An Atlanta Braves trade that never was

More about the deal

Of course, everything is a rumor but we’ve all heard where there is smoke, there is fire…well the rumored package was put everywhere so I tend to believe it was very close to the offer the Atlanta Braves offered.

In the deal, the Atlanta Braves would have sent Yunel Escobar, Charlie Morton or Jo-Jo Reyes, Gorkys Hernandez, and either Blaine Boyer or Jeff Locke to the Padres while getting Peavy back.

Looking back, it really wouldn’t have been a huge loss for the Braves, as it is similar to another trade they ended up making, but we will get more into that in a bit.

It’s important to remember that at the time, all the above-mentioned players the Braves would have been shipping out were considered good young players and good young prospects. Of course, we all know what happened for the most part to them all.

The funny part is looking back at then Braves general manager Frank Wren’s comments he made shortly before the annual Winter Meetings when he publicly called off trade talks with the Padres through the media.

He said he was ending the club’s pursuit of Jake Peavy deeming the price “too high”. This could also fall under the classic analogy of — do teams hold on to their prospects too tight?

For this instance, it sure seems like the Atlanta Braves might have. Although as we all know that Jake Peavy was not able to maintain his high level of play for a long time going forward (although he was still valuable).