Leave it to the Atlanta Braves to get the hot stove league started. The Boston Red Sox fired managers and let general managers go, but the Braves got down to the business that needed to be done. Last night, they sent Derek Lowe and ten million dollars to the Cleveland Indians for minor league lefty Chris Jones.
As we will do with all deals this winter, we will take a look at what both teams were thinking and whether they succeeded in meeting their goal. Calling winners and losers at this point is way too premature, but we can effectively determine if the GMs involved got what they wanted out of the deal.
Why does Atlanta do this deal?
This doesn’t even qualify as a salary dump because the Braves will be paying the bulk of his salary next year. However, they do get to save five million dollars and that isn’t an insignificant sum. That kind of wiggle room could allow them to take on salary in other deals or it could spare someone from the chopping block.
Chris Jones would ...
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