Complete deal: Kimbrel and B.J. from #Braves to #Padres for Quentin, Maybin, Wisler, Paroubeck and 41st pick.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) April 5, 2015
Welp, that's one way to get rid of Upton.
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Complete deal: Kimbrel and B.J. from #Braves to #Padres for Quentin, Maybin, Wisler, Paroubeck and 41st pick.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) April 5, 2015
#Braves owed Kimbrel $33M over next 3 yrs (inc. $1M buyout of '18) and owed Upton $46.35M over next 3 yrs. Shed almost $80M, gouged bullpen.
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) April 5, 2015
Originally posted by JustinMT:
Damn that's a ton of money saved. Well done!
Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Originally posted by JustinMT:
Damn that's a ton of money saved. Well done!
Yes they dumped a lot of money. They also just moved the best closer in baseball (or 2nd). Atlanta is going to be SO bad this year.
Originally posted by valrod33:
Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Originally posted by JustinMT:
Damn that's a ton of money saved. Well done!
Yes they dumped a lot of money. They also just moved the best closer in baseball (or 2nd). Atlanta is going to be SO bad this year.
Elite closer on a 4th place team is worthless. Saved money and for the Pads #1 prospect. I'm not mad at the trade.
Originally posted by valrod33:
Complete deal: Kimbrel and B.J. from #Braves to #Padres for Quentin, Maybin, Wisler, Paroubeck and 41st pick.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) April 5, 2015
Welp, that's one way to get rid of Upton.
Originally posted by Ninerjohn:Originally posted by valrod33:Originally posted by Ninerjohn:Originally posted by JustinMT:Damn that's a ton of money saved. Well done!
Yes they dumped a lot of money. They also just moved the best closer in baseball (or 2nd). Atlanta is going to be SO bad this year.
Elite closer on a 4th place team is worthless. Saved money and for the Pads #1 prospect. I'm not mad at the trade.
I understand the trade and I ripped the Braves at the time for both the Uggla and Upton signings. Just stupid moves that set the team back and they wont recover for years because of it. But, losing a guy like Kimbrel is tough.
Originally posted by valrod33:
Uggla made the Nats opening day lineup
James Wagner @JamesWagnerWP Your opening day Nats lineup: Taylor CF, Escobar 3B, Harper RF, Zimmerman 1B, Ramos C, Desmond SS, Uggla 2B, Moore LF, Scherzer P.