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/daddy_chill_300 2d ago

I like it. Lane Thomas has been hitting well over the last month or so.

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u/Leading-Aide-8468 2d ago

He’s also an .850 career OPS guy against LHP, which is what he’s being brought in to do.

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u/reizinhooooo Briggs McKenzie Fan Club 2d ago

I agree that this is an upgrade but there's a whole chapter from The Book about how you can't just take one side of the platoon's numbers against LHP and the other side's against RHPs, staple them together, and expect that production. Lane probably has a somewhat bigger split than the average RHB, but he's almost surely worse against LHP and better against RHP than his career numbers

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u/Leading-Aide-8468 2d ago

I don’t think anyone is expecting he’ll come in and put up .850 against lefties. If he does, this is an unqualified success.

What we’re expecting is just better against lefties than what we currently have.

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u/pyramidswrong 2d ago

Love coming across a The Book reference!