Braves / Brewers

[Brewers GM (Bill)]

Braves send:

SS Vaughn Grissom, 2nd, 0.5 (Braves)
SP Hurston Waldrep, 1st, 0.3 (Braves) www.fangraphs.com/players/hurston-waldrep/sa3022942/stats?position=P
3B Justyn-Henry Malloy, 1st, 0.3 (Tigers) www.fangraphs.com/players/justyn-henry-malloy/sa3017073/stats?position=3B/OF
SP Drue Hackenberg, 1st, 0.3 (Braves) **previously unprotected** www.fangraphs.com/players/drue-hackenberg/sa3023304/stats?position=P
LF/RF Trevor Larnach, 4th, 1.0 (Twins)

Brewers send:

SS - CJ Abrams (WAS) $1.0 3rd
SP - Adrian Houser (MIL) $1.2 6th

Cap Change:

Braves: +$0.1
Brewers: +$0.2

Grissom acq: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7387/padres-braves
Waldrep protect: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/post/50899/thread
Malloy protect (prior to real-life trade to DET): mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/post/42657/thread
Larnach acq: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7411/braves-marlins
Abrams acq: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/4927/brewers-royals
Houser protect: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/post/28773/thread

Abrams/Houser dropped on Fantrax.

Abrams was a ton of fun last year once he decided to steal all of the bases. He will be elite in SB, plus in R and HR. If his AVG comes up to plus, he's basically a top 10 fantasy player and this trade is likely to be regrettable. I'm willing to risk this because of adding Rocchio/Winn to my team this off-season. Don't think he's a SS long-term, but I like Grissom's bat, it's AVG friendly. Am hoping for some super-utility action in ATL or ideally a trade somewhere that decides to just let him play 2B. Malloy is another of the type of bat prospect I tend to collect, position-less. Not a 3B by all accounts, but I think the bat plays and he's a likely MLBer in a utility role quite soon. Hackenberg has a MLB pitch mix, a big league relief floor IMO and a chance to be a back-end starter. View Houser/Larnach to be a straight swap, not able to add enough pitching for 2024 for Houser to be useful to me, but Larnach could be useful as a post-post hype power bat. My greatest motivation here is to add Waldrep. I don't really have an upper-level impact SP prospect in my system and I am highly enthused about Waldrep's stuff. I'm just very, very high on Waldrep.

[Braves GM (Eric)]

Accept.

Moving lots of parts here, including three Braves, but I feel like Abrams’ growth throughout the year was impressive. Power speed in the 20/40 range with a walk rate that improved to near elite levels toward the end the year. Hoping for bigger things next year.

Bill lists many of the qualities I’m going to miss from these lot. Grissom is probably a better bat than Abrams alone, but where on the diamond will he hit .300 with 20hr? Waldrep is in the rotation next year, maybe, maybe the bullpen, and Malloy is in the OF for Detroit. Larnach and Hack are both full of promise. Abrams is a little more irreplaceable than who I’m giving up, so I’m pulling the trigger. Going for it.

Thanks, Bill. Good dealing.

[D'backs GM (Mo)]

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[Royals GM (Jordan)]

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[Mariners GM (Travis)]

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[Brewers GM (Bill)]

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[Braves GM (Eric)]

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