Atlanta Braves 3B: Top 10 Trade Targets to Track in 2020
By Seth Carter
Three Brewers
Most projections have the Brewers finishing around fourth place in their division this year. They lost star players Yasmani Grandal and third baseman Mike Moustakas.
They chose to replace Moustakas with three players. If the Braves reach the trade deadline and it becomes evident they need to make a move, one of these three may have proved to be a target.
Again, these are veteran players on one-year deals. Eric Sogard is on a one-year, $4.5 million contract. Ryon Healy is on a one-year deal worth $1 million. Jedd Gyroko is on a one-year, $2 million deal.
The Brewers are the only team without one player inside of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects.
9. Jedd Gyorko
All three have been solid contributors at some point in their careers. Gyorko’s best season came with the Cardinals in 2016 in somewhat of a part-time role.
In only 400 at-bats for the Redbirds, he clobbered 30 homers and 59 RBI. Despite the 30 home runs, he only had nine doubles that year.
He’s always been sort of a one-trick pony at the plate. He’s never been an on-base guy with a career .309 OBP and has never hit above a .272 average.
However, he brings home run power and is an otherwise league-average hitter with a career OPS+ of 100.
He also brings good infield defense with 24 defensive runs saved between second and third base.
If you look at his Baseball-Reference page and wonder about the discrepancy between what I just told you and his total of 14, it’s because he has -10 rDRS at shortstop. That’s why we have Adeiny Hechavarria as Dansby Swanson insurance.