2025 Trade Deadline Thread

Sure, but if someone overpays you have to sling him.
Exactly. If a team views him as viable mid-season SP depth / postseason swing depth, and will pay the requisite contenders’ premium, I think that return would likely be worth more to the Braves in 2026 and beyond.

Plus, with his salary and controllability, cheaper teams in contention could up the bidding further than just the usual suspects.
 
Holmes is interesting chip. I didn't realize he has 4+ years of control left. When used correctly he is actually a valuable member of a team.

He might be a good cheap piece to keep around with a competent manager.. that said, if a team wants to send a few prospects, he could return some value if you don't believe him being a 2+ win pitcher.

Yes, Holmes's value is in his service time. I believe we have 5 more years after this. Even if we dont want him as a starter I think he could fill the closer role for us next year.
 
Prince Albert should be added to the list. No reason to have a 35 year old 1 war pitcher making 7 million in 2026.. pay the rest of his 2025 salary and see what lottery tick you can get.

Disagree. It works great for us. We need decent relievers. He may give us 1 WAR but theres no long term risk involved. Its a team option to so if he blows out his arm before the end of the year we arent stuck with him. We got some good reliever prospects relatively close, most notably Lara. We desperately need to stop spending 20%+ of payroll on the pen and develop our own high leverage relievers.
 
Pierce Johnson has more value to us in 2026 on a below average contract than he will bring back in a trade.
 
prince albert is a sub 1 win pitcher making sub 1 win money. He can be replaced fairly easily. Trading him is not about the return, but more about reallocating his 2026 money to better the team.

I would rather see the Braves use that 7 million as part of a bigger contract for a more elite pen arm. Then scatter in some internal options so the pen is not costing the team 40+ million next year. Harris/Waldrep/Lara/others should all been given a look this year for pen roles next year. you still have DH/Lee/JJ for next year..
 
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