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Atlanta Braves Sunday Chop: the great beat writer dance-off

By Alan Carpenter

TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 08: Catcher J.T. Realmuto #11 of the Miami Marlins runs after hitting a solo homer to make it 8-4 in the top of 5th inning during the exhibition game between Yomiuri Giants and the MLB All Stars at Tokyo Dome on November 8, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)
TOKYO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 08: Catcher J.T. Realmuto #11 of the Miami Marlins runs after hitting a solo homer to make it 8-4 in the top of 5th inning during the exhibition game between Yomiuri Giants and the MLB All Stars at Tokyo Dome on November 8, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI, FL – JUNE 11: J.T. Realmuto #11 of the Miami Marlins congratulates Kyle Barraclough #46 after defeating the San Francisco Giants at Marlins Park on June 11, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL – JUNE 11: J.T. Realmuto #11 of the Miami Marlins congratulates Kyle Barraclough #46 after defeating the San Francisco Giants at Marlins Park on June 11, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images) /

The Issue

Basically, it’s this:  Mish believes that the Braves are heavily involved in trying to get J.T. Realmuto from Atlanta… and Bowman is not.

Let’s look at the history… beginning with Mish.  He’s not been opposed to calling out incorrect information in the past… never mind who it may have come from:

With that as a backdrop, here is the tweet that started this … ‘journey’:

While saying that (and assigning 25% ‘odds’ for where J.T. Realmuto ends up next Spring), he wasn’t entirely bent on the Braves getting the Marlins’ catcher.  In fact, this was a follow-up from the same day:

These aforementioned odds/percentages (‘for entertainment purposes only’) have only served to track how ‘hot’ a given team might be on this rumor on a given day… but it’s still noteworthy that the Braves have appeared on all of his odds tweets.

So here’s been his progression of news bits after that date:

On November 21st, Mish did a podcast that include this topic.  Shortly after Brian McCann inked his deal with the Braves, Mish held firm on his thoughts about the team’s continued pursuit of Realmuto:

He then expressed the belief that Miami really wanted one of Houston’s top prospects… but the Astros have clearly refused to budge.

There was other news – that Miami did try and convince their catcher to stick around for a while longer… which could be used as a reference point for future considerations:

Other info:

December 10 had a noteworthy tweet… about the same time that the notion of the Mets suggesting various 3-way deals starting happening:

Then there was the December 12 tweet – note that date… this was on Wednesday, the last full day of the Winter meetings:

Also on that date:  the Reds jumped into the conversation… though have faded just as quickly.  Mish then suggested a clarification/correction on the Newcomb tweet – that Atlanta would not include either Soroka/Newcomb with Austin Riley in a trade deal.

Also on Dec 12 – he was able to confirm that the Rays had joined the hunt.

Finally on December 15 – Saturday, he says this:

UPDATE:  THE METS ARE GETTING WILSON RAMOS.  This almost certainly eliminates their participation in all of this.

We’ll get back to Mish in a bit.

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