Atlanta Braves Morning Chop: A Rejected Trade

Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux (31) talks with starting pitcher Cole Hamels (35) during the game at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers defeated the Giants 6-3. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Every Trade this Week

Courtesy of baseball-reference.com, here are all of the deadline deals that were made around the majors from the last week of July, in case you missed a few.  The biggest impact deals were conducted in the Tuesday-Thursday period, though several of the Friday trades aren’t to be ignored:

FRIDAY, JULY 31

• Tigers trade Yoenis Cespedes to the Mets for Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa.
• Orioles trade Tommy Hunter to the Cubs for Junior Lake.
• Mariners trade J.A. Happ to the Pirates for Adrian Sampson.
• Marlins trade Dan Haren and cash to the Cubs for Ivan Pineyro and Elliot Soto.
• Phillies trade Ben Revere and cash to the Blue Jays for Jimmy Cordero and Alberto Tirado.
• Rays trade Kevin Jepsen to the Twins for Chih-Wei Hu and Alexis Tapia.
• Mariners trade Mark Lowe to the Blue Jays for Jake Brentz, Nick Wells and Rob Rasmussen.
• Brewers trade Gerardo Parra to the Orioles for Zach Davies.
• Brewers trade Jonathan Broxton and cash to the Cardinals for Malik Collymore.

THURSDAY, JULY 30

• Pirates trade Justin Sellers to the White Sox for player to be named later or cash.
• Mariners trade Dustin Ackley to the Yankees for Ramon Flores and Jose Ramirez.
• Astros trade Josh Hader, Adrian Houser, Brett Phillips and Domingo Santana to the Brewers for Mike Fiers, Carlos Gomez and cash.
• As part of 3-team trade Braves send Jose Peraza, Bronson Arroyo, Luis Avilan, Jim Johnson and Alex Wood to the Dodgers. Dodgers send Paco Rodriguez, Zachary Bird and Hector Olivera to the Braves. Dodgers send Victor Araujo and Jeff Brigham and Kevin Guzman to the Marlins. Marlins send Mat Latos, Mike Morse to the Dodgers. Marlins send 2016 competitive balance round A pick to the Braves.
• Tigers trade David Price to the Blue Jays for Daniel Norris, Matt Boyd and Jairo Labourt.
• Tigers trade Joakim Soria to the Pirates for JaCoby Jones.
• Indians trade Brandon Moss to the Cardinals for Rob Kaminsky.
• Reds trade Mike Leake to the Giants for Keury Mella and Adam Duvall .

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29

• Phillies trade Cole Hamels, Jake Diekman and cash to the Rangers for Matt Harrison, Jorge Alfaro, Alec Asher, Jerad Eickhoff, Jake Thompson and Nick Williams.
• Royals trade Joe Blanton to the Pirates for cash.
• Pirates trade Jayson Aquino to the Indians for cash.

TUESDAY, JULY 28:

• Phillies trade Jonathan Papelbon and cash to the Nationals for Nick Pivetta.
• A’s trade Ben Zobrist and cash to the Royals for Aaron Brooks and Sean Manaea.
• Rays trade David DeJesus and to the Angels for Eduar Lopez.
• Indians trade David Murphy to the Angels for Eric Stamets.
• Rockies trade Troy Tulowitzki and LaTroy Hawkins to the Blue Jays for Jose Reyes, Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman, and Jesus Tinoco.

MONDAY, JULY 27:

• Red Sox trade Shane Victorino and cash to the Angels for Josh Rutledge.
• A’s trade Tyler Clippard and $1MM to the Mets for Casey Meisner.

SUNDAY, JULY 26:

• Reds trade Johnny Cueto to the Royals for Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb, and Cody Reed.

SATURDAY, JULY 24:

• Braves trade Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson to the Mets for John Gant and Rob Whalen.

FRIDAY, JULY 23:

• Brewers trade Aramis Ramirez to the Pirates for Yhonathan Barrios.
• A’s trade Scott Kazmir to the Astros for Daniel Mengden and Jacob Nottingham.

And with all of that, every team managed to pull off at least one trade during the last 8 days.

What Didn’t Happen?

The Padres did not manage to off-load anyone of significance, despite trying to move Justin Upton, Craig Kimbrel, and David Price.  None of them.  Ergo, they win the “stiff upper lip” award for this statement from General Manager A.J. Preller:

Good luck with that.  Hope you enjoy that compensation pick for Justin.

Next: The Braves Trade that Did Not Happen