]

Duvall has a $7 million mutual option or (much more likely) a $3 million buyout.

Yuck. Woulda been easier to just keep him last year right?

 

[UNCBlue012]

Obtaining two OBPs <.300 is pretty underwhelming. Braves are supposedly more analytically-driven these days. Hard to believe that given these acquisitions.

If Rosario is a pure bench/spot starter, I'm fine. That's how Bowman worded it. Duvall is more about familiarity, I think. He's an excellent defender and can get on a nice streak here and there. More needs to happen but given they've not sold much of anything, it works.

 

[NinersSBChamps]

I think the analytics are telling them this is not the year to trade your remaining top prospects.

Then they should be selling to couple of pieces they have.

 

[thethe]

September and Playoff home games are important. This is the definition of smart buys since the cost was basically zero.

Ask around and see if someone wants Morton or Smyly. Find an under the radar bullpen option and lets see if the starting pitching depth can carry us to the postseason.

 

[50PoundHead]

I think the analytics are telling them this is not the year to trade your remaining top prospects.

I wasn't advocating that. I'm just saying picking up Thing 1 and Thing 2 doesn't do a whole lot for me. Casual fans will look at HRs and RBIs and think we stole these guys when they were both sitting on the curb with a "Free" sign on them.