Atlanta Braves 3B: Top 10 Trade Targets to Track in 2020

8. Ryon Healy

Ryon Healy burst onto the scene in 2016 with 13 homers, 20 doubles, and a .305 average in his first 72 games as a rookie for the Oakland Athletics. He proceeded to hit 25 and 24 homers over the next two seasons.

He has a career batting average of .261 but he does not take walks very well. What do I mean? Over his first three seasons in the majors, he has the exact amount of walks (62) as he has home runs.

Healy does offer a respectable slugging percentage at .452 for his career. Unfortunately, he doesn’t offer much on the defensive side. In his career as a third baseman, he has averaged -21 defensive runs saved over his career.

The only way I could imagine Healy taking charge in Milwaukee is if the spirit of competition allows him to showcase his power. On a positive note for Healy, his walk-rate has increased in each of the past three seasons. In a small sample size in 2019, it did reach a more reasonable rate of seven percent.

7. Eric Sogard

Eric Sogard had a career year in 2019, the 5-10, 185-pounder must have gained his “old-man strength” at age 33.

Sogard had a career slugging percentage of .314 between 2010-2018. During that time he also had accumulated just 11 career home runs in eight seasons.

Last year he added 13 homers to his total. He slugged .457 or .144 points better than his career average.

I don’t know what got into him but when you combine that kind of hitting ability with his defense you get a 2.6 rWAR in just 110 games. Last season Sogard ranked in the 90th percentile in OAA.