The Braves and Angels completed a bit of a challenge trade Thursday night:
The Atlanta Braves traded Andrelton Simmons to the Los Angeles Angels for Erick Aybar and top pitching prospects Sean Newcomb and Chris Ellis on Thursday night.
The Braves also get $2.5 million, and the Angels get minor league catcher Jose Briceno in a deal headlined by two quality major league shortstops trading places on teams with differing needs.
The article seems to look at this as a defensive shortstop for an offensive one, but according to FanGraphs, Aybar’s offense in 2015 was just as poor as Simmons. Aybar is a stop-gap while the Braves acquire more pitching. Newcomb is a power pitcher but wild, and his walk rate has not been improving. Ellis is about the same but with fewer strikeouts. Briceno seems to be a typical no-offense catcher. Unless the Braves believe they can cure the wildness of the young pitchers, I think the Angels got a steal here. A nice start by Billy Eppler.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1lmWz5t
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