Uribe + Johnson

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Joel Sherman says it's a done deal: Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson for minor league pitchers John Gant and Rob Whalen.

Yay? Yay.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Sounds yayable, maybe just what the doctor ordered.

[Frayed Knot]

It'll help (or at least it should) and at no cost at all to the team this year and no obvious cost long-term.

[ashie62]

Sandy got the best player in the trade.

[Lefty Specialist]

Danny Muno's Reign of Terror has ended, I'm guessing.

[Frayed Knot]

John Gant = 22 y/o former 21st round draft pick (2011) out of a Savannah, GA HS
4-5, 4.70, 1.57 in 11 starts in AA

Robert Whalen was the 12th round pick in 2012.
21 y/o in Hi-A PSL: 4-5, 3.36, 1.28 in 14 starts + 1 relief

[Fman99]

Two proven MLB hitters for a couple of middling prospects? That's a good thing.

Now, who from the current MLB roster gets the boot? They have to send two guy off into space like Russian dogs.

[nymr83]

Campbell can pack his bags, the 2nd is a bit tougher

[Edgy MD]

Munoberry.

[Fman99]

Uribe and KJ are batting .285 and .275 respectively and both slugging over .450.

They immediately become the best hitters in the line up (Murphy is at .268 and no other current regular is over .255, and Granderson leads the team with a .422 SLG). No hitter on the 40 man roster has any numbers comparable to these two, except for d'Arnaud who is on the shelf.

[Edgy MD]

And Wright, on that same shelf.

[Frayed Knot]

Someone today was talking about d'Arnaud maybe by as early as the middle of next week.
Between him & Johnson & Uribe this should be a better offense as we enter August. And, who knows, maybe Dabid shows up later in the month.
Doesn't necessarily mean it'll be a Good offense, but it should be a better one.
Now all we have to do is put out an APB for Lucas Duda and we might be in business.

[MFS62]

Not so fast.
As per ESPN-NY radio around 9:45 PM, the trade had not yet been finalized.
More pieces?

Later

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Someone today was talking about d'Arnaud maybe by as early as the middle of next week. Between him & Johnson & Uribe this should be a better offense as we enter August. And, who knows, maybe Dabid shows up later in the month. Doesn't necessarily mean it'll be a Good offense, but it should be a better one. Now all we have to do is put out an APB for Lucas Duda and we might be in business.

put the APB out for Lagares too, though he might always have been missing. But if he's the only one with a sub .300 OBP we should be alright. Of course, Conforto still up in the air, but you've got lots of moving parts and spot starts there too.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Thank you, Gods of Salary Dump.

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Thank you, Gods of Salary Dump.

It's such a small amount and the Braves are kicking in some though.

[TransMonk]

I like this deal a lot.

[Lefty Specialist]

No real downside, just hope it was't too late.