2018 Trade Deadline ROSTERBATION

bravesfanforlife88 said:
speculation is that the Cardinals are going to trade for him, but even if he isn't they are saying donaldson will be traded by midnight tonight...

Wouldn't mind him over duvall who has options left
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Rosters expand tomorrow...there is no need to make room for Donaldson other than clearing a 40 man spot.

That 40 man spot could simply be moving Moylan to the 60 day DL, or cutting Reed loose.
 
Per Brave's website, this is the Braves current 40 man roster. Ramirez and McCarthy are possible to come off the DL in September...with Moylan going on the 60 day DL today, we are at 39

Pitchers
#
36 Kolby Allard
63 Jesse Biddle
46 Brad Brach
51 Shane Carle (10-day DL)
75 Grant Dayton (60-day DL)
26 Mike Foltynewicz
39 Sam Freeman
54 Max Fried
45 Kevin Gausman
53 Luiz Gohara
64 Luke Jackson
— Jacob Lindgren (60-day DL)
32 Brandon McCarthy (60-day DL)
68 Adam McCreery
33 A.J. Minter
30 Peter Moylan (60-day DL)
15 Sean Newcomb
56 Darren O'Day (60-day DL)
67 Wes Parsons
52 Jose Ramirez (60-day DL)
19 Anibal Sanchez
65 Ricardo Sanchez
61 Chad Sobotka
40 Mike Soroka (60-day DL)
49 Julio Teheran
62 Touki Toussaint
48 Jonny Venters
38 Arodys Vizcaino (10-day DL)
72 Bryse Wilson
58 Dan Winkler

Catchers
#
25 Tyler Flowers
— Rene Rivera
24 Kurt Suzuki

Infield
#
1 Ozzie Albies
17 Johan Camargo
20 Lucas Duda
5 Freddie Freeman
14 Rio Ruiz
7 Dansby Swanson

Outfield
#
13 Ronald Acuna Jr.
16 Charlie Culberson
23 Adam Duvall
11 Ender Inciarte
22 Nick Markakis
18 Dustin Peterson
57 Michael Reed
 
Donaldson did clear waivers so now they could potentially get the Jays to pick up some salary if they include a decent prospect.
 
nsacpi said:
not necessarily...McCarthy is on the 60 day and needs to be moved back to the 40 man...plus Flaherty might be activated and would need a spot on the 40 mab
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True, but that didn’t have to happen today. If the move was designed to get McCarthy back on the roster, why didn’t the moves happen concurrently?

Clearing a spot for an acquisition did have to happen today.

There’s certainly smoke. Whether or not it leads to any fire is still up in the air.
 
Enscheff said:
True, but that didn’t have to happen today. If the move was designed to get McCarthy back on the roster, why didn’t the moves happen concurrently?

Clearing a spot for an acquisition did have to happen today.

There’s certainly smoke. Whether or not it leads to any fire is still up in the air.
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I think it was Heyman that said if Donaldson isn't traded to the Cardinals or Indians today, it would be a surprise....
 
Enscheff said:
Things just got a little more interesting.
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This clip from Bowman in his article after the game last night is interesting....

But the Braves have not yet received the desired value from the essentially no-cost acquisition of Adam Duvall from the Reds. Duvall went 0-for-4 during Thursday's makeup game and has now hit just .105 (4-for-38) since joining Atlanta's roster. He was acquired to serve as a right-handed bat off the bench and an option in left field to shift Ronald Acuna Jr. to center when Ender Inciarte sits against left-handed starters.

Braves manager Brian Snitker wasn't ready to commit to a change immediately following Thursday's loss. But given Duvall has gone 2-for-19 against lefties and Inciarte has recorded five hits in 14 at-bats against southpaws this month, there's at least reason to contemplate ending this platoon or possibly acquiring another right-handed bat before Friday's waiver trade deadline.
 
The only thing sillier than paying extra for a role player because he’s under team control for multiple years is to give up on that role player after 19 PAs in the role he was acquired to fill.

If Duvall was good enough to be a long term answer as a role player 19 PAs ago, he is still good enough to play that role.
 
Enscheff said:
The only thing sillier than paying extra for a role player because he’s under team control for multiple years is to give up on that role player after 19 PAs in the role he was acquired to fill.

If Duvall was good enough to be a long term answer as a role player 19 PAs ago, he is still good enough to play that role.
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Man..really agreeing with this. Duvall in 19 PA'S is not garbage. I wish he had more playing time but it's simply not going to happen as constructed. I would like Donaldson though.
 
Donaldson has been scratched from his minor league game... not health related. Steve Phillips saying the Blue Jays are in talks with Atlanta, Yankees, Cards, and Phillies.... although the Cards came out and said they don't anticipate making a move before the deadline... things are getting interesting. I'm skeptical JD will do much at all this year, but what if he can come back? That's a monster boost.
 
zbhargrove said:
Donaldson has been scratched from his minor league game... not health related. Steve Phillips saying the Blue Jays are in talks with Atlanta, Yankees, Cards, and Phillies.... although the Cards came out and said they don't anticipate making a move before the deadline... things are getting interesting. I'm skeptical JD will do much at all this year, but what if he can come back? That's a monster boost.
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Atlanta needs to offer whatever it will take. They can't let him go to another NL team. Especially when the Braves badly need a RH power bat.
 
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