Kali era over
Braves trade reliever Yates to Pirates | ajc.com For Todd Redmond, a righthanded control pitcher. Redmond doesn’t seem to be anything, but Yates was out of options and the Braves really couldn’t afford to keep him...
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Braves get Infantile
Cubs trade IF Infante to Braves – MLB – Yahoo! Sports Anyway, Jose Ascanio out, Will Ohman and Omar Infante in. Ohman is a pure LOOGY, last year appearing in 56 games but for only 36 1/3 innings. His ERA was a hefty...
Read MoreVulture Era Over
The Official Site of Atlanta Braves: Official Info: Press Release: Braves acquire outfielder Josh Anderson from Houston I don’t really get this one. The Braves traded Villarreal straight-up for Anderson, who is your basic...
Read MoreRenteria traded
Braves trade SS Renteria to Tigers | ajc.com Well, that clears up that logjam. The Braves sent Renteria and some amount of money to Detroit for two prospects at positions of need. Jair Jurrjens, or the J-Man, as I intend to call...
Read MoreMac goes nuts
Leading from comments on the last post… In all of the trades which John Schuerholz has made, probably the one that seems most clearly indefensible was on March 27, 1997: Traded Jermaine Dye and Jamie Walker to the Kansas...
Read MoreTeixeira + other trade possibilities open thread
I saw Barry in San Francisco, and he struck out, and he grounded out, and he doubled, and then he…
Read MoreTeixeira trade finalized, probably
Teixeira trade finalized with Rangers | ajc.com I don’t report these things until DOB or Peanut do, but it appears to be all done but the paperwork. (Peanut weighs in here.) It’s a whole lot. The deal would include...
Read MoreDeveloping
Braves trade LaRoche to Pirates | ajc.com The return is Mike Gonzalez and another, unnamed player. Well, he has a name, we just don’t know what it is. Hopefully it is a pitcher and not the likely-useless Chris Duffy....
Read MoreTwo clueless franchises
More open thread – Braves Journal Not that I take MLB Rumors at all seriously, but the two most clueless franchises in baseball are the Devil Rays and Pirates. I’ve dealt with the D-Rays before; they aren’t...
Read MoreHoracio Era Over
Braves trade Ramirez for solid set-up man | ajc.com I think this is a great deal, but then if I were running the Braves I would have been tempted to non-tender Horacio if I couldn’t deal him. Not that Horacio is actually a...
Read MoreWhy I taunt MLB Trade Rumors
MLB Trade Rumors: Braves Rumors I mean, can you believe this crap? First, the White Sox are interested in Andruw Jones. That seems like a longshot because Andruw has a no-trade and the White Sox hate Scott Boras, but who knows,...
Read MoreOfficial make stuff up thread
Try to be plausible, but if you do your job right, you too can get MLB Rumors to cite the random firings of your synapses!
Read MoreKim Jong-Il turned into newt
Braves send pitcher Jorge Sosa to Cardinals The return for the man who — lest we forget — led the NL in winning percentage last year is “Rich Scalamandre”, a 25-year-old righthanded reliever with some...
Read MoreBrilliant Predictions
“Wilson Betemit isn’t going to get traded for relief pitching.” No, he was traded for relief pitching and an infielder and cash. The Dodgers win the Betemit sweepstakes, giving up Danys Baez, Willy Aybar, and...
Read MoreBob Wickman’s career all but over
cleveland.com: Weblogs It appears that the Braves have traded for him, and he will go into the Closer Vortex, whence he will be able to escape with, at most, a minor league deal with a spring training invite. Catching prospect...
Read MoreBlowing up the team (Group 1)
First off, I don’t think that they will trade Hudson or Andruw. I think they’ll also try to sign Andruw to an extension this offseason, but will fail, and if they fall out of contention next year they’ll...
Read MoreBlowing up the team (Introduction)
I don’t see much hope for this season now. At some point, Schuerholz will have to move on and start trying to build for the future. A couple of things to consider… 1. The payroll is probably going to be cut because...
Read MoreRosenthal: Still goofy
FOXSports.com – MLB- These off-season issues have lingered The Braves. Still without a closer, they likely will trade for another reliever, probably a hard-throwing youngster, by Opening Day. Um… Ken… I’m...
Read MoreOfficial trade rumors/suggestions thread
Marte to the Phillies? Come on, you can do better than that.
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