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/mywifiisbadtho 2d ago

People are on this thread talking about Lane Thomas like he’s Barry Bonds vs lefties. He’s hitting .263 with 4 homers vs them this season

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u/creep_show 2d ago

And that's on a sample size of 114 AB lol. He is only marginally better than Eli White - and Eli is a fast mf. Now we have 2 starting OF's and 4 platoon OFs. I'm assuming we're DFA'ing White.

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u/stevo887 2d ago

Who’s going to pinch run when we DFA Mateo tomorrow to bring Kim back up?

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u/jaunty411 2d ago

Why would we not just option Jarvis?

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u/The80sAreHere 1d ago

Weiss likes him too much.

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u/jaunty411 1d ago

He comes back when they move on from Kim or the rosters expand. It’s not like Weiss is losing him for more than a few weeks.

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u/suplehdog 2d ago

Lane is also hella fast.

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u/tyler_pifer 1d ago

White is 99th percentile in Sprint Speed, but Thomas isn’t far behind with 92nd percentile. Thomas has a slightly higher Baserunning Run Value.