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Uribe + Johnson

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 24 2015 05:28 PM

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

d'Kong76 Jul 24 2015 05:57 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

Sounds yayable, maybe just what the doctor ordered.

Frayed Knot Jul 24 2015 06:06 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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 Jul 24 2015 06:07 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

Sandy got the best player in the trade.

Lefty Specialist Jul 24 2015 06:11 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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

Frayed Knot Jul 24 2015 06:14 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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 Jul 24 2015 07:05 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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 Jul 24 2015 07:09 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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

Edgy MD Jul 24 2015 07:19 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

Munoberry.

Fman99 Jul 24 2015 07:42 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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 Jul 24 2015 07:47 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

And Wright, on that same shelf.

Frayed Knot Jul 24 2015 08:20 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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 Jul 24 2015 08:23 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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

Ceetar Jul 24 2015 09:51 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 24 2015 10:44 PM Re: Uribe + Johnson

Thank you, Gods of Salary Dump.

Ceetar Jul 25 2015 06:12 AM Re: Uribe + Johnson

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Thank you, Gods of Salary Dump. It's such a small amount and the Braves are kicking in some though.

TransMonk Jul 25 2015 07:03 AM Re: Uribe + Johnson

I like this deal a lot.

Lefty Specialist Jul 25 2015 07:26 AM Re: Uribe + Johnson

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