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Recent trade deadlines have been unkind and uneventful for Braves
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The Alex Wood trade still stings.
By Scott Coleman@scottcoleman55 Jul 19, 2018, 12:00pm EDT
July tends to be a lot of fun for baseball fans as the rumor mill really gets going. Despite a plethora of moves around the calendar year, the Braves have been fairly quiet in recent years at the deadline. And when they have made moves, it’s come back to bite them more times than not.
The first major domino fell on Wednesday as the Dodgers acquired Manny Machado from the Orioles. The Braves were loosely tied to Machado, although nothing ever got close.
With the next two weeks looking to be quite busy, let’s take a look back on the last five trade deadlines in Atlanta.
2015
And as for the other trade:
Alex Wood, Jose Peraza, Jim Johnson, Luis Avilan and Bronson Arroyo for Hector Olivera, Zach Bird, Paco Rodriguez and a draft pick.
In what remains as one of the worst trades of the last 20 years, the Braves’ front office let a bizarre fascination with Olivera get the best of them.
Wood has gone on to excel with the Dodgers over the last three years. In his 66 starts since the trade he’s posted a 3.50 ERA, 3.48 FIP, 8.34 K/9 and 2.34 BB/9 with a 27-18 record.
Elsewhere, Peraza is a serviceable starter in Cincinnati. Johnson and Avilan are still pitching in the majors, too. As we know, Olivera would struggle with the Braves before eventually assaulting a woman and getting traded again.
2016
The second trade was a stunner. With Hector Olivera dealing with the fallout of his arrest for assaulting a woman, John Coppolella and Co. were able to find a suitor for what almost everyone believed to be a non-tradable contract. The return? Matt Kemp and Matt Kemp’s monster of a contract.
We all know how things have played out with Kemp. He hit when he was healthy, but injury problems prevented him from staying in shape. He would later be traded to the Dodgers, where he was recently named a starter in the All Star Game. Such is life. It was the right trade to make.
To recap, outside of the Wood/Olivera debacle, there really hasn’t been a ton of action at the deadline. Almost all of the club’s major moves have been made during the winter months in recent years. Will that trend continue under Alex Anthopoulos? The next two weeks should be fun.
Recent trade deadlines have been unkind and uneventful for Braves
180
The Alex Wood trade still stings.
By Scott Coleman@scottcoleman55 Jul 19, 2018, 12:00pm EDT
July tends to be a lot of fun for baseball fans as the rumor mill really gets going. Despite a plethora of moves around the calendar year, the Braves have been fairly quiet in recent years at the deadline. And when they have made moves, it’s come back to bite them more times than not.
The first major domino fell on Wednesday as the Dodgers acquired Manny Machado from the Orioles. The Braves were loosely tied to Machado, although nothing ever got close.
With the next two weeks looking to be quite busy, let’s take a look back on the last five trade deadlines in Atlanta.
2015
And as for the other trade:
Alex Wood, Jose Peraza, Jim Johnson, Luis Avilan and Bronson Arroyo for Hector Olivera, Zach Bird, Paco Rodriguez and a draft pick.
In what remains as one of the worst trades of the last 20 years, the Braves’ front office let a bizarre fascination with Olivera get the best of them.
Wood has gone on to excel with the Dodgers over the last three years. In his 66 starts since the trade he’s posted a 3.50 ERA, 3.48 FIP, 8.34 K/9 and 2.34 BB/9 with a 27-18 record.
Elsewhere, Peraza is a serviceable starter in Cincinnati. Johnson and Avilan are still pitching in the majors, too. As we know, Olivera would struggle with the Braves before eventually assaulting a woman and getting traded again.
2016
The second trade was a stunner. With Hector Olivera dealing with the fallout of his arrest for assaulting a woman, John Coppolella and Co. were able to find a suitor for what almost everyone believed to be a non-tradable contract. The return? Matt Kemp and Matt Kemp’s monster of a contract.
We all know how things have played out with Kemp. He hit when he was healthy, but injury problems prevented him from staying in shape. He would later be traded to the Dodgers, where he was recently named a starter in the All Star Game. Such is life. It was the right trade to make.
To recap, outside of the Wood/Olivera debacle, there really hasn’t been a ton of action at the deadline. Almost all of the club’s major moves have been made during the winter months in recent years. Will that trend continue under Alex Anthopoulos? The next two weeks should be fun.