2025 Trade Deadline Thread
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Hudson2
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The Braves have liked this 2 catcher system for awhile now (TDA and Contreras, TDA and Murphy, and Murphy and Baldwin) so that's why I think they may not trade Murph at all. They can keep both bats in the lineup and fresh while resting them a couple days a week and letting Acuna DH. If I were betting I don't think they trade Murphy.
dak
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If AA doesn't trade Iglesias and agree with a club on an Ozuna trade, it will be a failed deadline. Whether Ozuna agrees to the trade is entirely up to him (I think he will). Our needs are plentiful, so it should not be hard to find the "right deal".
I may be out-of-step with folks here, but I'd be hesitant to trade Johnson or Bummer unless the acquiring club pays a trade deadline premium. With a glut of rental RPs out there, it just doesn't seem likely we'd find a deal that makes sense. Their one-year contracts next year have value for the 2026 Braves. Not a lot . . . but enough.
This is probably a pipe dream, but I'd love to shake loose of Profar . . . even if it means sending some cash to cover his underwater contract. Maybe he has sentimental value for the Padres? It would feel good to move on from that fiasco.
I may be out-of-step with folks here, but I'd be hesitant to trade Johnson or Bummer unless the acquiring club pays a trade deadline premium. With a glut of rental RPs out there, it just doesn't seem likely we'd find a deal that makes sense. Their one-year contracts next year have value for the 2026 Braves. Not a lot . . . but enough.
This is probably a pipe dream, but I'd love to shake loose of Profar . . . even if it means sending some cash to cover his underwater contract. Maybe he has sentimental value for the Padres? It would feel good to move on from that fiasco.
Even our 2 catcher system hasn't always had 2 really good bats at the same time.
We can easily sign a decent back up catcher in the off-season if that is our goal.
I don't think there is any way that someone would take Profar. I'm just glad he's hitting relatively well since coming back. And his EV during this time is 88.2, which is higher than his career average and 2nd only to last season. If he can maintain this level of offense, he'll be useful, albeit overpaid considering his defense.
The Padres need offense at C and LF and DH and have supposedly very little money. How creative could they get if we sent Profar and Murphy Ozuna, and money for this year's contracts and maybe more? Does that push them deep into the playoffs? Does that send back a massive haul for us?
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Hudson2
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If we did that I'd take Cease back to offset some salary also for them. Cease would lose the qualifying offer at that point if you thought you wanted to sign him. But Leo De Vries would be headed back our way for sure and that would help the farm a ton.
50PoundHead
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The only problem an exclusive C/DH shuffle is that teams with now sit with guys like Sandy Leon on the roster as the 3rd catcher. I would prefer a three-cornered DH rotation where one of the Cs is sitting. Of course, that will require better depth so that a guy like Acuna or Riley could be the DH periodically.
But I agree that the Braves won't be trading Murphy unless they are absolutely gobsmacked by an offer. Preller has pushed the envelope before and he's not afraid to hit at 17. If he is dangling Salas in trades, my guess is DeVries isn't off limits either.
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Profar's 2025 EV is 87.6, well below his 91.1 mark in 2024. The Braves very clearly got the pre-roids version of Profar, and his current line of .245/.319/.392 is exactly in line with that version.
He's been worth -0.1 WAR, and is essentially a replacement level player. Nobody is taking that contract because he has massive negative value. The Profar signing was a pretty substantial bust.
Hudson2
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If anybody over paid for Murphy it'd be Preller.
WaitingFor2017
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I didn't listen to it, but someone on X said MLB Radio guys were discussing Iggy. They mentioned AA is waiting. He is taking calls on Iggy but he probably won't be moved until after the reliever market starts heating up. AA is willing to eat money and whatever team misses out on the top guys will be more open to trading prospects for a free Iggy.
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I'm not including his handful of at bats in April. That seems like a useless baseline at this point. There was nearly 3 months between then and when he returned from suspension.
If we eat the entire contract, I hope that maybe we can get back a return similar to Naylor.
OK, so 91.1 - 88.2 = 2.9, and 2.9 mph is a massive drop in EV.
Profar without roids is a replacement level player.
Tapate50
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or picks or Intl pool money
Hudson2
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Yeah either of those would work to. Anything that helps going forward.
50PoundHead
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If things keep going the way the have been, the Braves will be in the upper reaches of each round of the 2026 draft and getting a comp pick to add to the bonus pool amount could be very helpful.
Attach Profar with Ozuna, send them to the Padres, eat both of their salaries this year, and eat Profar’s for next year and maybe the third year. See what that gets you. You likely won’t get a prized prospect from them, but you might be able to get a top 100 guy or two. At the least we can rid ourselves of Profar.
That’s assuming we really are serious about blowing past the luxury threshold in the off-season. And with the upcoming CBA that final year of Profar isn’t going to hurt much.
That’s assuming we really are serious about blowing past the luxury threshold in the off-season. And with the upcoming CBA that final year of Profar isn’t going to hurt much.