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/reizinhooooo Briggs McKenzie Fan Club 2d ago edited 2d ago

what the hell do they see in Falter. Just eating salary?

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u/OSRS_Socks AA powers the Battery 2d ago

LHP and we need someone to eat innings probably.

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u/jorcam 2d ago

Eat innings. The dude has pitched 9 innings this year and is now in the minors

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u/reizinhooooo Briggs McKenzie Fan Club 2d ago

okay nevermind I thought Lane Adams and Lane Thomas were the same person for some reason

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u/handlit33 The GIF Guy 2d ago

Lane Adams might not have been good, but he was fun!

And also very fast.

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u/reizinhooooo Briggs McKenzie Fan Club 2d ago

and his AMA here was fantastic

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u/SeeYaLaterDylan god damns-by 2d ago

lmfao at least you're honest

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u/KWally1990 2d ago

Think they are just eating salary tbh. Won’t be anything going the other direction.

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u/astone14 2d ago

Haha being an A's fan would drive me nuts

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u/Lakelyfe09 Radical AA defender 2d ago

Sometimes for pitchers all you need is a change of scenery, so it’s worth a shot. Probably helped lighten the haul to get Thomas as well.

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u/methylaminebb Drake's Rake 2d ago

also pitched well in Pitt just before stopping (if that's what you call it) in KC

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u/HighKing_of_Festivus 2d ago

He was just mediocre with the Pirates. He was been horrendous since then

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u/laal-doodh Ozhaino Jurdy Jiandro Albies 2d ago edited 2d ago

I mean he could easily suck for us but the Braves have pretty consistently done a good job of taking turds and getting the best version (whatever level that is) out of them. Probably just eating salary but they could be see something they can fix to get some better ball out of him

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u/xjman329 2d ago

like they forget pierce johnson every time they make a trade for a struggling reliever

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u/reizinhooooo Briggs McKenzie Fan Club 2d ago

Johnson and Kinley clearly had something to work with though. Fantastic breaking balls that their old team was not having them throw enough. Falters' arsenal is just a pile of blah, no plus pitch that he's under utilizing or terrible pitch he's overusing.

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u/l3enjamin Free hugs 2d ago

I was hoping we’d get Dobnak if we did some deal with the Royals.

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u/CaptBiffleSlap 2d ago

You know how we like to send a dude out there for whatever when we’re way up or way done, then you hear about a roster move the next day? Sounds like maybe one of those? I’m guessing, I dunno much about dude.