Braves Aquire IF Nick Allen for Jared Johnson

Terrible hitter but plus fielder. A lot of time at SS. AAA hitting stats look good, but it hasn't translated.

Johnson could never seem to find the strike zone with any consistency. Missed 2022 with arm injury. Big fastball. Johnson's departure leaves Kadon Morton as the last of the post-10th round above-slot bonus players from the 2019 draft still in the organization (Estes, Grissom, Owens, Yeager, and Ball are with other organizations) and Morton has been moved to pitcher from the OF with little success.
 
50PoundHead said:
Terrible hitter but plus fielder. A lot of time at SS. AAA hitting stats look good, but it hasn't translated.

Johnson could never seem to find the strike zone with any consistency. Missed 2022 with arm injury. Big fastball. Johnson's departure leaves Kadon Morton as the last of the post-10th round above-slot bonus players from the 2019 draft still in the organization (Estes, Grissom, Owens, Yeager, and Ball are with other organizations) and Morton has been moved to pitcher from the OF with little success.
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Honestly AA probably isn’t gonna try to sign a legit utility guy with Snit managing. It’s pointless. Arcia could be put into that role if we acquire a better SS.
 
He has no options, so it looks like the backup IF job is his to lose. If he’s feeling spunky he can push Arcia for playing time.
 
Hudson2 said:
Honestly AA probably isn’t gonna try to sign a legit utility guy with Snit managing. It’s pointless. Arcia could be put into that role if we acquire a better SS.
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Very true, but I think Anthopoulos should at least shoulder a bit of the responsibility. He signed all these guys to lucrative extensions and I don't think the plan was to rest them all that much for that reason. Still and all, if Anthopoulos signed a legitimate multi-position guy and had a sit-down with Snitker and went through a week-by-week plan regarding player utilization and load management, I have to believe it would be employed. The front office is calling a lot of these shots.
 
50PoundHead said:
Very true, but I think Anthopoulos should at least shoulder a bit of the responsibility. He signed all these guys to lucrative extensions and I don't think the plan was to rest them all that much for that reason. Still and all, if Anthopoulos signed a legitimate multi-position guy and had a sit-down with Snitker and went through a week-by-week plan regarding player utilization and load management, I have to believe it would be employed. The front office is calling a lot of these shots.
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The team would be a lot off down the stretch being well rested. Never understood not resting guys once every week or two.
 
WTF is with getting guys from one of the worst teams in all of sports all the time.. Would AA even be able to do anything if the A's folded up for business. Would he just sit in the corner and cry remembering all the great phone calls he had with them.
 
I don't get the point of this trade. Allen has been below replacement level over the past two years. Guys like him aren't hard to find even mid season.
 
Allen has no options and Johnson, while a RP prospect, wasn’t the arm you throw away if you’re getting crowded.

At least for now their intention is for him to be on the major league roster.
 
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