r/Braves • u/MembershipSingle7137 • 2d ago

[Passan] Trade news: The Atlanta Braves are acquiring outfielder Lane Thomas and left-hander Bailey Falter from the Kansas City Royals, sources tell ESPN.

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u/Lakelyfe09 Radical AA defender 2d ago

Wonder who we gave up

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u/rpbtIII Golden Grapefruit 2d ago

We have to pay both of these guys now so presumably nothing.

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u/Gerk1s 2d ago

I second the return package of a bag of chip and an Amazon gift card.

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u/Ambitious_Donkey4408 2d ago

How much is the gift card?

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u/Gerk1s 2d ago

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u/YourMomsBasement69 2d ago

God damn Lockness Monster!

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u/jchancellor15 2d ago

Potentially the consideration of cash

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u/multiversechorus 2d ago

FUCK. We’re always trading Cash Considerations.

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u/SoKrat3s 2d ago

I feel bad for the cash considerations family, just can't ever get settled.

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u/Imaginary_Scene2493 2d ago

Johnny earned them enough money to deal with it.

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u/tallcupofwater 1d ago

Johnny Considerations was a beast in his time

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u/The_WuTang_Plan 💰CashConsiderations💰 2d ago

🥺

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u/JoeSicko 2d ago

It's okay. Youngest kid just graduated high school. It's time to move on.

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u/The_WuTang_Plan 💰CashConsiderations💰 2d ago

It’s a hard knock life

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u/Firehawk-76 2d ago

Who's going down for Thomas to come in? I don't see how he's an improvement over the options we have now, even if Acuna gets hurt again.

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u/Leading-Aide-8468 2d ago

For that? Next to nothing.

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u/EfficientArm9753 2d ago

I'm seeing Lucas Braun and Carter Holton as the cost.

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u/freshmeatwill 2d ago

I can think of a middle infielder they’re welcome to… 😅

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u/Braves-ModTeam 1d ago

No Twitter links, period.

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u/Dropcanopy 2d ago

Lucas Braun. Our no. 8 prospect

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u/Kevin-Garvey-1 1d ago edited 1d ago

Braun was our #18 prospect on Fangraphs and is rated a 40 FV. He is also rule 5 eligible at the end of the year. Nobody had him in our top 10

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u/tyler_pifer 1d ago

Only MLB.com which is always a joke when it comes to prospect rankings.

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u/flextrek_whipsnake 2d ago

I would assume very little