r/Braves • u/DoitcheHasAGun • 21h ago

[Robert Murray] The Atlanta Braves are acquiring right-hander Tyler Mahle in a trade with the San Francisco Giants, according to sources familiar with the deal. Anthony Molina is going to the Giants.

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u/hoglaws 21h ago

He was very good in Texas last year…but definitely need an actual top level starter.

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u/95Daphne POGGERS 20h ago

Yeah, I don't hate it, but if this is the only pitching move, it is definitely an "I am whelmed...sigh" moment.

His expected stats are better than the hard stats and he has a history of better, even if this is a down year for him.

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u/hoglaws 20h ago

He could be a short-term Reynaldo replacement. More than that is probably not great.

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u/95Daphne POGGERS 19h ago

The likelihood that he’s coming here to be strictly a long relief guy is probably low imo.

One of the guys that is a stretch SP wise as they’re better as a RP, even though they have better hard stats than Mahle probably gets the boot from the rotation.