Braves Trade Deadline Rumors

Braves1976 said:
I like Headley a lot, but I'm against trading Wood for him. I'll do a package around Medlen, including Gilmartin, among others. But I'm not trading Wood because I'm very high on him. Same as I was against trading Minor for Beltran, etc. While Headley isn't simply a rental, he's still not far enough off to be trading Wood.
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"I like this player, but I wouldn't give the team who has him anything they'd really value"

Medlen for a 3B trade we woudl have had a shot at would have been for Olt who would have been a long term replacement not a short term replacement. No team will offer us a quality player like Headley and be in the playoff mix to want Medlen who's only under team control for 2 years and 2 months. Now if we could send Medlen to a team for prospects then those prospects and our prospects for Headley that's one thing, but why would SD want Medlen?
 
Enscheff said:
All of you clamoring for Wren to make a Wood for Headley deal may no longer complain about JS making the Wainwright for Drew deal.
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Likewise the Teixeira trade from Texas, which was a MUCH, MUCH bigger upgrade form the existing 1B situation than Headley for Johnson would ever be considered.
 
JCarbo76 said:
Likewise the Teixeira trade from Texas, which was a MUCH, MUCH bigger upgrade form the existing 1B situation than Headley for Johnson would ever be considered.
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If we trade 2 prospects worth a damn, it's hardly the same as trading 3 5 star prospects and a 3/4 star prospect/
 
CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that the Red Sox and Cardinals "appear to be emerging" as two of the potential players to land White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy in a trade.

If STL gets Peavy and he's healthy....Wain, Miller, Peavy, Lynn, Westbrook with their O, damn....
 
Fredi is doing a chat session

@mlbbowman tweeted the link

It's at 4:15 et.

Better flood that chat with "why is Simmons still hitting leadoff" questions
 
BRule said:
CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that the Red Sox and Cardinals "appear to be emerging" as two of the potential players to land White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy in a trade.

If STL gets Peavy and he's healthy....Wain, Miller, Peavy, Lynn, Westbrook with their O, damn....
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Yeah. That's probably the best team in baseball. Even without Peavy. And their farm system ain't too shabby.
 
I would love to add Crain as I think he is the best option out there for the BP as long as he is healthy. I don't care if he is RH or LH, just get people out. That would remove Varvaro from any high pressure spots as well.
 
nsacpi said:
Wren and Fredi want to win more than anyone else. The notion that they are "satisfied" whereas those of us who are fans want to win more badly is just absurd. That's not the difference at all. The difference is they live in reality. A world in which there is a limit on how much they spend. A world in which other GMs are trying to extract as much as possible for the guys they make available at the trade deadline. A world in which player performance is uncertain and where you want to be careful not to overpay for rental who at the end of the day will only improve the chances of winning the WS by a small amount.
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Correct me if im wrong, but didnt we save 5 million atleast before the season starts? I remember when Wren had a quote earlier talking about how saving 5 million going into the season turns into 10(or could have been 15) million at the trade deadline. So money shouldnt be the excuse. We have guys we could trade(Medlen, Bethancourt, etc..) that we could use to improve the team. Realistically, we should have no problem improving this ballclub at the trade deadline.

I do see what you are saying though. This isnt a video game.
 
Bye Week said:
I would love to add Crain as I think he is the best option out there for the BP as long as he is healthy. I don't care if he is RH or LH, just get people out. That would remove Varvaro from any high pressure spots as well.
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A healthy Jesse Crain is the best option for us. I guess we'll leave it up to the braves to decide if he's healthy.
 
Tapate50 said:
Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports that the Dodgers are not pursuing Cuban right-hander Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez.

The Dodgers have been considered one of the favorites to sign Gonzalez, with one general manager recently telling Peter Gammons of MLB.com that the club could be willing to go to five years and $50 million, but it appears that they have backed out of the running. The Braves, Cubs, Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers, Phillies, Blue Jays, Twins, and Marlins are among the other teams who have reportedly shown interest in the 26-year-old right-hander. It's believed that he could sign somewhere as soon as this week.
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Are we also in on Tuco Benedicto Pacífico Juan María Ramírez?
 
Bdawg2309 said:
Fredi is doing a chat session
@mlbbowman tweeted the link
It's at 4:15 et.
Better flood that chat with "why is Simmons still hitting leadoff" questions
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Fredi—

Who would be a better leadoff hitter: one Andrelton Simmons-sized duck or 100 duck-sized Andrelton Simmonses?
 
zitothebrave said:
I didn't really complain about Wainwright for Drew. Pitchign prospects are probably more likely to bust than not. And Headley we'd have a decent shot of keeping. Only bummer about getting Headley is it would make decisions for next year tougher financially.
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Which is precisely why Wren needs to hold onto all the potential stud pitchers he can get his hands on.

Everyone was all over Medlen's jock last year, called me a fool for stating he should be traded last offseason at max value, and now look how predictably mediocre he has become. Beachy is a stud, but went down for a year with TJ. Minor and/or Teheran are likely to be lost for a year due to TJ any minute now. Wren needs to hold onto guys like Wood, and resign guys like Hudson to make sure the rotation doesn't have terrible pitchers making any starts.

If you can trade for a guy like Uggla (let's face it, he was legit when the trade was made) or JUpton by essentially giving up spare parts, you do it. But you don't give up potential legit rotation fixtures for 14 months of players like Headley.
 
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