Who Stays? Or better yet, who should keep their bags packed after their latest road trip?
With the trade deadline in about a month, Atlanta Braves fans have started to consider what players they could deal with perhaps being gone in lieu of making the 2019 version of the Atlanta Braves better.
Below is a list of pitchers that I think teams would take in trades without us breaking the ‘prospect’ bank. When it comes to assets that teams want, pitching is king. You can never have enough of it. I previously discussed some position player possibilities as well.
Thus these are players that I think would aid in bringing good returns as well as players that I don’t think that we would miss, given the fact that we’d get a good package in return.
And let’s face it, the Braves have historically been a pretty boring trade deadline team, so they aren’t going to trade the whole farm.
4. Luiz Gohara
This may be a sell low (yeah, it is), but Luiz Gohara‘s name popped up in trade rumors over the offseason.
The behemoth lefty show flashes of brilliance in a small sample size in the majors after a September call-up in 2017, but dealt with major personal issues.
That offseason, the death of his father was tragic, and Gohara was granted time away from the team to visit with his ailing mother during the regular season. He never quite got a rhythm with Gwinnett or with the Atlanta Braves.
This year, he came to camp 40 pounds lighter, but news about Gohara has been scant since he was placed on the disabled list since spring training with shoulder issues. Yet, despite not throwing a pitch in over a year, he’s still a top 10 prospect on many lists. That alone is impressive.
But when will he pitch? How will he be able to audition? Gohara makes this list because I think trading him is a real possibility, but general manager Alex Anthropoulos will really have to sell a product with little to no data over the past year.
The 6-3, 265-pound pitcher’s comparisons to possible Hall of Famer C.C. Sabathia can only last so long without results on the mound.