Mets and Braves "close on a trade"

chop2chip said:
The only concern I have is blindsiding KJ considering he's signed back with us twice and he appeared to come here for strictly family reasons. Hopefully, this was ran past him first because I would rather not risk causing any bad blood with him or any other veterans on the team.

The return looks pretty nice though.
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May be, but I think he would be ok with spending the next 4 months on another team that's familiar and with a good chance to win a ring.
 
Doubt this trade will have any affect on the Braves moving forward, but maybe KJ can be a benefit to the Mets again. Slim chance this pitcher ever touches the big league roster, but it doesn't matter anyway.
 
Carp said:
May be, but I think he would be ok with spending the next 4 months on another team that's familiar and with a good chance to win a ring.
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It's possible he's extremely happy with the whole situation and he understood from the onset that this was likely, but I think assuming he cares more about winning that playing at home is replacing your own sensibilities with his. My question in my first trade was whether or not we blindsided him. It's not a baseball ops question; it's a 'what's best for Kelly?' question.
 
Fine trade. Veteran backup for a guy with potential to be midle relief maybe 7th inning type, he has value.

Say what you want about KJ but hes produced for ATL maybe not in the offense but Gant and now this guy. Thank you KJ
 
Kelly Johnson is a 34-year-old utility man, batting .215 with a .562 OPS. So, why the heck did the Mets give up an actual prospect for him in a trade with the Braves on Wednesday? The return for a journeyman such as Johnson typically is more of an organization player.
True, the Braves included $450,000 of the approximately $1.3 million remaining on Johnson's contract, according to the New York Post. But the pitcher the Mets gave up, right-hander Akeel Morris, immediately became the No. 21 prospect in the Braves' talent-rich system, according to MLBPipeline.com.
The trade certainly demonstrates the Mets' urgency and commitment -- and in fairness, a prospect's value is in the eye of the beholder. Morris, 23, does not throw enough strikes in the estimation of some Mets officials. He was averaging 12.8 strikeouts per nine innings at Double A, but also 5.7 walks.
Such poor command is a red flag, but Morris' arm is live enough for the Braves and others in the sport to view him as a potential setup man. The Mets could have saved him for a bigger deal, rather than give him up for a player with minimal trade value.
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http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...on-rewarding-the-club-for-its-patience-060916
 
Kelly Johnson is a 34-year-old utility man, batting .215 with a .562 OPS.
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When he first came up, his cheerleading section at Scout informed us that he was slam dunk 1.000 OPS.
 
Knucksie said:
When he first came up, his cheerleading section at Scout informed us that he was slam dunk 1.000 OPS.
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A career .750 OPS is pretty good, given his positional flexibility. And he did have 3.7 and 2.2 WAR seasons with Atlanta, as well as a 4.2 season with Arizona. Seems like he never could manage to master his streakiness, though; and for him sometimes streaks—good or bad—would be season-long endeavors.

Pretty good career—and, that said, it's not over. I wouldn't be surprised to see some solid rebound in his productivity over the remainder of 2016.
 
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